LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, HEATH, ,

MR. AND MRS. J. HILL

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL

South View Tadley Hampshire RG26 5GT Tel: 01256 850474 Mobile: 07774 170845

E-mail: [email protected]

October 2016

Contents

1. Instructions and Introduction 2. Baseline Landscape Assessment

3. Baseline Visual Assessment

FLOYD MATCHAM 4. Landscape and Visual Analysis Landscape Architects

October 2016 5. Landscape and Visual Effects

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, , TADLEY, 6. Summary and Conclusions HAMPSHIRE

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL APPENDICES DEVELOPMENT

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL Appendix 1: Landscape Context Plan

For MR. AND MRS. J. HILL Appendix 2: Site Analysis Plan (sheets 1 and 2)

Appendix 3: Visual Analysis Plan

Appendix 4: Photographs

Appendix 5: Extract from the and Deane Landscape Assessment

Appendix 6: Landscape Strategy

COPYRIGHT

This document is the copyright of Floyd Matcham and their Clients. Unauthorised reproduction of these documents shall constitute a breach of copyright.

ABBREVIATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS

Elevations are given in metres above Ordnance Survey Datum (AOD).

All measurements are given in metric with the following abbreviations:

m metre(s)

ha hectare(s)

km kilometre(s)

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1.0. Instructions and Introduction

1.1. Mr. and Mrs. J. Hill (the Clients) intend to submit a planning application for a residential development scheme on land at Pelican Road, Pamber Heath, Tadley, Hampshire (the application site). The location of the application site

is shown on the Landscape Context plan at Appendix 1. The site is located FLOYD MATCHAM Landscape Architects substantially within the administrative area of

October 2016 Borough Council but part of the site is also located within the administrative

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, area of West Berkshire District Council. The county and district council HAMPSHIRE boundary is shown on the plan at Appendix 1. PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT 1.2. Floyd Matcham has been instructed by the Clients to prepare a landscape LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL appraisal of the application site, to design a landscape masterplan for the For MR. AND MRS. J. HILL scheme and to undertake an assessment of likely landscape and visual

effects.

1.3. Floyd Matcham is working as part of a professional project team advising Mr. and Mrs. Hill and this report should be read in conjunction with all of the documents and plans submitted with the planning application.

Structure of the Report

1.4. Section 2 and Section 3 of this document respectively set out the findings of baseline landscape and baseline visual assessments of the application site and surrounding area. They provide information to inform the siting, design and future landscape treatment of the proposed residential development at Pelican Road, Pamber Heath and to guide the future landscape management of the site, including identification and protection of any important landscape features that should be retained.

1.5. The baseline assessments have been undertaken using the guidance set out in the “Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, Third Edition” (GLVIA), published by The Landscape Institute and The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (2013).

1.6. Section 2 records the baseline landscape conditions and this should be read in conjunction with the Landscape Context Plan (Appendix 1), the 1

extract from the Basingstoke and Deane Landscape Assessment

(Appendix 5) and the Site Analysis Plan (Appendix 2 – sheets 1 and 2).

1.7. Section 3 records the baseline visual conditions and this should be read in conjunction with the Visual Analysis Plan (Appendix 3) and the

accompanying photographs (Appendix 4).

FLOYD MATCHAM Landscape Architects 1.8. In Section 4 of the appraisal, the baseline conditions are analysed to

October 2016 identify the main constraints and opportunities for undertaking a residential

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, development scheme on the application site.. PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE 1.9. Section 5 of the report summarises the form of the development and PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT describes the landscape strategy that has informed the preparation of an

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL illustrative landscape masterplan. The landscape strategy is shown at For 1 MR. AND MRS. J. HILL Appendix 6 and the illustrative landscape masterplan forms part of the

application documents.

1.10. The proposed development would create both landscape and visual effects and these are assessed subsequently in Section 5. The assessment of landscape and visual effects considers the likely effects that would arise but it does not constitute a formal assessment of the significance of future landscape and visual changes.2

1.11. Section 6 sets out a summary and conclusions.

1 The illustrative landscape masterplan shows the suggested landscape design for the layout submitted with the outline planning application. 2 GLVIA, paragraph 3.2, p26. 2

2.0. Baseline Landscape Assessment

PURPOSE 2.1. The purpose of the baseline landscape assessment is to describe the landscape characteristics, particularly landform, landcover (vegetation),

FLOYD MATCHAM land use and built development that make up the particular landscape Landscape Architects character of the site and its surrounding area. October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, 2.2. The application site comprises land in existing or former agricultural use, PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE principally for grazing of livestock, served by a farm track with access from

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL the northern end of Pelican Road. The site immediately adjoins the DEVELOPMENT settlement boundary for , Pamber Heath and Tadley in the LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL 3 For adopted Basingstoke and Deane Local Plan. MR. AND MRS. J. HILL

2.3. Much of the central part of the site, comprising degraded pine and oak woodland, was formerly used as a pig farm but is no longer in active agricultural use. There is a group of agricultural buildings and structures at the eastern end of the site, including a substantial barn but some of these buildings and structures are no longer in active use. There are no dwellings on the site.

GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT

2.4. The application site is situated on the north side of the existing residential area of Pelican Road which is located to the north of Road in the parish of Pamber Heath. Pamber Heath is a mainly residential area lying immediately to the east of Tadley, surrounded in part by extensive commons (Tadley Common and Silchester Common). The urban area of Tadley is contiguous with Pamber Heath, and also with the settlement of Baughurst lying on the west side of Tadley.

2.5. Tadley is the second-largest settlement in Basingstoke District and lies some seven miles north of Basingstoke town centre, close to the District and Hampshire County boundary with West Berkshire District Council. The

33 Policy SS1, Basingstoke and Deane Local Plan, 2011-2029, adopted May 2016, 3

combined population of Tadley/Pamber Heath/Baughurst was 16,600 in

4 2011. Reading (about ten miles to the north-east) and Newbury (about ten miles to the north-west) are the nearest other major towns.

2.6. Apart from the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE Aldermaston – see

below), mainly open countryside, but containing several smaller

FLOYD MATCHAM settlements, lies beyond the urban area of Tadley and Pamber Heath. The Landscape Architects smaller settlements near to Tadley include Silchester, Aldermaston, October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, Brimpton Common, and . The surrounding PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE countryside also contains many scattered houses and farmsteads.

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT 2.7. AWE Aldermaston is an extensive, secure installation of industrial

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL character, owned by the MOD5 and operated by AWE Management

For Limited. The installation lies to the north of Tadley between A340, Paices MR. AND MRS. J. HILL Hill and Reading Road, the latter linking Tadley at Three Corner Plantation

to Padworth Common.

Landscape Character Assessment

2.8. The application site falls within study areas for two local authority Landscape Character Assessments. Most of the site is situated within Basingstoke District and a Landscape Character Assessment for the borough was carried out in 20016. The application site lies within the North Silchester Landscape Character Area (LCA). Appendix 5 contains an extract from the Basingstoke and Deane Landscape Assessment setting out a full description of the North Silchester Landscape Character Area.

