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Special Character■ Otley is a freestanding town with

a population of approximately15,000. Despite dormitoryexpansion, Otley retains itsattractive stone-built historic coreand a strong sense of place. It hassuffered a loss of manufacturingactivity but remains a markettown serving the area.

■ The town has a dramaticlandscape setting between hill andriver - The Chevin,Weston Moorand Farnley Moor, and The RiverWharfe. A fine stone bridge spansthe river. The routes of pre-turnpike roads, which sinuously

followed features of the landscape, have helped shapeOtley. Kirkgate and Manor Squareform a strong north-south axisoriented to the river bridgecrossing, and Westgate/Boroughgate align with theWharfe Valley.

■ There is an interesting streetlayout that stems from the 13thcentury triangular layout ofKirkgate / Boroughgate /Walkergate. Market Place is partof an inner triangle, which is atypical pattern in traditionalEnglish market towns. The roadto the bridge from Manor Square

doglegs round the old manorialenclosure.

■ The streets are interconnected byginnels and yards, notably BayHorse Yard and New Inn Yard, andby narrow streets such as MarketStreet and Newmarket. Plotwidths are often narrow, reflectingmedieval burgage plots along themain streets.

■ Otley has many fine old buildingsof the 18th century andapproximately ten buildings pre-date 1700. Victorian buildings ofhigh quality are also wellrepresented.

This appraisal describes the character of Otley Conservation Area which deserves protection. It setsout which features make the area special and makes suggestions for enhancement. Opportunities tobring about enhancement will occur largely when development takes place or through local action.The appraisal will be an important influence on planning decisions in Otley.

ABOUT OTLEY CONSERVATION AREA

ASSESSING AND PROTECTING THE SPECIAL CHARACTEROF OTLEY CONSERVATION AREA

Otley Conservation Area was extended and designated by Leeds City Council on 15 December 2003 following public consultation. On the same date Otley Conservation

Area Appraisal was adopted by the City Council as supplementary planning guidance (SPG).The appraisal is additional and complementary to UDP policies N14-22 in Volume 1, and to policies

BC1-9 (Appendix 3) in Volume 2, of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan.

OTLEY CONSERVATION AREA

APPRAISAL

History and Development■ Early historical aspects of Otley's

character are:- (1) the ParishChurch occupies a probable C8thmonastic site, and (2) the ManorHouse area towards the river wasan C11th or earlier manorialenclosure or palace of theArchbishops of York.

■ Important historical figures include:– Archbishop Gray (founder of the

town),Thomas Chippendale (designer/craftsman born inBoroughgate), John Carr (architect),the Fawkes family (estate owners atFarnley Hall and local benefactors), theBarker family (of The Old Hall), andindustrialists such as Ackroyd, Duncan,Walker, Barker, Dawson and Payne.

■ A few buildings such as printingmachinery works represent Otley's working past. The former

tanneries have been lost to fire inthe last 30 years. But the riversideretains a heritage of former millsand associated terraced housing.

■ Public buildings trace Otley'shistory since 1864 when the OtleyBoard took over from the lord ofthe manor. Many survive – such asthe former council offices,courthouse and jail, police stationand board schools.

Paul Wood’s images of historic Otley include this reconstruction ofthe early C13 street layout with burgages

Otley’s historic market place

This map of Otley by P.J.Adams, simplified from the 1851 O.S., shows that the town had not expanded much since medieval times. It usefully identifiesa number of vital features of the town, such as: the grammar school; national school; maypole; chapels; turnpikes; tanneries; gasworks; Ackroyd'sWorsted Mill with weir, goit and workers housing; and Otley Paper Mill with weir and water-wheelhouse.

Key Facts ■ Otley Conservation Area (OCA)

was originally designated on 07.09.70by West Riding County Council andOtley Urban District Council.

■ Following a review and publicconsultation, OCA was extendedon 20.12.78 by the City Council,bringing in Mount Pisgah, CrossGreen and part of the Riverside.

■ The extent of OCA is now 101hectares.

■ OCA has more than 200 listedbuildings of special architectural orhistoric interest.

■ Three are outstanding:- All Saints' Parish Church, Kirkgate(Grade I),The Old Grammar School onManor Square (Grade II*), and The Old Hall at 15/17 Kirkgate(Grade II*).

