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6.140 The limited amount of built development on and close to the site, and the
arable land use of the immediate context gives the site a sense of relative
tranquillity although the landscape is certainly not remote or untouched by
modern human influences.
6.141 The M1/M18 motorway is ever present and the two motorways have an
established effect on visual amenity. The noise from the motorway
detracts from the otherwise tranquil nature of the site.
6.142 From within the site there are long distance views to the extensive
Sheffield/Rotherham conurbation to the north and west and in every
direction there appear to be overhead electricity lines.
PUBLISHED LANDSCAPE CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
6.143 This section provides an objective and factual description of the character
of the landscape within the study area.
6.144 A review of the following landscape character assessments and landscape
capacity studies was undertaken:
Character Assessment of England, Volume 3: Yorkshire and Humber,
1996, Countryside Commission and English Nature
Barnsley Borough Landscape Character Assessment, Land Use
Consultants and University of Sheffield (2002);
Landscape Character and Capacity Assessment of Doncaster
Borough, ECUS for Doncaster Metropolitan Council (2007);
The Landscape Character of Derbyshire, Derbyshire County Council
(2000);
Nottinghamshire Landscape Guidelines, Nottinghamshire County
Council (2003); and
Peak District Landscape Character Assessment, Peak District National
Park Authority (2008).
6.145 At this point it is necessary to distinguish between two terms that are used
throughout the section. They originate from the Guidelines for Landscape
Character Assessment (Countryside Agency and SNH, (2002).
Landscape Character Types (LCTs) are defined as tracts of
landscape which have a generic unity of character due to the particular
combinations of landform, land cover, pattern and elements. The same
landscape character type can occur at several different locations
throughout a study area; and
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