2.9. The landscape character assessment identifies several key characteristics of this LCA. Those that are particularly relevant to the application site are set out below:

 plateau landscape draining eastwards;

4 2011 Census for Baughurst, Pamber and Tadley Parishes 5 Ministry of Defence 6 Basingstoke and Deane Landscape Assessment prepared for Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council by Landscape Design Associates and published in June 2001. 4

 predominantly coniferous heath plantation, giving an enclosed,

formal, relatively uniform character to the area, with small areas of mixed heathland and forest, and disturbed landscape;  mainly quiet and rural character, although the latter is affected in western parts by the urban influence of Tadley, and to its north- east by Mortimer;

 heathland areas at Silchester Common (part of the Pamber FLOYD MATCHAM Forest and Silchester Common SSSI) form a scarce habitat type, Landscape Architects the best example of Calluna/Erica/Ulex heathland on the Tertiary October 2016 deposits in the Thames Basin;

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY,  low intervisibility across the area with plantation and trees within HAMPSHIRE heath limiting views; and

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL  settlements of Silchester and Pamber Heath disrupt rural nature DEVELOPMENT of southern parts of the area. Other individual properties are LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL located adjacent to the plantations, reached along relatively

For straight, direct roads. MR. AND MRS. J. HILL

2.10. The assessment notes that much of this LCA is characterised and unified by distinct heath associated vegetation while coniferous plantation woodland covers much of the area, extending northwards beyond the borough boundary. The assessment also notes that the ‘quiet character’ of the ‘predominantly rural’ area is disrupted in the western parts by the urban influence of Tadley.

2.11. Several key issues for this LCA are identified in the assessment but these are primarily concerned with the use and management of the remaining native and semi-natural habitats within the LCA. Two issues that may be relevant to consideration of the planning application are set out below:

 poor species and structural diversity and ecological value within coniferous plantations;  localised suburbanising influences of some built development and roads, including suburban styles of fencing, signage, lighting and planting.

2.12. The eastern part of the site, together with an area of land to the north of the main site, which will form part of the SUDS7 design, lies within West Berkshire District. There is no district-wide landscape character

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assessment for West Berkshire but a Landscape Character Assessment

8 was carried out in 2003 for the whole of the former county of Berkshire .

2.13. Land adjoining the Hampshire County boundary at Pamber Heath lies within the Type H: Woodland and Heathland Mosaic landscape type which

covers an extensive area of land lying in the south and west of Berkshire.

FLOYD MATCHAM This landscape type takes in in a wide variety of landscapes including large Landscape Architects interconnected woodland blocks, remnant heathland and intervening areas October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, of farmland. Consequently, the landscape type can be described by PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE reference to a large range of landscape characteristics, many of which are

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL not representative of land within or immediately surrounding the application DEVELOPMENT site. However, the description includes a reference to a ‘ strong wooded LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL

For context taking in a variety of woodland forms including large swathes of MR. AND MRS. J. HILL mixed, coniferous and deciduous woodland’ which is relevant to the setting

of the application site.

2.14. The Type H: Woodland and Heathland Mosaic landscape type is sub- divided into five landscape character areas (LCAs) including the H5 Burghfield LCA in which part of the application site is located.

2.15. Referring specifically to this LCA, the assessment notes that it has a much larger-scale pattern compared to other LCAs within this landscape type, with large woodland blocks being a dominant characteristic but also with large-scale pastoral and arable fields. The association with existing urban areas at Tadley, along the southern boundary of the LCA, and the significance of AWE Aldermaston, are also noted

2.16. In the evaluation of the Woodland and Heathland Mosaic landscape type, the assessment highlights several features of key significance. It identifies that the landscape type has a ‘strong and intimate rural character’, but with urban fringe characteristics at the edge of the settled area. Although the condition of the landscape is considered to be generally very good, several

8 Berkshire Landscape Character Assessment prepared for Berkshire Joint Strategic Planning Unit by Land Use Consultants and published in October 2003. 6

key issues for conserving landscape character are highlighted and broad

guidance for landscape management is set out.

2.17. In regard specifically to the H5 Burghfield LCA, the assessment notes that it has a ‘moderate’ landscape character but the condition of the landscape

has declined due to the loss and fragmentation of heathland and the

FLOYD MATCHAM decline in the level of deciduous woodland. The assessment also seeks Landscape Architects positive management of land on the fringes of settlement. October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, ANDSCAPE AND OTHER DESIGNATIONS HAMPSHIRE L

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL 2.18. There are no national landscape designations9 affecting the application DEVELOPMENT

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL site. The North Wessex Downs AONB extends across part of the district

For lying mainly to the west of Basingstoke but, at its nearest point, the MR. AND MRS. J. HILL boundary of the AONB lies over 5kms from the application site. The AONB

also extends around the northern side of the Kennet Valley in West Berkshire district but, again, the nearest boundary lies over 5kms away at Aldermaston Wharf.

2.19. There are also no local landscape designations affecting the application site and it does not lie within a Strategic Gap.10 The site does not lie within or near to a Conservation Area.

LOCAL SITE CONTEXT

2.20. The local context of the application site is a combination of both urban, and rural settings and these are shown on the Landscape Context Plan at Appendix 1.

2.21. The application site adjoins the established, mainly residential area of Pamber Heath and its southern boundary abuts the rear gardens of houses lying on the north side of Verica Gardens and Penbere Close, both served from Pelican Road. Pamber Heath is a well-defined residential area comprising mainly medium-density and low-density housing situated on

9 National parks or Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB),designated under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 10 Policy EM2 of the adopted Basingstoke and Deane Local Plan 2011-2029. 7

both sides of Silchester Road. Much of the residential area occupies a

gently-undulating plateau lying between 95 and 100m AOD.

2.22. The village adjoins Tadley Common to the west and Silchester Common to the east. These substantial areas of heathland habitat, lying to the south of

Silchester Road, are both designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest

FLOYD MATCHAM (SSSI). The commons also lie partly on the plateau mentioned above but Landscape Architects the southern part of Silchester Common is more incised by stream courses. October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, 2.23. To the west of the Pelican Road residential area there is scattered PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE residential development, together with a substantial area of commercial PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT buildings, hardstandings and external storage areas. The land to the east

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL and north-east of Pelican Road is a relatively low-lying area of dense scrub

For and plantation woodland, including a pond (believed to be a former mineral MR. AND MRS. J. HILL working).

2.24. The landscape to the north of the application site, lying within West Berkshire district, largely comprises undeveloped countryside which falls gently to the north. To the north, there is a single large field under pasture, immediately adjoining the application site, surrounded by substantial woodland blocks lying to the north and east.

2.25. Adjoining, but lying outside a section of the application site’s northern boundary, there is an area of land defined by new boundary fencing where mobile homes and caravans have been sited. There is a short line of trees lying outside the western boundary of this site within the application site. The mobile homes and caravans are served by a track leading from the west which crosses the west side of the application site. The western field boundary is demarcated by a narrow belt of trees and there are further fields under pasture to the west.

2.26. There is an established but not extensive network of public rights of way in the local area and these are shown on the Landscape Context Plan at Appendix 1. Public footpath no 901 (Hampshire) which continues as public footpath ALDE/5/2 (West Berkshire) connects Silchester Road to the footpath network in the countryside to the north of Pamber Heath. A section

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of this public footpath runs along part of the application site’s western

boundary.