■ There are two Scheduled AncientMonuments in OCA:- Otley Bridge, which was built orrebuilt in 1228, 1673 and 1776;Cup and ring at WharfedaleMeadows (more likely in fact to bescatter-finds).

Typical Building Types, Materials andDetailsTraditional Otley is a stone-builtenvironment with features such as: -■ buildings of two or three storeys ■ coarse Chevin gritstone masonry ■ stone or slate roofs ■ window openings of a vertical

proportion, with stone lintels and cillsor stone surrounds

■ sliding-sash timber window frames■ panelled timber doors■ classical proportions■ Victorian shopfronts■ stone boundary walls and gate-posts■ stone and granite flags, setts and kerbs.

The Junction, Bondgate

Kirkgate, looking south

The ButtercrossMarket Street – new flats

CHARACTER AREAS ■■■■■■■■■■

OTLEY CA : APPRAISAL PLAN (WEST)

1 Otley Town Centre2 Otley Riverside3 Wharfebank / Ilkley Rd / Piper Lane4 Westgate / Beech Hill5 North Parade6 Cross Green7 Cambridge Street & Leeds Road8 Gay Lane9 Station Road10 Chevin Side & Silver Mill Hill

KEY Conservation AreaCharacter Area

StructuresScheduled Ancient MonumentsListed BuildingsOther Positive BuildingsImportant Walls

FeaturesHistoric SurfacesOther Positive SpacesSignificant ViewsSignificant Trees (appox. position)

Enhancement OpportunitiesBuildings that DetractSpaces that Detract

This map is based upon the Ordnance Survey’s Digital Data with the permission of the Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controllor of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.© Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings.© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Leeds City Council o.s. Lience no. - LA 07621X (2003)

DEC 2003

OTLEY CA : APPRAISAL PLAN (EAST)

CHARACTER AREAS ■■■■■■■■■■

1 Otley Town Centre2 Otley Riverside3 Wharfebank / Ilkley Rd / Piper Lane4 Westgate / Beech Hill5 North Parade6 Cross Green7 Cambridge Street & Leeds Road8 Gay Lane9 Station Road10 Chevin Side & Silver Mill Hill

KEY Conservation AreaCharacter Area

StructuresScheduled Ancient MonumentsListed BuildingsOther Positive BuildingsImportant Walls

FeaturesHistoric SurfacesOther Positive SpacesSignificant ViewsSignificant Trees (appox. position)

Enhancement OpportunitiesBuildings that DetractSpaces that Detract

This map is based upon the Ordnance Survey’s Digital Data with the permission of the Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controllor of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.© Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings.© Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Leeds City Council o.s. Lience no. - LA 07621X (2003)

DEC 2003

Ten character areas have been identified within theOtley Conservation Area.

AREA 1. OTLEY TOWN CENTRE

DescriptionThe appraisal plan reveals a good range of buildingtypes in the mixed-use town centre. Most arepositive and in appropriate use and many are listed.But there are also a significant number of buildingsthat make an unsympathetic contribution to thecharacter or appearance of OCA. These shouldbe regarded as an opportunity for enhancement,preferably through development.

Notable features of Otley's townscape are wellset out in "A Walk around Otley" (pleasesee "Where to find out More"). Theyinclude: -■ The parish church, churchyard &

footpaths, trees & memorials, formervicarage.

■ The Market Place,Old Hall,Buttercross, Jubilee Clock and theBlack Bull.

■ Manor Square,OldGrammar School,OtleyManor House and formerstables.

■ Yards, ginnels and burgages.■ Maypole and former

Mechanics' Institute.■ River bridge,

parks and trees.■ Gateway

streets andC18 buildings.

■ C19 chapels,churches, schools,banks and pubs.

CHARACTER AREAS

This 'movement' mapidentifies pedestrianroutes. Some routesuse spaces thatshould bepedestrianised.All routes wouldbenefit fromenvironmentalenhancement.

The maps highlightpositive aspects - suchas good frontages,pedestrian dominatedareas, well-landscapedspaces and appropriateuses. Negative aspectsneed to be improved.(LMU student projects,1998)

These urban design mapsof Otley Town Centreanalyse: - form,movement, space and use.

