Stockport Landscape Character Assessment and Landscape Sensitivity Study Produced for Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Final Report Prepared by LUC August 2018 Front cover photograph: The edge of Ludworth Moor, looking back towards Greater Manchester Project Title: Stockport Landscape Character Assessment and Landscape Sensitivity Study Client: Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Version Date Version Details Prepared by Checked by Approved by 1.0 29.3.18 Draft report Sally Marshall Sally Marshall Nick James Maria Grant Chris Cox Jacqueline Whitworth-Allan 2.0 31.5.18 Final report Sally Marshall Sally Marshall Nick James Maria Grant 3.0 14.8.18 Final report Maria Grant Nick James Nick James following Nick James comments Stockport Landscape Character Assessment and Landscape Sensitivity Study Produced for Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Final Report Prepared by LUC August 2018 Planning & EIA LUC BRISTOL Offices also in: Land Use Consultants Ltd Design 12th Floor Colston Tower Edinburgh Registered in England Registered number: 2549296 Landscape Planning Colston Street Bristol Glasgow Registered Office: Landscape Management BS1 4XE Lancaster 43 Chalton Street Ecology T +44 (0)117 929 1997 London London NW1 1JD GIS & Visualisation
[email protected] Manchester FS 566056 EMS 566057 LUC uses 100% recycled paper Contents 1 Executive Summary 1 Background 1 Purpose of the Stockport Landscape Character Assessment 1 How was the Landscape Character Assessment prepared? 1 How is this report structured? 2 2 Introduction and background