SITE LANDSCAPE CHARACTERISTICS11

2.27. The following landscape elements are shown on the site analysis plan

(sheets 1 and 2) at Appendix 2. Full details of the existing habitats on the FLOYD MATCHAM Landscape Architects site are set out in the ecology report prepared by Tyler Grange. Similarly,

October 2016 full details of the trees on the site are set out in the arboricultural report

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, prepared by Ian Keen Limited. This latter report has been prepared in PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE 12 accordance with the recommendations of BS5837:20103 . These PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT recommendations include the grading of trees according to their quality

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL which is judged by reference to a number of factors including condition and

For life expectancy. These reports are submitted separately with the planning MR. AND MRS. J. HILL application.

2.28. The southern part of the application site is broadly rectangular in shape but the northern part has an irregular configuration. This part of the site comprises land that will not be used for new built development, together with an existing site where mobile homes and caravans have been sited. The entire site extends to about 3.5ha.

2.29. The southern site boundary is defined by existing garden fencing enclosing the rear gardens of houses on Verica Gardens and Penbere Close. There is further garden boundary fencing adjoining part of the western site boundary (adjoining an individual dwelling and garden) but the remaining boundaries are defined in part largely by agricultural fencing or are undefined. The eastern boundary of the application site is concealed by dense scrub woodland.

2.30. Much of the site is relatively level at about 101m AOD, with a slight fall to below 100mm near the eastern boundary. There is also a slight change of

11 For clarity, in the following and subsequent sections of the report, references to the northern site boundary refer to the main body of the site lying within Basingstoke and Deane district, together with the eastern field lying in West Berkshire District, but excluding adjoining land required for part of the SUDs design. 12 BS5837:20102: Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction. 9

fall along the northern side of the woodland area (see below) where it

adjoins the pasture field to the north. Here the land begins to fall gently to the north from a maximum elevation close to 99m AOD. Part of this pasture field falls within the application site area as it will be required for the formation of a drainage swale. However, the field is currently undivided.

FLOYD MATCHAM 2.31. Apart from minor drainage ditches, there are no surface water features on Landscape Architects the application site, with the exception of a seasonal pond which is October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, concealed within the dense vegetation growing at the eastern edge of the PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE site.

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT 2.32. The site mainly comprises land in existing or former agricultural use,

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL primarily as pasture. The western field (see site analysis plan) comprises

For land under pasture which is used for occasional grazing. On the western MR. AND MRS. J. HILL side of this field there is a line of poor-quality Norway spruce trees (graded

as ‘C’ category in the arboricultural report) which separate the main part of the field from a small enclave of grassland lying against the western boundary.

2.33. To the north of the western field, there is a further area of rough grassland, with some peripheral small trees and hedges, crossed by a recently- surfaced track. The latter provides access to the site, described previously, which is currently used for the siting of mobile homes and caravans.

2.34. The extensive central area comprises land that was formerly used as a pig farm. This area was originally planted with Scots pine trees but the majority of these trees are now in poor condition and there are some significant gaps in the former tree cover. Most of these trees are graded as ‘U’ category in the arboricultural report, requiring removal. The forest floor has also been substantially disturbed leading to the formation of a subsoil plan that has impeded drainage. In turn, that has led locally to the establishment of marshland plant communities, notably sedges.

2.35. On the southern edge of this woodland area, the pine trees, together with some oak trees, are in better condition and these have been graded as ‘B category in the arboricultural report. These trees are aligned with the farm

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track that serves the site leading from the northern end of Pelican Road.

There is also a group of better quality ‘B’ category pine and oak trees adjoining the northern boundary of the woodland with the pasture field to the north.

2.36. At the eastern end of the central area there is a collection of farm buildings

FLOYD MATCHAM and structures, including a substantial barn, largely contained within the Landscape Architects woodland environment. Some of these buildings and structures are now October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, redundant and this part of the site presents a rather unkempt appearance PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE that is visually detracting.

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT 2.37. The farm track mentioned above turns north at the eastern edge of the

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL central area to provide access to the farmland to the north. This land simply

For comprises a single large field (apart from the fenced access track) under MR. AND MRS. J. HILL pasture. This is currently used for the grazing of cattle.

2.38. Finally, the eastern field is an extension of the pasture land to the north but the eastern site boundary itself is concealed by a wide belt of scrub woodland which has grown into the site from the land to the east. This woodland conceals a seasonal pond that forms part of a larger pond located on land to the east. This feature cannot be seen easily from within the application site.

VALUE OF THE LANDSCAPE RESOURCE

2.39. The application site and its immediate setting is a landscape resource that has intrinsic value. However, it is not possible to attribute a precise value to this landscape resource as its relative value would be perceived differently by different groups of people. Therefore, in determining a reasonably objective assessment of landscape value, it is most helpful initially to refer to any statutory and non-statutory landscape designations.

2.40. The application site is not located within any area of acknowledged scenic beauty that enjoys statutory protection. Similarly, there are no non-statutory or local designations indicating that the application site and its setting are particularly valued locally.

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2.41. The value of the application site can also be considered with regard to its

physical characteristics, its condition and other relevant local factors. These are summarised below:

 the majority of the application site is no longer in agricultural use and

parts of the site have a neglected appearance where there has been

FLOYD MATCHAM reduced management; Landscape Architects

October 2016  the application site does not possess any features of particular

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, landscape significance that make an important contribution to wider PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE landscape character and it has no particular scenic qualities;

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL  although partly wooded, many of the trees on the site are of poor DEVELOPMENT

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL quality and there are no ‘A’ category trees;

For  at the detailed level, the main part of the site lying within Basingstoke MR. AND MRS. J. HILL district, can be considered as broadly representative of the North

Silchester LCA (Basingstoke and Deane Landscape Assessment) but there are no landscape features that are especially representative;  the northern and eastern parts of the site lying within West Berkshire District are also broadly representative of the H5 Burghfield LCA (Berkshire Landscape Character Assessment) but again there are no landscape features that are especially representative  the site has no special conservation value;  it has no recreational function; and  the site is not known to have any cultural associations.

2.42. Having regard to all the above factors, the application site is considered to be a landscape resource of low value which would not be very sensitive to change.

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3.0. Baseline Visual Assessment

3.1. The purpose of the baseline visual assessment is to consider the nature of the visual amenity of the area. It examines the visibility of the existing site, identifies principal viewpoints towards the site, and highlights sensitive

visual receptors. FLOYD MATCHAM Landscape Architects VISIBILITY OF THE APPLICATION SITE October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, 3.2. The visual envelope of a site under appraisal is defined as the extent of PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE any area or areas surrounding the site from which views, and particularly

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL public views, can be obtained. Landform, land cover and built form DEVELOPMENT elements primarily determine the extent of a visual envelope. LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL

For 3.3. An estimated13 primary visual envelope has been identified for the MR. AND MRS. J. HILL

proposed residential application site and this is shown on the visual analysis plan at Appendix 3. The primary visual envelope, takes in those areas adjoining the site boundaries from where unrestricted and filtered views can be obtained across all or part of the site.

3.4. The primary visual envelope for the application site mainly takes in land to the north of the application site comprising the large field under pasture lying between the application site and the woodlands to the north. From within this field views can be obtained to the northern site boundary and into the more open western field.

