Landscape Character Supplementary Planning Document ...

City of Bradford Metropolitan District CouncilLocal Development Framework For Bradford9.5 WOODED VALLEYSummary9.5.1 These are narrow, linear, incised, wooded valleys cut into the landscape by thebranching patters of streams. This results in a very enclosed environment where thetopography has strictly governed the landcover to produce a very strong and distinctivefeature in the wider landscape.Distribution9.5.2 Wooded valleys are fairly evenly distributed throughout the Bradford district with onlymost prominent in the Worth and North Beck Valleys and Wilsden character areas wherethey form a very dominant part of the essential character.Landscape Elements9.5.3 Wooded valleys generally contain a very limited range of landscape elements. Woodedis the dominant element in all of them with some fields and walls present in most cases,and generally no housing present. Isolated trees and tree clumps often occur as well asthe woodland, and the stream has often been dammed in some way to form reservoirs orweirs.Landscape Character Supplementary Planning DocumentOctober 2008 Page 50