Landscape Character Assessment - Chelmsford Borough Council

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Option B – Combined Landscape and Settlement Character Policy‘POLICY X - PROTECTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF LANDSCAPE AND SETTLEMENTCHARACTERPROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE INFORMED BY AND BE SYMPATHETIC TOLOCAL LANDSCAPE AND SETTLEMENT CHARACTER, AND SHOULD CONTRIBUTE, ASAPPROPRIATE, TO THE ACTIVE CONSERVATION, ENHANCEMENT AND/OR RESTORATIONOF THE LANDSCAPE OR TOWNSCAPE CHARACTER AREAS LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED.DEVELOPMENT WILL BE PERMITTED WHERE IT CAN PROTECT, CONSERVE AND/ORENHANCE:* LANDSCAPE OR TOWNSCAPE CHARACTER AND LOCAL DISTINCTIVENESS OFTHE AREA (INCLUDING ITS HISTORICAL, BIODIVERSITY AND CULTURALCHARACTER AND ITS TRANQUILLITY)* THE DISTINCTIVE SETTING OF, AND RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN, SETTLEMENTSAND BUILDINGS AND THE LANDSCAPE INCLUDING IMPORTANT VIEWS* THE FUNCTION OF WATERCOURSES, WOODLAND, TREES, FIELD BOUNDARIES,VEGETATION AND OTHER LANDSCAPE FEATURES AS ECOLOGICALCORRIDORS* THE SPECIAL QUALITIES OF RIVERS, WATERWAYS, WETLANDS AND THEIRSURROUNDINGS* THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE AREA INCLUDING SENSITIVE SKYLINES, HILLSIDESAND GEOLOGICAL FEATURES.Supporting Explanatory TextThe undeveloped countryside is part of the everyday surroundings for a large proportion of thepopulation in the Borough/District, and the visual character of both landscapes and townscapes area significant influence on the quality of life for communities in all areas. The settlement pattern ofseparate settlements with intervening countryside is also highly valued by local communities. Inline with Government policy, the Council affords high priority to the protection, conservation andenhancement of landscape and townscape character in delivering sustainable development withinthe Borough/District. The Council seeks to encourage well-designed, high quality new developmentthat helps sustain and/or create landscapes and townscapes with a strong sense of place and localidentity. Retaining the separate identity, character and the visual and functional amenity ofsettlements and preventing coalescence is also a key objective.A Landscape Character Supplementary Planning Document has been prepared to provide guidanceon how the Landscape Character Assessment of the Borough/District (a technical study prepared byindependent consultants in consultation with representatives of stakeholder groups) can be appliedto help protect, conserve and enhance the landscape. The study identifies and describes distinctiveLandscape Character Areas throughout the Borough/District as a whole. Drawing on this study,the SPD set out objectives and guidelines for conserving, enhancing and restoring the character ofthe Landscape Character Areas. This information can be used, along with other studies thatprovide part of the evidence base about landscape and the character of towns and villages in theBorough/District, to inform considerations about the effects of development proposals on thedistinctive character, qualities and sensitivities of landscapes and townscapes throughout theBorough/District.’ Other studies include the Essex Historic Landscape Characterisation Study,Urban Archaeological Surveys, Conservation Area Appraisals, Settlement-Edge Studies and LocalDistinctiveness Studies, and Town/Village Design Statements and Parish Plans developed by localcommunities.Appendix F – Draft Core Stratregy Landscape Character Policy11100101R Final LCAs_09-06
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8.0 RECOMMENDATIONS8.1 General8.2 K
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYBackgroundIn Octob
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11.0 INTRODUCTION1.1 Background and
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1655.4 Drained Estuarine Marsh Land
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