3.5. In terms of public views from the north, views are obtained from the public footpath that runs on a north-south alignment to the west of the site. Views can be obtained towards the application site from this footpath through gaps between trees and understorey vegetation.

3.6. The primary visual envelope also takes in the rear gardens and rear elevations of houses on Verica Gardens and Penbere Close where occupants will have private views over the southern part of the application site looking mainly into the wooded central section of the site.

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3.7. Primarily because of vegetation along the tree belt to the north-west, the

continuous woodland vegetation to the east of the site, and the intervening residential area at Pelican Road, the primary visual envelope does not extend further into the surrounding area and it is therefore relatively compact in extent.

FLOYD MATCHAM 3.8. Similarly, because there are only small variations in relief within the local Landscape Architects area, the application site cannot be seen in any secondary visual October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, envelopes which typically take in more distant, elevated areas of land. PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE IEWS FROM RINCIPAL IEWPOINTS V P V PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT 3.9. Representative private views within the application site and from external LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL viewpoints looking towards the site are shown on the annotated For MR. AND MRS. J. HILL photographs at Appendix 4. External viewpoints are shown on the plan at

Appendix 3 while internal viewpoints are shown on the site analysis plans (sheets 1 and 2) at Appendix 2.

External views

3.10. External views towards the application site are shown on photographs 1- 5. The viewpoints for these photographs are located within the estimated zones from where the site is visible, as shown on the Visual Analysis plan.

3.11. Photograph 1 looks south-east across the pasture field described in Section 2 from public footpath ALDE/5/2 lying to the west, with the viewpoint located on the West Berkshire section of the path. This view shows the northern boundary of the application site with the central pine woodland visible in the centre of the view. The recent residential development of mobile homes and caravans is visible in the middle distance while one of the agricultural buildings (a barn) located at the eastern end of the site can also be seen. However, the woodland on the site screens views towards the Pelican Road residential area.

3.12. Photograph 2 shows a view looking north-east across the western field from the site entrance at the head of Pelican Road. There is a glimpsed view along this field to the recent residential development of mobile homes

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and caravans but the field is enclosed to the east by the woodland in the

central area and, to the west, by a line of Norway spruce trees. The farm track running along the garden boundaries to the south can be seen on the right of the view.

3.13. Photographs 3 and 4 are a linked panorama looking south towards the

FLOYD MATCHAM application site from the farm track that enters the pasture field to the north. Landscape Architects This is not a public viewpoint but the photographs are included to illustrate October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, the well-defined and vegetated boundary between the application site and PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE the pasture field to the north. However, this definition does not extend to

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL the eastern field (seen on the left of photograph 3) which is essentially a DEVELOPMENT southward extension of the main pasture field. LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL

For 3.14. Along most of this boundary, intervening vegetation screens views of the MR. AND MRS. J. HILL Pelican Road residential area but some houses can be seen on the left of

photograph 3.

3.15. The view on Photograph 5 looks east from public footpath 901 on the Hampshire section of the path and there is an unrestricted view into the area of rough grassland crossed by the track serving the recent residential development. The latter is partly concealed by a narrow belt of trees while part of the western field can be seen on the right of the view on the far side of the access track.

Internal views

3.16. Photographs 6-12 show the internal character of the site in more detail, seen from several viewpoints looking in different directions, to illustrate the variations in character across the site..

3.17. Photograph 6 shows the view looking south across the western field with the line of Norway spruce visible on the right of the view. There is a glimpse of the Pelican Road residential area at the far end of the field while the pine woodland in the central area screens longer views into the site. The field itself is under pasture and is used for occasional grazing.

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3.18. The character of the central area can be seen more clearly on photograph

7. This is an area of degraded pine plantation where most trees are in poor condition with some subject to wind throw (as can be seen in this view) leading to local clearings. Much of this area is poorly draining and sedges can be seen growing widely on the woodland floor.

FLOYD MATCHAM 3.19. The character of the central area is further degraded by the collection of Landscape Architects partly redundant farm buildings and structures located at the eastern end of October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, the central area as seen on photograph 8. Although these buildings and PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE structures are largely hidden within the woodland, they nevertheless

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL detract from the overall character of the site. DEVELOPMENT

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL 3.20. By contrast, the view on photograph 9 looks across the uncluttered

For eastern field which is visually contained on its eastern side by an extensive MR. AND MRS. J. HILL area of scrub woodland. An existing pond on land to the east lies within this

woodland but it cannot be seen easily from within the application site.

3.21. Photograph 10 shows the relationship between the farm track running along the southern boundary and the line of better quality oak and pine trees situated on its northern flank. Historically, these trees appear to have been growing outside the grazed and disturbed land in the central area and consequently they have suffered less damage and disturbance. The largely unscreened garden fencing, visible on the left of the view, delineates the site boundary marking an abrupt transition to the undeveloped land to the north of the Pelican Road residential area.

3.22. The final photographs in the sequence show two views in opposing directions looking along the northern boundary. Photograph 11 looks east and shows the locally steeper slope on the edge of the central area where the pine plantation gives way to the pasture field to the north. There are also some better quality trees on this boundary, again possibly because the ground here has been less heavily grazed and disturbed.

3.23. The reverse view from the same viewpoint, seen on photograph 12, shows similar characteristics but also takes in the western side of the

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pasture field which is visually enclosed by the tree belt that follows the

public footpath.

Identification of visual receptors

3.24. The GLVIA recommends that groups of people who may be affected by a

proposed development (known as visual receptors) should be identified in FLOYD MATCHAM Landscape Architects the baseline visual assessment. Visual receptors will typically comprise

October 2016 nearby residents, users of roads and public footpaths, and others whose

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, visual amenity may be affected by a proposed development. Identification PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE of a visual receptor group does not indicate that any particular visual effect PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT will occur. However, by identifying these groups, it is then possible to

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL gauge the likely visual effects of a development proposal. These effects are

For considered in Section 6. MR. AND MRS. J. HILL

3.25. The following groups of visual receptors have been identified.

Visual receptor group Places from where visual Indicative number of changes may be observed people who may be affected VR1: Walkers and Public footpath 901 Moderate number of cyclists (Hampshire County)/ people affected ALDE/5/2 (West Berkshire).

The northern end of Pelican Low number of people Road. affected.* VR2: Residents Occupiers of houses, Moderate number of overlooking the site, mainly people affected. located in the Pelican Road residential area. VR3: Vehicle occupants The northern end of Pelican Low number of people Road. affected.*

* Excluding residents of and visitors to the new development.:

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4.0. Landscape and Visual Analysis

4.1. This section of the appraisal considers the principal landscape and visual constraints or opportunities that will need to be taken into account when considering the suitability of the site for accommodating the proposed

residential development, and for guiding the masterplanning of the scheme. FLOYD MATCHAM Landscape Architects 4.2. In regard to the baseline landscape assessment, this shows that the site October 2016 is relatively unconstrained in terms of its ability to accommodate a new LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, residential development in an environmentally acceptable way. Equally, the HAMPSHIRE

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL baseline landscape assessment identifies some important constraints that DEVELOPMENT should be taken into account. LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL

For Location MR. AND MRS. J. HILL

4.3. The application site immediately adjoins the established residential area of Pelican Road which is an integral part of the village of Pamber Heath. In spatial terms, new development would therefore be well-related to the existing built environment at Pamber Heath. Moreover, the configuration of the site, which is aligned on an east-west axis, means that a new development is unlikely to be perceived as an incongruous intrusion into open countryside.