Otley Parish Church

Opportunities for enhancement■ Regeneration of derelict sites, for

typical town centre uses includingsome residential, with well-designedmodern / contemporary infilldevelopment, in traditional localmaterials - preferably to an approvedurban design brief.

■ Change of use of buildings that arepositive but underused to appropriatetown centre uses including someresidential.

■ Unsympathetic buildings should beredeveloped or maybe re-clad and/orre-roofed.

■ Well-designedmodern shop frontsand signs, or, wherethere is historicalevidence available,restoration of atraditional shopfront.

■ Action for the discontinuance of over-dominant existing signs.

■ Better linkages between town centreand riverside.

■ Schemes to retain and repair historicstreet surfaces, or to reintroducethem - especially in the yards andginnels.

■ Schemes to widen and repave thefootways of the showcase C18 streets- such as Kirkgate - in naturalYorkstone flags and kerbs.

■ Schemes to pedestrianise and repavenarrow streets - such as Newmarketand Mercury Row - in naturalYorkstone or granite setts.

■ Landscape work and the provision ofboundary treatment to the public carparks.

■ Landscape work to open spaces.■ A Town Trail / Historic Walk with

suitable surfacing and signposting.

Gay Lane – in need of

enhancement

1 Bridge Street – shopfront restoration

9 Crow Lane – listed building at risk

Bowling Green – lack of enclosure

Mercury Row – poor frontage

AREA 2. OTLEY RIVERSIDE

Description■ The Riverside is one of Otley's

greatest assets, well known to localpeople and day-visitors alike.

■ The area is dominated by a broadriver, magnificent ancient bridge,long weir with mill, green space,public parks and trees.

■ Framing the space are attractiveresidential terraces of c1900 onboth sides of the river - BridgeAvenue, Farnley Lane, NewallMount and Manor Street.

■ Billams Hill has a fine row ofEdwardian houses on the west side.

■ On the north side of Farnley Lane,the stone-built element of PrinceHenry's Grammar School, with clocktower and gables, has a strongpresence in the area. There are alsosome trees worthy of protection.

■ A pair of Queen Anne lodges datedc1700, with quadrant walls andgateposts, adjoin WharfemeadowsPark on the north side. Both thepark and the lodges were within theFarnley Hall estate until the Fawkesfamily donated them to Otley in 1924.

■ There are only a few unsympatheticbuildings - these are identified onthe plan.

■ The stone-built northern part ofGarnetts' Mill is the oldest element,retaining water channels andwaterwheel pit. This relates directlyto the weir and is the historic siteof the manorial corn mill.

Opportunities for enhancement1. Pursue an Otley Riverside Project.2. Unsympathetic buildings should be

redeveloped or maybe re-cladand/or re-roofed.

3. Review the former cattle marketauction site and its buildings, as partof the forthcoming OTP/MTIRiverside Plan.

4. Review Otley Bridge (a scheduledancient monument) and theservices it carries, and possiblypromote the removal of the 1950sconcrete cantilevered footway -subject to consultation with EnglishHeritage.

5. Review the river crossing forpedestrians and cyclists, andpossibly promote a modern hi-techsuspended footbridge.

6. Consider a landscaped boundarytreatment to St. Joseph's School,adjacent to the south riverside walk- subject to archaeologicalassessment.

7. Specimen tree planting in publicparks, and tree management onboth banks of the river.

8. Tree removal to allow views ofhandsome west face of Otley Bridge(probably by John Carr in 1776).

9. Householders are encouraged toretain or reinstate original externalarchitectural details of their houses.

Otley Bridge, west face

Prince Henry’s Grammar School

Mill Lane Gardens

Otley Weir and Garnett’s Mill Wharfemeadows

AREA 3.WHARFEBANK /ILKLEY ROAD / PIPERLANE

Description■ Traditional Otley extends

westwards to the Otley Mills ofAckroyd and Duncan. NowWharfebank Business Centre, it isstill the historic, economic andvisual focus of western Otley.

■ All but four buildings in this areamake a positive contribution to thecharacter of traditional Otley.Among them are a number of C18and C19 listed buildings.

