Landscape Character Assessment - Chelmsford Borough Council

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4- developing criteria-based policies, informed by the area-wide strategies and landscapecharacter assessments, to ensure that all development, wherever possible respects andenhances local landscape character; and- providing/requiring appropriate mitigation measures where avoidance of damage tolocal landscape character is unavoidable.’The Essex Structure Plan1.4.6 The Essex and Southend on Sea Replacement Structure Plan was adopted in April 2001.Under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the Structure Plan will remain theoperative development plan for Essex from 2004-2007. The Structure Plan and its policiesare therefore saved for three years, unless the East of England Regional Spatial Strategy isadopted sooner. Once the East of England Plan is adopted, the Structure Plan policies will berepealed and will have no effect.1.4.7 The need to protect landscape character has been recognised by Essex County Council, andpolicies to protect the distinctive character of the towns, villages, countryside and coast of theCounty is set out in the Structure Plan. The Structure Plan specifically encourages Districtand Borough Councils in Essex to prepare Landscape Character Assessments to inform landuse planning and land management in their areas.Local Planning Context1.4.8 The five local planning authorities within the Study Area have prepared and adopted LocalPlans for the whole of their areas to guide development and to protect and enhance theenvironment. These will eventually be replaced by Local Development Frameworks (LDFs)under the arrangements set out in the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. LDFscomprise a series of Local Development Documents (LDDs) that will set out proposals forthe future development use and conservation of land and buildings.1.4.9 The new LDFs will normally comprise the following main LDDs of relevance to landscapeplanning objectives:Statement of Community Involvement – sets out how the community will be consultedduring the production of LLDs and in development control.Core Strategy – establishes the overarching vision for development in local authority areasand sets out the key planning objectives as a basis for policies. It contains a spatialstrategy, strategic policies and proposals for promoting and controlling development inaccordance with the principles of sustainable development, and includes a monitoring andimplementation framework.Development Control Policies – comprise a suite of policies to be used in developmentcontrol to ensure that all development meets the vision and strategy set out in the CoreStrategy.Site Specific Allocations – this identifies site-specific land allocations for different types ofdevelopment, and land to which specific policies apply.Area Action Plans – are developed, where necessary, for particular sites or areas identifiedfor significant change or conservation. They focus on implementation, setting out themeasures needed to deliver development or conservation initiatives.Section 1.0 – Introduction11100101R Final LCAs_09-06
5Proposals Map - expresses geographically the adopted development plan policies,including locations and sites for particular land use and development proposals, and areasof protection.Supplementary Planning Documents – provide detailed guidance to elaborate upon thecore policies and proposals, e.g. design guides, site development briefs or topic basedguidance. SPDs are capable of being updated regularly making them more able torespond to changing circumstances. They do not have Development Plan Documentstatus, but are a material consideration in the determination of planning applications.1.4.10 The Core Strategy, Development Control Policies, Site Specific Allocations, Proposals Mapand any Area Action Plans, together with the RSS, comprise the statutory Development PlanDocuments against which all planning decisions will normally need to be made. It isintended that this Landscape Character Assessment will be used as part of the evidence baseof technical studies to inform the preparation of the LDFs within the Study Area.1.4.11 The current local planning situation in each of the respective authority areas is set out inAppendix E.1.5 Approach and Methodology1.5.1 The overall approach for undertaking the Landscape Character Assessment is based on thelatest guidance published by the Countryside Agency 5 , taking into account current bestpractice. Landscape Character Assessment addresses both the relatively objective process oflandscape characterisation, which involves identifying, mapping, classifying and describing‘landscape character’, and the more subjective process of evaluating landscape character toinform planning and land management decisions.1.5.2 The study process is illustrated in Box 1, and described below.Box 1 – Landscape Character Assessment ProcessKEY STAKEHOLDERCONSULTATIONNovember 2005KEY STAKEHOLDERCONSULTATION March2006DESK STUDY RESEARCHFIELD SURVEYCHARACTERISATIONEVALUATIONKEY STAKEHOLDERCONSULTATIONJune 2006DRAFT STUDY REPORTFINAL STUDY REPORT5 Landscape Character Assessment – Guidance for England and Scotland (Countryside Agency/Scottish Natural Heritage,2002).11100101R Final LCAs_09-06Section 1.0 - Introduction
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APPENDIX ASTAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION
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GLOSSARYCommunity StrategyAll local
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APPENDIX CSOURCES OF FURTHER INFORM
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