4.4. However, it is right to acknowledge that the application site does fulfil a form of buffer function, arising from the presence of the existing woodland across the greater part of the site. This woodland cover provides physical separation between the large open field to the north and the existing residential area of Pelican Road.

Landscape character

4.5. The application site is reasonably representative of the two landscape character areas (LCAs) within which it is situated but it has no features of special landscape significance whose loss or alteration would be detrimental to the wider character of these LCAs. Built form is already an established element of both LCAs and the extension of the existing

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residential area at Pamber Heath would not be harmful to these landscape

character areas.

4.6. Within the application site, the only landscape element of importance is the existing tree cover which currently forms a wooded ‘enclave’ lying between

Pamber Heath and the larger scale landscape of substantial woodland

FLOYD MATCHAM blocks and large fields lying to the north in West Berkshire District. Landscape Architects

October 2016 4.7. The current condition of this tree cover has been assessed in detail,

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, following the recommended guidance in BS 5837:2012. This has revealed PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE that a large proportion of the tree cover, comprising a former pine PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT plantation located in the central area is of very poor quality and is not

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL suitable for retention. However, there are also better quality groups of

For trees, located mainly along the southern periphery and along part of the MR. AND MRS. J. HILL northern site boundary.

4.8. Consequently, residential development could be undertaken within the main body of the site, following removal of the main area of poor quality pine plantation and the line of Norway spruce trees at the western end of the site. Removal of these tree groups would be acceptable in the context of bringing forward land for necessary residential development because they are not expected to make a long-term contribution to landscape character.

4.9. At the same time, it will be necessary to retain the better quality tree groups identified in the arboricultural report. The disposition of these tree groups, on the southern periphery and northern boundary, means that they are well-located to be accommodated within a residential development scheme without unduly constraining the site layout and the efficient use of land.

Value of the landscape resource

4.10. In terms of its intrinsic value, the baseline landscape assessment identifies that the site is a landscape resource of low value which would not be very sensitive to change. In particular, it is not constrained by any statutory or non-statutory landscape designations and it does not lie within a Strategic Gap. Similarly, no heritage assets within the landscape will be affected as 19

the site does not lie within or near to a designated conservation area and

there are no listed buildings on or near the site.

4.11. The finding that the site would not be very sensitive to change is important in the context of identifying suitable sites for new residential development

within Basingstoke District, where potential locations may be constrained

FLOYD MATCHAM by important environmental designations, for example, the North Wessex Landscape Architects Downs AONB. October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, 4.12. Turning to the baseline visual assessment, this shows that the PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE application site is visually very well-enclosed with the main views towards PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT the site being obtained from the north and south.

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL 4.13. To the north there are views from within the large pasture field and public For MR. AND MRS. J. HILL views can be obtained from the public footpath 901 (Hampshire County)/

ALDE/5/2 (West Berkshire), that runs to the west of the site. There is also a restricted public view into the site from the northern end of Pelican Road.

4.14. To the south, the new residential development would only be visible in private views from the houses and rear gardens of properties on Verica Gardens and Penbere Close and there are no public views from this direction. The application site is visually enclosed by dense woodland on its eastern flank and by residential and other development on its western side.

4.15. Consequently, new residential development would not be widely visible in the landscape, with public views being limited primarily to views looking towards the northern site boundary from the public footpath to the west. The new residential development would lie entirely out of view from much of the Pamber Heath residential area and would not be visible from Silchester Road.

4.16. In summary, the baseline visual assessment shows that the application site is not visually constrained because new residential development would not generate harmful or widespread visual effects within the local area.

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5.0. Landscape and Visual Effects

5.1. This section of the report discusses, firstly, the landscape effects on the landscape resource and, secondly, the changes affecting visual amenity that may arise from implementation of the proposed residential

development. A proposed landscape strategy for a residential development FLOYD MATCHAM Landscape Architects scheme is shown on the plan at Appendix 6. This has been prepared in

October 2016 collaboration with the project architect and, in turn, it has been used to

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, inform the illustrative landscape masterplan that accompanies the planning HAMPSHIRE application. PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Proposed form of the development and landscape treatment LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL

For 5.2. The landscape strategy shows a series of housing groups served by a new MR. AND MRS. J. HILL access road leading from Pelican Road. Details of the proposed design for

the access road and its connection to Pelican Road are shown on the drawings prepared by i-Transport which accompany the planning application.

5.3. Six housing groups would be laid out comprising a single housing group on the south side of the access road, a single housing group at the eastern end of the site (suitable for lower-density housing) and four housing groups located on the north side of the access road and served in part by short spur roads. This arrangement of housing groups makes efficient use of the site following clearance of the poor quality woodland in the central area and the line of Norway spruce near the western boundary.

5.4. Along the southern periphery of the site, the proposed layout allows for the retention in rear gardens of much of the line of better quality pine and oak trees growing on the edge of the existing farm track. However, it would be necessary to remove a small number of trees from this line because they would be located too close to proposed dwellings, causing shading problems and future pressure to fell by occupiers. The retained tree line would provide some physical and visual separation between the existing and new houses, helping to protect the visual amenity of existing residents.

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5.5. Similarly, the line of better quality trees growing on the northern boundary,

to the west of the farm track, would also be retained and incorporated into a landscaped open space which would also provide a footpath link along the northern edge of the development. This tree line would be extended to the east of the farm track, where a new line of native trees, with

understorey vegetation, would be established on this section of the FLOYD MATCHAM Landscape Architects northern boundary. October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, 5.6. Together, the existing and new tree lines would provide good physical and PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE visual enclosure along the section of the northern boundary where

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL development would be visible from the north. This is an important DEVELOPMENT component of the landscape strategy which is intended to maintain the LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL

For physical buffer (extending along the County boundary) between the pasture MR. AND MRS. J. HILL field to the north and the residential area of Pamber Heath to the south.

5.7. At the eastern side, rather than clearing the site to the eastern farm boundary, it is proposed to retain the existing area of scrub woodland and its associated seasonal pond, which will be incorporated into the SUDS design.14 The retained woodland will provide physical and visual containment of the development on its eastern flank.

5.8. Along the western boundary with an existing individual dwelling, a new native hedge with hedgerow trees will be planted to define the site boundary, while a further hedge will be planted around the recent residential development of mobile homes and caravans. To the west of this area, an existing area of rough grassland (adjoining the public footpath to the west) will be landscaped and laid out as an informal open space and children’s play area.

5.9. Within the development site, parking areas would be located within or near groups of retained trees and appropriate measures (e.g. ‘no-dig’ construction) would be used to protect the root systems of the retained trees. Further native and ornamental tree planting would be incorporated within the development including small and medium-sized trees in suitable

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garden spaces, garden boundary hedges and some street tree planting15

along the main access road.

5.10. Finally, the scheme incorporates a surface water drainage swale that would be located in the pasture field to the north of the residential area. The

swale will be a shallow feature formed by local lowering of the ground level.