■ The original 1793 Riverside Mill,reportedly dangerous, wasdemolished in c1975, but theoverall group including its curtilagebuildings remains positive: -Pegholme Mill (1889), workers'terrace, and the western mill andoffice frontage.

■ The mill goit sluice gates survive tothe NW.

■ Both the north and south banks ofthe river are attractively wooded.

■ Grove Hill Park, with the C18Grove Hill House, complements thesetting of the mills and has finetrees, gateposts and war memorial.

■ The 1851 map shows mill workers'housing on Piper Lane in curvingterraces like Peels Crescent.

■ Nos. 1-31 Ilkley Road is a long,elegant Victorian terrace of threestoreys, which has gardens down tothe riverbank.

■ Later workers' housing - on IlkleyRoad, Piper Lane, Bradford Road,Ash Grove and the Granvilles - arealso associated with Otley Mills andthe listed former mill school of1871. These were built intraditional materials and make apositive contribution to Otley'scharacter.

Opportunities for enhancement1. Unsympathetic buildings should be


2. Landscape work and woodlandmanagement to both banks of theriver.

3. Investigate opportunities forpermissive public access.


AREA 4.WESTGATE /BEECH HILL

Description■ This area is the western gateway to

the town centre and is part oftraditional Otley.

■ Ashfield Works (the former AshfieldFoundry) has been the subject of anindustrial archaeology appraisal. Itis of historic importance because ofits association since 1854 with theprinting industry and WharfedalePress. Its stone-built ranges havethe characteristic scale, materialsand detailing of the local vernacular,and make a positive visual, as wellas historic, contribution to OCA.

Otley Mills sluice gates Ashfield Works

Scarborough Road Pegholme Mill

Ashfield Place

Former Otley Mills and housing

There is an opportunity here for animaginative regeneration scheme.

■ In the vicinity of the shelteredhousing developments on Westgatethere is a weakness in thetownscape, but the streetscenedoes have continuity - thanks to thepositive effect of trees and walls onthe south side. The river also actsas a link.

■ There are townscape gaps on thesouth side, either side of CenturyHouse Works, and on the northside at the site of the formercinema and Beech Hill car park.

■ The residential terraces of Guycroftand Mount Pisgah (1868) and theC18 rows at back of pavement onWestgate and Beech Hill form apositive entrance to Otley.

Opportunities for enhancement1. Regeneration of derelict sites with

well-designed modern/contemporary infill development, intraditional local materials.

2. Promote the development of twopotential sites on the north side ofWestgate and two on the southside: -- Ashfield Works probably has the

potential to be a major riversidedevelopment opportunity, with amix of conversion and newbuildadjacent to the river, andimproved public access - subjectto highway assessment and aplanning and development brief.

- Deep site on the W. side ofGuycroft between Westgate andthe river probably has potentialfor residential development.

- Corner site abutting the west sideof No. 54 Westgate (CenturyHouse Works) probably haspotential for a new corner building.

- Backland site to the south ofWestgate, probably has thepotential to take access fromWestgate near the Cross PipesPH. This site could extend as faras Walker's Printing Works at therear of Kirkgate in Otley TownCentre - subject to highwayappraisal and industrialarchaeology assessment.

3. Unsympathetic buildings should beredeveloped or maybe re-cladand/or re-roofed.

4. Riverside on south bank:- treemanagement; landscape work;investigate potential to negotiatepublic access to the river bank aspart of new development.


AREA 5. NORTH PARADE

Description■ This area typifies working Otley, in

that there are workers' stone-builtterraced houses to either side of amajor factory, Silvine Works, ofWilliam Sinclair & Sons.

■ Some of the factory buildings datefrom 1884 and make a positivecontribution to the conservationarea.

■ The six terraces in the area - onNorth Parade, North Street, NorthAvenue, Ramsey Terrace andWharfe Street - make a positivecontribution to the specialcharacter or appearance of'traditional Otley'. One row retainsits original dormers.

■ North Parade provides a degree ofenclosure to the Licks car park onthe site of the former cattlemarket.

■ On Riverdale Road there are theSunnylee Estate cottages of 1915,built in an attractive VernacularRevival tradition, and some finehighway trees.

■ On Wharfe Street is the formerNational Infants' School of 1891,which merits retention andconversion.




