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Using Historic Landscape Characterisation Although other HLCs are not admissible under the present regulations, some local authorities nevertheless find ways to use HLC information in support of their comments on hedgerow applications: Herefordshire A Hedgerow Retention Notice was served near Ross on Wye in Herefordshire, as the affected hedge fulfilled the following criteria of Schedule 1, Part II of the Regulations: The hedgerow has existed for 30 years or more Criterion 5(a), since it was recorded as an integral part of a field system pre-dating the Inclosure Act (Tithe Map of 1840). The HLC map was used to support the claim that the hedge was an integral part of a field system, the dominant character being the extensive but not total reorganisation of the landscape formalised during the medieval and post-medieval periods. The hedgerow in question was a key element in this pattern, which is extant and discernible, and the Appeal determined that this would no longer be the case were it removed. A distinctive hedgerow boundary pattern, in southwest Herefordshire © Herefordshire Council 40
Partnership, Learning and Outreach Chapter 4 Partnership, Learning Partnership Chapter 2 showed that Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC) strengthens Landscape Character Assessment, as both are characterbased approaches that use a common language. It is therefore not surprising and Outreach that other initiatives built around the concept of character can also make productive use of HLC, particularly Conservation Area Appraisals (CAA), Parish Plans and Village Design Statements. Chew Magna CAA, Bath and North East Somerset, 2003 The Conservation Area of Chew Magna was first designated in 1978, and following the completion of the Avon HLC, the Avon Extensive Urban Survey and the Rural Landscapes of Bath and North East Somerset Project, it was recognised that a wider area of special architectural and historic interest should be included within it. The Conservation Area of Chew Magna has therefore been extended; in addition to the historic village, reference to the HLC allows it now to include areas of medieval or earlier enclosure of rich, wet grassland, a post-medieval designed ornamental landscape, and late medieval enclosed open fields. Chew Magna conservation area character appraisal and Chew Magna revised conservation area boundary overlying HLC mapping © Bath & North East Somerset Council. OS licence LA 09054L Input into Conservation Area Appraisals is becoming an increasingly valued application of HLC, not least for its ability to provide the landscape context of settlement. This will see much greater use following the completion of the new urban character projects that are currently under way. For example, district councils in Lancashire have recognised the value of using mapping from urban characterisation as a potential basis for future Conservation Area Appraisals. 41
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