FLOYD MATCHAM Following its formation, the swale would be re-seeded and it would Landscape Architects continue to be used as pasture. October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, Landscape Effects PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE 5.11. The main landscape change that would arise from the development is the PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT conversion of land in existing or former agricultural use to that of a new

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL residential environment. Although development would involve the loss of an For MR. AND MRS. J. HILL area of countryside lying beyond the existing settlement boundary, the

landscape resource that would be affected is of low value and not unduly sensitive to change.

5.12. The scheme would require the removal of a substantial number of trees but these are all of poor quality and they are not expected to make a long-term contribution to landscape character. At the same time, groups of better quality trees would be retained and these would continue to contribute to landscape character. There are no other intrinsic landscape features that would be adversely affected by the proposed development and the scheme would not require the removal of any significant buildings.

5.13. The new residential development would be an extension to an existing residential area and the proposed landscape strategy provides a sound basis for creating a high quality landscape framework for the new development. In turn this would make a positive contribution to the character of Pamber Heath village.

5.14. Formation of the proposed drainage swale would only represent a very localised and minor adjustment to the landform and it would have no effect on the landscape character area.

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5.15. Taking these factors together, the proposed residential development would

have no harmful effect on the character of either the North Silchester Landscape Character Area (Basingstoke and Deane Landscape Assessment) or the H5 Burghfield Landscape Character Area (Berkshire Landscape Character Assessment).

FLOYD MATCHAM Visual Changes Landscape Architects

October 2016 5.16. Turning to the visual changes that may arise, changes in visual amenity

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, may occur whenever there is a change in the use and development of land. PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE This is particularly noticeable where new built form replaces undeveloped PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT land in the countryside. However, for the reasons set out below, the

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL proposed residential development scheme would not generate

For unacceptable or widespread visual effects in terms of public views. MR. AND MRS. J. HILL

5.17. The visual analysis identifies that the primary visual envelope of the application site lies essentially to the north with a smaller visual envelope affecting houses and gardens backing onto the site. Visual changes would therefore be registered by groups of both public and private visual receptors. However, mainly because the site is visually well-enclosed in the wider landscape, there is only a small number of visual receptor groups that may be affected by the development.

5.18. Visual receptor groups with public views would mainly observe the new development from the public footpath to the west and, to a lesser extent, from the northern end of Pelican Road.

5.19. In views from the public footpath, the new development would be visible, but the outlines of houses and ridgelines will be softened and partly screened by intervening trees (both retained trees and new plantings) along the northern boundary. Houses on the eastern side of the site would be most visible until boundary plantings become established. Conversely, houses lying nearer to the footpath will be screened more effectively from the outset.

5.20. While users of the public footpath will be aware of the visual change, subject to good building design, that change will not be perceived as 24

visually harmful or incongruous because glimpses of existing settlement

are already an established element in views from public rights of way on the local network. Moreover, the established relationship whereby a woodland boundary, which currently provides a physical buffer between Pamber Heath and the pasture field to the north, would be maintained.

FLOYD MATCHAM 5.21. Views from the northern end of Pelican Road would be quite restricted, Landscape Architects comprising just a glimpsed view into a new residential environment October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, replacing a partial view over a field and a woodland. While this change PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE would be quite apparent, it would only affect a comparatively small number

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL of visual receptors and the nature of the visual change would not be DEVELOPMENT incongruous. LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL

For 5.22. For residents of the adjoining houses, there are no clear views at present MR. AND MRS. J. HILL over open countryside and it is intended to retain the line of trees near the

southern periphery as part of the scheme. Consequently, in private views from these houses and gardens, there would be filtered views of new housing set within a well-landscaped framework. While this visual change might not be welcomed, the nature and extent of the visual change would not result in a serious effect on the visual amenity of this receptor group.

5.23. Finally, the minor landform adjustment required to construct the proposed drainage swale in the pasture field to the north would only be evident in short range views from within the new development. This feature would have no material effect on wider visual amenity.

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6.0 Summary and Conclusions

Summary 6.1. This report has:  described the baseline landscape and visual conditions of land at

FLOYD MATCHAM Pelican Road, Pamber Heath, Hampshire where a new residential Landscape Architects development is proposed; October 2016  considered the principal landscape and visual constraints or LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, opportunities that would need to be taken into account when HAMPSHIRE

PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL considering the suitability of the site for accommodating the DEVELOPMENT proposed residential development, and for guiding the LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL masterplanning of the proposed residential development; and For MR. AND MRS. J. HILL  discussed the likely landscape and visual effects that would arise from implementation of the landscape strategy.

Conclusions

6.2. The landscape and visual analysis set out in this report demonstrates that the application site at Pelican Road, Pamber Heath is very suitable for accommodating a well-designed residential scheme that would contribute to meeting the housing needs of Basingstoke and Deane Borough. The scheme would make best use of a landscape resource which has low value, is not unduly sensitive to change and which does not make an important contribution to the respective landscape character areas in which it is situated. 6.3. In terms of its intrinsic landscape character, the site is relatively unconstrained and development could be undertaken without the loss of any important landscape elements that will make a long-term contribution to local landscape character. Moreover, the configuration of the site and the absence of constraints means that efficient use could be made of the site for new housing provision. 6.4. As an integral part of the scheme design, the proposed landscape strategy would provide an attractive setting for the new residential development, incorporating native trees and shrubs alongside ornamental plantings to 26

establish a new landscape framework for the site. This new landscape

framework would make a positive contribution to the character of Pamber Heath village. 6.5. Finally, while the development would result in some modest and localised visual changes, it would not generate widespread, harmful or unacceptable

effects for the identified visual receptor groups who are likely to be affected FLOYD MATCHAM Landscape Architects by the scheme. October 2016

LAND AT PELICAN ROAD, PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY, HAMPSHIRE © FLOYD MATCHAM PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Landscape Architects

LANDSCAPE APPRAISAL October 2016

For MR. AND MRS. J. HILL

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APPENDIX 1

LANDSCAPE CONTEXT PLAN 97m Cottage 84m Brickkiln Gully NOTES S O FB K E

Track Track Path PF NO ALDE/7/1 R O Best Gully A Roundwood Copse West Soke D

Farm Path PF NO ALDE/5/3 PF NO ALDE/6/1 Tullsfield Path Copse PF NO ALDE/7/14

Roundwood REV NO PF NO ALDE/14/5

PF NOALDE/5/1 Gully

FB

BW ALDE/7/3

Collects Drain

100m The Flow

Cottage existing field under pasture Collects Path mature tree belt

PF NO ALDE/5/2 (WEST BERKSHIRE) FLOYD MATCHAM Track West Berkshire District Co. Landscape Architects Basingstoke and Deane Bo.Co. The existing field under pasture Flow Graham Floyd Floyd Matcham Hampshire dense vegetation around pond 99m South View Charter Alley PF NO. 901 (HAMPSHIRE) Track Path Tadley Track Track Hampshire RG26 5GT Whitehouse 102m Farm Tel: 01256 850474 PF NO. 14 G D N S CL [email protected] V E R IC A