Westgate

Beech Hill

Former National Infants' School,Wharfe Street

Mount Pisgah

AREA 6. CROSS GREEN

Description■ The buildings of the Cross Green

area are very positive, with only theodd exception, and the maypole onthe junction is an historic focal point.

■ The eastern part has more than adozen traditional stone terraces -including Fern Bank, Park Terrace,Danefield Terrace and GrosvenorTerrace - many of which haveelegant detailing. In front ofGrosvenor Terrace is an attractivegreen space with fine trees. TheSummercross P.H. and adjacentterraces and the cemetery lodgewith gatepiers are appropriate end-stops to the CA.

■ On the north side of Side Copsethere are some poorly designedgarages.

■ The merit of this area and itssignificance to Otley outweighs theunsympathetic impact of the carshowroom / garage on thestreetscene of Cross Green.



2. New maypole and paving scheme.3. Householders are encouraged to

retain or reinstate original externalarchitectural details of their houses.

AREA 7. CAMBRIDGESTREET & LEEDS ROAD

Description■ The stone terraces in this area

contribute positively to thecharacter and appearance oftraditional Otley.

■ The terraces on Cambridge Streethave elegant paired door surrounds,canted bays and gabled wings.Carlton Street and Orchard Streetwere built at about the same timeand some have wide passageways.

The terraces at the back of pavementof Albion Street and Croft Street aremore austere but have character.

■ These merits outweigh theintrusion of a few 1960s blocks.

■ On the south side of Leeds Roadare two historic works buildings:David Payne's Caxton Works andthe Albion Works of John Kelley.These are accompanied by fourresidential terraces - three stone-built and one in (rendered) brick.




AREA 8. GAY LANE

Description■ Gay Lane is the southeastern former

turnpike gateway to the town centreand is part of traditional Otley.

■ On the east side of Gay Lane mostbuildings are positive. BloomfieldHouse is a listed building and has awalled garden. There is a survivingbarn on Back Orchard Street. On thecorner with Fairfax Street is the well-detailed former LICS building of 1901.

■ The petrol filling station and Tate'sworks are a considerable intrusion.

■ On the west side of Gay Lane thereare three robust groups ofbuildings. Behind a terrace with adatestone of 1841 is Elliott's SteelCroft Foundry of c1887. South ofThe Yeoman pub, which is anattractive Victorian building, is TollBar House (1850), and CambridgeHouse, which is an elegant double-fronted house facing south. ChevinHouse in the southern corner is a stone-built house of c1850 withelegant detailing.

Otley Civic Centre

Maypole

Cambridge Street

Bloomfield House, 34 Gay LaneCorner of Cross Green / Grosvenor Terrace

This and The Chevin terminate theview south on Gay Lane.

■ Between the Gay Lane frontage andMyers Croft runs a long strip ofopen space, now allotments. Thisand many other plot boundaries areremnants of the historic crofts(long plots) of Bondgate. An openstream, called Steel Croft Beck, runsnorth along one of the boundaries.The layout of Myers Croft, anexample of social housing, alsofollows the historic crofts.

Opportunities for enhancement1. Regeneration of derelict sites with

well-designed modern/contemporaryinfill development, in traditional localmaterials, preferably oriented N-Sand picking up croft boundaries.

2. Unsympathetic buildings should beredeveloped or maybe re-cladand/or re-roofed.

3. Retention of allotments, which denotethe historic crofts, as open space.


AREA 9. STATION ROAD

Description■ Station Road survives as an elegant

street that retains its setts andstone footways. Yorkstone settscontinue into the former railwaystation yard of 1865. Together withQueens Place, the street makes apositive contribution to Otley.

■ Station Road was developed informer croft(s) in two or morephases. The long terrace on thewest side is in a mix of GothicRevival styles and has paireddoorcases and canted bays. Thehouses on the east side have turn-of-the-century architectural features.

■ To the north are three well-proportioned workshops, including theformer Primitive Methodist Chapel of1874 - all in traditional materials.Other nearby buildings are not so.

■ Station Road is on a principalwalkers' route to The Chevin.



