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Boughton Village Design Statement

Supplementary planning guidance, produced by the villagers of Boughton, Northamptonshire and adopted in March, 2003.

Copies of the original document can be be purchased from Daventry District Council Planning Department, Tel. 01327 302587.

Important public and private spaces

A map of important areas of conservation in the village.

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The village contains a number of visually important public and private open spaces. These include gardens or paddocks that are part of, or immediately adjacent to domestic or other property.

The village gains much of its character from its stone buildings and walls and the disposition of these physical attributes in relation to the open spaces, trees and plants.

Open spaces guidelines

Boughton's open spaces are very important to the visual quality of the village and to its form and character and are shown on the map on Pages 8 & 9. Among those identified as important open spaces, which should be retained and managed appropriately, are the following:

  • The fenced area of grass at the junction of Butchers Lane and Spring Close. This forms an attractive approach to the village core.
  • The verge areas on the southern side of the village, at the junction of Howard Lane and Humfrey Lane.
  • The distinctive and centrally-located village green and the site of what was formerly the old village Pound, opposite the Village Hall.
  • The mature chestnut tree with a seated surround, an amenity on the opposite side of the road to the green.
  • The open aspects of Butchers Lane and Vyse Road are highly valued, with fine views west into Boughton Park.
  • Boughton Playing Field, a designated Pocket Park and an important village amenity which lies behind Howard Lane. This and other surrounding fields provide a “green wedge” between Boughton and the Borough of Northampton, LP1997, EN10.
  • The allotments by the northern edge of Boughton Playing Field.
  • The field between Spring Close and the Church, which provides an important and attractive open feature adding to the form and character of the locality.
  • The grass verges planted with red hawthorn trees (May Trees) along Moulton Lane and Howard Lane form an important and attractive gateway to the village.
  • Two very distinctive and attractive open areas on the approach to Boughton along Vyse Road. Firstly, an area of open field landscape between Vyse Road and Harborough Road. This is edged with a line of trees, which forms an important visual gateway into the village. Secondly, Nursery Spinney, which is a County Wildlife Site. This is a copse of semi-mature woodland of mixed tree species.
  • Obelisk Spinney, which is a County Wildlife Site lying south of Spinney Close deserves special mention. It provides an important area of open space, which is an informal recreational amenity for local residents and provides a pedestrian right of way between Boughton and Obelisk Rise, Northampton.
  • Fields west of the A508 and fields behind Moulton Lane, Butchers Lane and Spring Close provide extensive views for the residents west, north and north-east across open countryside.
  • A parcel of land known as the Obelisk Centre, now designated as “a centre for sporting excellence”. This lies behind Vyse Road and Spinney Close and is an important open space. It also provides an important green buffer between Obelisk Rise and Boughton.
  • Boughton Green is an historically important open space, providing an open vista into and out of the village.
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