VERICA GD

PELICAN ROAD DRAWING NAME

PELICAN ROAD NOTATION RESIDENTIAL AREAROAD

PELICAN PENBERE LANDSCAPE CONTEXT Drain

Application site ROAD

BS Contours at 5m interval CLIENT Woodland blocks MR. AND MRS. HILL

Public rights of way* PELICAN 104m SILCHESTER ROAD S County and District Council P 102m PROJECT NAME R O A D R boundary SILCHESTER COMMON I SILCHESTER N

G * PF= footpath; PB=bridleway; BW = byway CLAPPS LAND AT PELICAN ROAD Note: rights of way are only shown in vicinity of photo viewpoints and F 102m

the appraisal site. Refer to Hampshire County Council and West I ERSKINE E Berkshire District Council Definitive Maps for other rights of way. WAKEFORD CL PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY L RD D KNOLLYS Path

OAKFIELD RD TADLEY COMMON JOB NO DWG NO L S C P E N C E R G FMH_101 APPENDIX 1 A

R CL T Path PW E O

‹&URZQFRS\ULJKWDQGGDWDEDVHULJKWV>@ Path A DATE D SCALE Ordnance Survey 0100031673 Path ROAD

IMPSTONE 1:5000 07_2016 ILE X

C L CLOSE

PO E Tadley E L APPENDIX 2

SITE ANALYSIS PLAN (SHEETS 1 AND 2) NOTES 1. Key to drawing sheets SHEET 1 SHEET 2

2. Refer to site survey for levels 3. Refer to sheet 2 for notation.

land used for the siting REV NO access track and right of way serving of mobile homes and recent residential development caravans

1211 FLOYD MATCHAM Landscape Architects overhead electricity transmission line Graham Floyd Floyd Matcham Hampshire 6 South View Charter Alley Tadley 7 Hampshire RG26 5GT WESTERN FIELD Tel: 01256 850474 [email protected] line of poor quality Norway CENTRAL AREA spruce trees (some wind blown) groups of poor quality Scots pine trees) DRAWING NAME SITE ANALYSIS & PHOTOVIEW LOCATION (SHEET 1)

CLIENT MR. AND MRS. HILL

PROJECT NAME LAND AT PELICAN ROAD PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY

JOB NO DWG NO line of better quality pine and oak trees FMH_101 APPENDIX 2

existing farm access track) SCALE DATE NOT TO SCALE 07_2016 existing farm entrance NOTATION NOTES 1. Key to drawing sheets Application site SHEET 1 SHEET 2 Existing buildings

Scrub vegetation and dense woodland

'B' category trees* 2. Refer to site survey for levels 'C' category trees*

'U' category trees* REV NO

*Refer to Arboricultural Survey Pasture

Degraded woodland floor

Tracks and hardstandings

Internal photo viewpoints 10

FLOYD MATCHAM overhead electricity transmission line Landscape Architects

line of better quality Graham Floyd pine and oak trees Floyd Matcham Hampshire South View Charter Alley FARM BUILDINGS Tadley AND STRUCTURES EASTERN FIELD Hampshire RG26 5GT Tel: 01256 850474 [email protected] scrub vegetation concealing pond 9 (not surveyed) DRAWING NAME SITE ANALYSIS & PHOTOVIEW LOCATION (SHEET2)

CLIENT 8 MR. AND MRS. HILL PROJECT NAME 10 LAND AT PELICAN ROAD PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY

JOB NO DWG NO FMH_101 APPENDIX 2

SCALE DATE NOT TO SCALE 07_2016 APPENDIX 3

VISUAL ANALYSIS PLAN 97m Cottage 84m Brickkiln Gully NOTES S O FB K E

Track Track Path PF NO ALDE/7/1 R O Best Gully A Roundwood Copse West Soke D

Farm Path PF NO ALDE/5/3 PF NO ALDE/6/1 Tullsfield Path

Copse PF NO ALDE/7/14

Roundwood REV NO PF NO ALDE/14/5

PF NO ALDE/5/1 Gully

FB

BW NO ALDE/7/3

Collects Drain

100m The Flow

1 Cottage Collects

Path

PF NO ALDE/5/2 (WEST BERKSHIRE) FLOYD MATCHAM Track Co Const & UA Bdy Landscape Architects 5 land used for the siting of The mobile homes and caravans 3/4 Flow Graham Floyd Floyd Matcham Hampshire

99m South View Charter Alley

Track Path PF NO. 901 (HAMPSHIRE) Tadley Track Track Hampshire RG26 5GT Whitehouse 102m 2 Farm Tel: 01256 850474 PF NO. 14 G D N S CL [email protected] V E R IC A

VERICA GD

NOTATION DRAWING NAME Application site

PELICAN ROAD

PELICAN PENBERE VISUAL ANALYSIS Contours at 5m interval Drain ROAD PHOTOVIEW LOCATION Woodland blocks BS CLIENT Public rights of way* ROAD MR. AND MRS. HILL Photo viewpoints 3

104m PELICAN

S

P 102m PROJECT NAME Primary visual envelope R O A D R

I SILCHESTER N

G * PF= footpath; PB=bridleway; BW = byway CLAPPS LAND AT PELICAN ROAD Note: rights of way are only shown in vicinity of photo viewpoints and F the appraisal site. Refer to Hampshire County Council and West 102m

I ERSKINE Berkshire District Council Definitive Maps for other rights of way. E WAKEFORD CL PAMBER HEATH, TADLEY L RD D KNOLLYS Path

OAKFIELD RD JOB NO DWG NO L S C P E N C E R G FMH_101 APPENDIX 3 A

R CL T Path PW E O ‹&URZQFRS\ULJKWDQGGDWDEDVHULJKWV>@

A Ordnance Survey 0100031673 Path DATE D SCALE Path ROAD

IMPSTONE 1:5000 07_2016 ILE X

C L CLOSE

PO E Tadley E L APPENDIX 4

PHOTOGRAPHS farm track barn located outside application site northern boundary

recent residential development

Photograph 1: Looking south-east from public footpath ALDE/5/2 towards northern site boundary

Norway spruce group western field recent residential development wooded central area boundary with residential area to south

farm access track

Photograph 2: Looking east from site entrance on Pelican Road

Image information Pelican Road, Pamber Heath Date: 9th May 2016 Camera: Canon EOS 600D Appendix Visual Analysis Lens: Canon EFS 18-55mm zoom Focal length: 30mm 4 Photos 1-2 Effective focal length: 50mm eastern field Pelican Road farm track wooded central area residential area barn located outside northern site boundary

Photograph 3: Linked panorama with photograph 4, looking south-west from farm track.towards northern site boundary

wooded central area recent residential development route of public footpath 901

Photograph 4: Linked panorama with photograph 3.

