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BOC Immingham Dissolved Acetylene Project Environmental Statement: Vol. 2 Main Text
Figure 13.5 Photograph Taken from the Flood Defence Embankment (West of the Site)
13.62 A full description of the site and its surroundings is provided in Chapter 2. Site layout and
appearance is described in more detail in Chapter 3 (see also Figure 3.2 and Figure 3.3).
Landscape Condition
13.63 Landscape condition is an indication of the physical state of the elements that make up the
landscape, for instance; trees, hedges, woodlands, crops, field boundaries and walls. It is an
assessment that considers their appearance, health, life expectancy as well as state of
management xxii . The assessment also includes reference to policy and designations within
national and local planning policy and published character assessments.
13.64 Landscape condition has been considered for the development site and immediate surrounding
only, as beyond this there are unlikely to be any direct impacts as a result of the Dissolved
Acetylene Project (e.g. removal or loss of landscape features).
13.65 Observations were made during the site visits and overall, the conditions of the landscape
elements within the site are considered to be ‘low’. Furthermore the wider landscape character is
considered to be degraded (as identified by NELCs Landscape Character Assessment,
undertaken in 2010).
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As ecology is considered in its own right as part of this EIA (Chapter 10), landscape condition within this chapter does not include
the ecology value of the landscape in its condition assessment.
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