Urban design baseline report

12Landscape featuresIn broad terms the site’s key landscape characteristics are:• The relatively flat topography• The openness of the landscape across and around theairfield• The limited opportunity for views of the south and westof the airfield• The lack of vegetation to screen urban edges• Limited trees within Waterfront areaFurther detailed assessment would be required if andwhen an environmental impact assessment were to beproduced to support a planning application.View towards Daedalus across the Alver Valley which forms part of theStrategic Gap. The countryside includes wooded areas, arable fields,paddocks and a golf courseLandscape features within the Alver Valley include fences, ditches, gappyhedgerows and scrubby woodlandPlease see the accompanying landscape report for furtheranalysis.View down a narrow country lane in the Alver ValleyFlat and exposed field in north east corner of Hangars East