Verulamium Park Management Plan 2012-2017 v2.1

Appendix 3 – Detailed Plan of the Park
A Park Ranger is on duty every day. Their role is to be a friendly face in the
Park, to provide help and information to visitor and to monitor to engage with
the public. They also perform other important tasks such as emptying of litter
bins, picking up of litter and monitoring public safety within the Park.
1.2.8 Conservation Designations
The Park is a complex site with a number of significant features within its
archaeology, history, and wildlife and landscape character. The intrinsic value
of these features is preserved through legislation, which has a constraining
influence on how the site is managed. Details of the conservation
designations within the Park are listed in the table below, and where possible,
annotated on the Constraints Plan.
Scale Designation Detail
National
Scheduled Ancient
Monument (SAM)
Listed Buildings
The Roman City of Verulamium, which lies
underneath the part of Park and countryside
to the west, is a designated Scheduled
Ancient Monument.
There are numerous listed buildings, mostly
around the north western fringes of the site.
The constraints imposed by this designation
also relate to the setting of the building in
addition to preservation of its structure, and
therefore has a bearing on any alterations to
the surrounding landscape.
County Wildlife Site Verulamium Lakes and Abbey Mill Lane Area
are both designated as County Wildlife Sites,
areas of at least district importance that are
considered to be of ‘critical natural capital’.
District / Borough
Conservation area
The entire park falls within the conservation
area for St Albans, a designation which seeks
to preserve the character or appearance of a
particularly valuable area. This covers all
aspects of the landscape, including trees.
Therefore, if any tree works are to take place
within the Park, a request must be made to
the planning authority, who will decide
whether the works can commence or whether
to issue a tree preservation order.
Metropolitan
Green Belt
Zones of Visibility
The entire Park falls within the Metropolitan
Green Belt, designated under PPG2 (Green
Belts), which restricts the growth of
development in strategic rural areas on the
edge of conurbations.
Policy 114 designates the southern end of
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