2. Highways: retention of traditionalsetts, flags and kerbs.


AREA 10. CHEVIN SIDE

Description■ The Chevin rolls down to Birdcage

Walk, on which the hamlet ofChevin Side forms a focus.There is a group oftraditional terraces, aconverted mill andthe former stationmaster's house.Plastic windows donot suit theconverted mill.Walls and treesframe the spaces.

■ The intervening two-lane by-pass barely

intrudes on Chevin Side as it is setdown among trees, except for therather utilitarian bridge.

■ Together with the adjacent stone-built villas in wooded grounds -Woodlands,The Old Vicarage, StationHouse and Beech Grove - ChevinSide forms a very attractive andcoherent area, which is traversed bythe previously mentioned walkers'route to The Chevin.

■ Adjacent to Chevin Side is theSilver Mill Hill hamlet, where the tallformer mill, listed Grade II,dominates the scene in a (mostly)fine landscape setting.



2. Development should be resisted inthe setting of Silver Mill Hill hamlet.

3. Tree management.4. Householders are encouraged to

retain or reinstate original externalarchitectural details of their houses.

Queens Place

View of Silver Mill Hill from East Chevin Road

Chevin Side

Former Silver Mill

View looking South along Gay Lane

A conservation area is a place of specialarchitectural or historic interest whichhas been given protection through theplanning system. There are 63conservation areas in Leeds, each with itsown unique character. They vary greatly:from Leeds City Centre to the towncentres of Morley, Otley and Wetherby,to the great suburbs of Roundhay andHeadingley, to tiny hamlets like WoodhallHills or Stank Hall.

In all cases though the aim is the same:to recognise those characteristics thatmake the place special and try toprotect it from harmful change. TheCity Council has to give specialattention in dealing with all planningmatters in a conservation area to"preserve or enhance the character orappearance of the area". Everyone isencouraged to do the same, fromresidents to government departments.

An area is designated by the CityCouncil following consultation withlocal residents and others interested inthe neighbourhood. From time totime, the Council is required to reviewits conservation areas and makerecommendations for protecting them.This might include a change to theboundaries of the designated area, orspecific planning policies or suggestingsites for improvement.

For a property within a conservationarea planning controls are strongerthan elsewhere. Cases are dealt withon their merits. The details arecomplex but can be summarised as: -

■ Most demolition requirespermission and will be resisted ifthe building makes a positivecontribution to the area.

■ Some minor works to houses areno longer "permitted development"and will require planning permission.Examples are: - rear dormers,external cladding and most satellitedishes on front elevations.

■ Advertisement controls are tighter.■ Most work to trees has to be

notified to the Council who has sixweeks in which to decide to imposerestrictions.

■ Generally, higher standards ofdesign are expected for newbuildings and for alterations toexisting ones.

PLANNING POLICY

National planning policy forconservation areas is set out in PPG15'Planning & the Historic Environment',and local policies for all aspects ofplanning are brought together in theLeeds Unitary Development Plan.

English Heritage has publishedstatements of policy and guidance onconservation areas, including thefollowing. These are available bytelephoning English Heritage on 0870333 1181: -

■ "Conservation Area Appraisals"■ "Practice and Management"■ "Development in Historic Areas"■ "Power of Place"

Otley from the Chevin

Books, articles, photographs, old mapsand postcards, street directories, andlisted building descriptions can all helpto build up a picture of the locality.

SOURCES INCLUDE:

Otley Museum: The Mechanics(Civic Centre), Cross Green, Otley.The Museum has 1970s surveys,pictorial collections and much more.

Tel. 01943 461052 (mornings).

Otley Library: 6 Boroughgate, Otley.Tel. 0113 2243285.

Otley One-Stop Shop (LCC): 8Boroughgate, Otley.Tel. 0113 2477706.