Image information Pelican Road, Pamber Heath Date: 9th May 2016 Camera: Canon EOS 600D Appendix Visual Analysis Lens: Canon EFS 18-55mm zoom Focal length: 30mm 4 Photos 3-4 Effective focal length: 50mm land within application site recent residential development access track to recent lying north of access track residential development

Photograph 5: Looking east from public footpath 901 along northern site boundary

wooded central area Pelican Road residential area line of Norway spruce trees

Photograph 6: Looking south over western field

Image information Pelican Road, Pamber Heath Date: 9th May 2016 Camera: Canon EOS 600D Appendix Visual Analysis Lens: Canon EFS 18-55mm zoom Focal length: 30mm 4 Photos 5-6 Effective focal length: 50mm recent residential development poor quality Scots pine woodland within central section of site Pelican Road residential area

Photograph 7: Looking east through central wooded section of site.

semi-redundant farm equipment and structures farm track

Photograph 8: Looking west across south-east corner of site

Image information Pelican Road, Pamber Heath Date: 9th May 2016 Camera: Canon EOS 600D Appendix Visual Analysis Lens: Canon EFS 18-55mm zoom Focal length: 30mm 4 Photos 7-8 Effective focal length: 50mm farm track dense woodland along eastern site boundary

field fence is approximate position of northern boundary of application site

Photograph 9: Looking north-east across eastern field.

line of better quality pine and poor quality pine woodland in central section of site garden boundary fence marking oak trees adjoining farm track southern boundary of application site

farm track leading from site entrance

Photograph 10: Looking west along southern boundary.

Image information Pelican Road, Pamber Heath Date: 9th May 2016 (photo 9),1st October 2014 (photo 10) Camera: Canon EOS 600D Appendix Visual Analysis Lens: Canon EFS 18-55mm zoom Focal length: 30mm 4 Photos 9-10 Effective focal length: 50mm gently sloping wooded bank with some better redundant pig shelter clearing in area of poor quality pine quality trees adjoining northern site boundary woodland in central section of site

Photograph 11: Looking east along eastern part northern boundary.

poor quality pine woodland in better quality pine trees adjoining northern site boundary route of public footpath 901 central section of site

Photograph 12: Looking west along central part of northern boundary.

Image information Pelican Road, Pamber Heath Date: 9th May 2016 Camera: Canon EOS 600D Appendix Visual Analysis Lens: Canon EFS 18-55mm zoom Focal length: 30mm 4 Photos 11-12 Effective focal length: 50mm APPENDIX 5

EXTRACT FROM BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENTS BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT: MAIN REPORT Part 2: Landscape Character Areas North Silchester

5. North Silchester

Key characteristics

• plateau landscape draining eastwards; • predominantly coniferous heath plantation, giving an enclosed, formal, relatively uniform character to the area, with small areas of mixed heathland and forest, and disturbed landscape; • mainly quiet and rural character, although the latter is affected in westerrn parts by the urban influence of Tadley, and to its north-east by Mortimer; • area of quarry and landfill site on the north-western boundary of the area enclosed within the coniferous plan- tation structure; • heathland areas at Silchester Common (part of the Pamber Forest and Silchester Common SSSI) form a scarce habitat type, the best example of Calluna/Erica/Ulex heathland on the Tertiary deposits in the Thames Basin; • low intervisibility across the area with plantation and trees within heath limiting views; • settlements of Silchester and Pamber Heath disrupt rural nature of southern parts of the area. Other individ- ual properties are located adjacent to the plantations, reached along relatively straight, direct roads; • Iron Age fort earthworks (SM24332) west of the former Pond Farm, and traces of the Roman Road running north-west from Calleva Atrebatum.

Location and boundaries

This small character area lies in the north of the Borough, marks the transition to more open, mixed farmland and its northern edge marked by the Borough boundary, woodland of the North Sherborne character area. although its character extends beyond. The western bound- ary is defined by the Borough boundary and the settlement of Pamber Heath. The southern and eastern boundary

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Formative influences Mortimer. These settlements and other individual proper- ties are linked by a network of typically straight roads This area is underlain predominantly by plateau gravels, which cut through the plantation structure. giving rise to the heath soils and resulting vegetation char- acteristic of this area. Key issues Formation of the present landscape was probably initi- ated as long ago as the early prehistoric period (Bronze • poor species and structural diversity and ecological Age), when the original forest cover was beginning to be value within coniferous plantations; cleared for agriculture and grazing. Heathland formation • under-management of the small areas of ancient semi- was the result of forest clearance from this time and from natural woodland; later periods. Over exploitation of areas of poorer soil led • management of road verges; to a relatively rapid deterioration in soil fertility, and the • loss and fragmentation of heathland and former heath- emergence of distinctive heathland vegetation. In the land areas through inappropriate management (scrub medieval period this area was part of the Royal Forest of invasion) and conversion to forestry or agricultural use, Pamber, used for hunting and the production of timber. In and the need for continued/extended management of the 19th century timber plantations were established on heathland commons; some of the heathland, the plantations to the west of • management and appropriate restoration of the land- Mortimer having existed from 1810 onwards. fill/quarry site on the northern boundary; • localised suburbanising influences of some built devel- Overall landscape character opment and roads, including suburban styles of fenc- ing, signage, lighting and planting. This area is characterised and unified by distinct heath associated vegetation. The majority of the area is covered by coniferous heath plantation, which extends northwards beyond the Borough boundary, and gives a relatively for- mal, managed and uniform character to the area. In con- trast to this managed landscape is a small area of remnant heathland at Silchester Common, east of Tadley, which has a rough and scrubby appearance. Much of the area retains a quiet character, although its predominantly rural nature is disrupted in western parts by the urban influence of Tadley, and to the north-east by

Key designations

Scheduled Ancient Monuments Sites of Special Scientific Interest Biodiversity Action Plans Flex Ditch, Silchester Parish (SM24331) Pamber Forest and Silchester Common Ancient Semi-natural Woodland Iron Age fort earthworks west of former Hedgerows Pond Farm (SM24332) Arable Land

English Heritage Listed Parks/Gardens None

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LANDSCAPE STRATEGY

NOTES 1. See surface water drainage scheme drawings for location and layout of surface water drainage swale.

REV NO new native hedgerow Rev. A 18/08/2016 Include additional residential area; layout design changes. Rev. B 03/09/21016 CHILDREN'S PLAY PASTURE LAND AND GENERAL LOCATION Adjust boundary line. AREA AND INFORMAL FOR SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE SWALE OPEN SPACE

RIGHT OF WAY footpath link new line of oak trees with native understorey shrubs new line of oak trees with native understorey shrubs farm access OVERHEAD ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION LINE PARKING AND TURNING AREA

OVERHEAD ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION LINE footpath link to play area FLOYD MATCHAM and informal open space Landscape Architects Floyd Matcham Hampshire South View dense vegetation adjoining Charter Alley eastern boundary, concealing seasonal pond Tadley medium size columnar PARKING AND Hampshire RG26 5GT street trees TURNING AREA Tel: 01256 850474 native boundary hedge with small garden trees [email protected]

REAR GARDENS OF ADJOINING HOUSES new native boundary hedge to screen rear NOTATION garden fences of adjoining residential area Existing trees and EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREA vegetation retained DRAWING NAME LANDSCAPE STRATEGY New housing groups*

CLIENT Parking/ turning areas MR. AND MRS. HILL New tree planting

PROJECT NAME New native hedges LAND OFF PELICAN ROAD New native shrub plantings PAMBER HEATH New amenity and native grassland** JOB NO DWG NO Hoggin footpaths FMH_101 L.001

Site boundary SCALE DATE

* indicates general location for new built form including gardens not to scale 08/2016 ** including wild flower mix in suitable locations