Central Reference Library: (Local& Family History Section),TheHeadrow, Leeds LS1 3AB. Tel 0113 2478290. Website: www.leeds.gov.uk/libraryEmail: [email protected]

West Yorkshire Archive Service:Chapeltown Road, Sheepscar, LeedsLS7 3AP. Tel. 0113 2145814.Website: www.wyjs.archives.org.ukE-mail: [email protected]

West Yorkshire ArchaeologyService: Registry of Deeds,Newstead Road,Wakefield WF1 2DE,Tel. 01924 306794.Fax: 01924 306810. Website:www.arch.wyjs.org.uk

WHAT A CONSERVATION AREA IS

HOW TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OTLEY

This report and further information is available via the Conservation and Heritage link on theDevelopment Department's page on this website: www.leeds.gov.uk

OTHER WEBSITESINCLUDE:www.otleyinternet.co.uk/gallery.htm has anold pictures gallery.

www.communigate.co.uk/brad/octf is thewebsite of Otley Conservation Task Force.

www.leodis.net has pictures of theLeeds area including Otley.

www.imagesofengland.org.uk has listedbuilding descriptions.

www.old-maps.co.uk has early OrdnanceSurvey Maps.

CONSERVATION AREASTUDIES INCLUDE:■ "Otley Conservation Area:

Buildings: their settings and thespaces between them" by OtleyConservation Task Force,December 2000.

■ "Otley Conservation AreaAssessment" by West YorkshireArchaeology Service, March 2000.This report included a survey ofbuilding periods.

■ "Otley Conservation Area: A Study"by Otley Conservation Task Force,2000.

■ "A Walk around Otley" - leaflet by PaulWood,Otley Museum,1998 (4th Ed.).

■ "Otley CAP Scheme PreliminaryApplication" by Department ofPlanning and Environment (DPE),LCC, July 1997. This reportincluded surveys by DPE on: -townscape quality, landscapeopportunities, pedestrian areas,surface materials, enclosure, wallingand roofing materials.

■ "Otley Town Study" by Clare Lane,LMU Dissertation, June 1992. Thisproject included case studies onhistoric buildings, shop fronts &signs, recent development, and aproposed extension.

■ "Otley Conservation Area PolicyReport" by Leeds City Council - Nov.1977. This report looked at: - keybuildings; shop front design; intrusivesigns; neglected buildings and spaces.

TOWN STUDIESINCLUDE:■ "Otley and Wharfedale

Community Plan 2001/02".Contact: Kiera Swift, LocalityCoordinator:Tel. 0113 2144838.

■ "Otley Town Centre Action Plan"a partnership document producedby Leeds City Council and OtleyTown Partnership, 2000.

■ "Otley Town Centre UrbanDesign Studies" by LMU Students,supervised by DPE, 1998.

HISTORY REFERENCESINCLUDE:■ "Otley Past, Present & Future 25

Years On - A Commemoration ofthe Life and History of Otley"compiled by John Morgan 2002.Otley handbook. Published by:Otley P.P.F. Community Project.ISBN: 0-9542891-0-2.

■ "Otley CAA - HistoricalDevelopment and ChangingCharacter of the CA" by WestYorkshire Archaeology Service,March 2000.

■ "A Guide to the Landscape ofOtley: seventh to seventeenthcentury" by Paul Wood, publishedby Christine Dean & Paul Wood,1999.

■ "Guide to Otley MuseumDocumentary Collection".

Otley Conservation Task Force.Website: www.communigate.co.uk/brad/octfContact: Ian Andrew.Email: [email protected]

Otley Museum,The Mechanics(Civic Centre), 2 Cross Green,Otley. Tel. 01943 461052.

Otley and Wharfedale CIT, NorthWest Community Planning.Contact: Kiera Swift, LocalityCoordinator. No. 3 The Green,Horsforth, Leeds LS18 4RH.Tel. 0113 2144838.Email: [email protected]

Otley Town Partnership and OtleyTown Council. Contact: Otley TownClerk's Office: The Civic Centre, 2Cross Green, Otley. Tel. 01943466335. Fax: 01943 468658.Email: [email protected]

Otley Market Towns Initiative.Contact: Ian Stewart,YorkshireForward Market Towns Manager. Email:[email protected]

Children studying Otley Manor House

HOW TO GET INVOLVED WITH CONSERVING OTLEY

Acknowledgements:The Development Department would like to acknowledge the copyrights and generousassistance of:West Yorkshire Archaeology Service; Otley Conservation Task Force; Paul Woodand Christine Dean of Otley Museum; Students of Leeds Metropolitan University; P.J.Adams(1851 map).

Published in 2003 by: Development Department, Leeds City Council,The Leonardo Building, 2Rossington Street, Leeds LS2 8HD. Tel. 0113 247 8147. Email: [email protected]

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