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APPENDIX 2: RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING ASSESSMENTS APPENDIX 2: TYPES AND AREAS RELATED TO THOSE IN EXISTING LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENTS

Wiltshire Existing LCA Existing Types Existing Areas Landscape Landscape Areas Types 1. Open 1A: Horton Downs Type 1: Open Area 1C: Horton Downs Downland AONB LCA (identical to new area)

Kennet District LCA Type: Open arable or cultivated Area 4: Horton Down downland (this covers most of the area with small sections of other types including Chalk scarps; open pasture, with or without scrub) 1B: Marlborough North Wessex Downs Type 1: Open Downland Area 1A: Marlborough Downs Downs AONB LCA Type 2: Downland with Woodland makes up most of the area plus Area 1B: Downs (small section) Area 2C: Lambourn Wooded Downs (small section)

Kennet District LCA Type: Open Arable or cultivated Area 2: Marlborough Downs Downland Type: Enclosed Downland with weak hedgerow structure Type: Woodland and Farmland mosaic Wiltshire Wiltshire Existing LCA Existing Types Existing Areas Landscape Landscape Areas Types 2. Wooded 2A: Savernake North Wessex Downs Type 3: Wooded Plateau Area 3A: Savernake Plateau Downland Plateau Wooded AONB LCA Downland Kennet District LCA Type: Enclosed Downland with weak Area 3: Savernake Plateau hedgerow structure Type: Wooded Type: Wooded and Farmland Mosaic (plus others) 2B: Chute Forest North Wessex Downs Type 2: Downland with Woodland Area 2E: Chute Forest – Faccombe Wooded Downland AONB LCA

Kennet District LCA Type: open arable or cultivated Area 6: Chute Forest downland Type: Woodland and Farmland Mosaic Enclosed downland with weak hedgerow structure plus others 2C: Witherington Nil Nil Wooded Downland 2D: Cranborne Type 1: Chalk Escarpment 1C: and Chalke Escarpment Chase Wooded AONB LCA Type 2: Open Chalk Downland 2B: Southern Downland Belt Downland Type 3: Wooded Chalk Downland 3A: Cranborne Chase Type 5: Chalk River Valley 5B: Ebble River Valley Wiltshire Wiltshire Existing LCA Existing Types Existing Areas Landscape Landscape Areas Types 2E: West Wiltshire Cranborne Chase Type 1: Chalk Escarpment 1B: West Wiltshire Downs Chalk Downs Wooded Type 2: Open Chalk Downland Escarpments Downland Type 5: Chalk River Valley 2A: West Wiltshire Downs Open Type 6: Greensand Terrace Chalk Downland 5A: Wylye River Valley 6B: Kilmington Terrace

2F: Fovant Down Cranborne Chase LCA Type 1: Chalk Escarpment 1C: Fovant and Chalke Escarpment Wooded Downland Type 2: Open Chalk Downland 2A: West Wiltshire Downs Open Type 5: Chalk River Valley Chalk Downland 5B: Ebble Chalk River Valley 3. High Chalk 3A: Salisbury Army Training Type: Unenclosed Downland A large number of Salisbury LCA Plain West Estate LCA Type: Enclosed Downland areas. Majority covered by: Type: Chalk Scarplands LCA1: Salisbury Plain West Type: River Valley Farmlands Unenclosed Downland Type: Vale Farmlands LCA5: Copehill Down Unenclosed Downland LCA9: West Down and Larkhill Impact Area Unenclosed Downland

Kennet District LCA Type: Open rough downland with Area 5: Salisbury Plain scattered woodland blocks Type: Open arable or cultivated downland Plus small area of other types Wiltshire Wiltshire Existing LCA Existing Types Existing Areas Landscape Landscape Areas Types 3B: Salisbury Plain North Wessex Downs Type 4: High Chalk Plain Area 4A: Salisbury Plain East LCA

Salisbury Army Training Type: Unenclosed Downland A large number of Salisbury LCA Estate LCA Type: Enclosed Downland areas. Majority covered by: Type: Chalk Scarplands Area LCA20: Salisbury Plain East Type: River Valley Farmlands Unenclosed Downland Type: Parklands Type: Woodland and Farmland Mosaic Kennet LCA Type: Open rough downland with Area 5: Salisbury Plain scattered woodland blocks Type: Open arable or cultivated downland Plus small area of other types 3C: Porton Down Nil Nil 4. Low Chalk 4A: Plain North Wessex Downs Type 5: Downs Plain and Scarp Area 5A: Avebury Plain Plain AONB LCA Area 5B: -Wanborough Plain Area 5E: Clyffe Pypard-Badbury Wooded Scarp Kennet District LCA Type: Open arable or mixed farmland Area 1: Avebury Plain Type: Enclosed farmland with intact hedgerow structure plus areas of other types Wiltshire Wiltshire Existing LCA Existing Types Existing Areas Landscape Landscape Areas Types Borough LCA Area 1A: Downs Scarp Area 1B: Downs Plains Area 1C: High Downs 5. Chalk River 5A: Kennet Chalk North Wessex Downs Type 7: River Valleys 7A: Kennet Valley Valley River Valley LCA

Kennet District LCA Type: Enclosed Downland with weak 7: Kennet Valley hedgerow structure Type: semi-enclosed valley floor pasture with intact structure plus others 5B: Lower Avon Nil Nil Chalk River Valley

5C: Bourne Chalk Nil Nil River Valley

5D: Upper Avon Salisbury Plain Training Type: River Valley Farmlands Area 14: Avon River Valley Farmlands Chalk River Valley Area LCA Type: Enclosed Downland Area 16: Bulford and East Chisenbury Enclosed Downlands Wiltshire Wiltshire Existing LCA Existing Types Existing Areas Landscape Landscape Areas Types Kennet District LCA Type: Enclosed Downland with weak Area: Salisbury Avon Valley hedgerow structure Type: semi-enclosed valley floor pasture with intact structure plus others 5E: Wylye Chalk Cranborne Chase LCA Type 5: Chalk River Valleys Area 5A: Wylye River Valley River Valley 5F: Ebble Chalk Cranborne Chase LCA Type 5: Chalk River Valleys Area 5B: Ebble River Valley River Valley 6. Greensand 6A: Warmister Nil Nil Terrace Terrace 6B: Kilmington Cranborne Chase LCA Type 6: Greensands Terrace Area 6B: Kilmington Greensand Terrace Terrace 6C: Fovant Terrace Cranborne Chase LCA Type 6: Greensands Terrace Area 6A: Fovant Greensand Terrace

7. Wooded 7A: Longleat Cranborne Chase LCA Type 7: Greensands Hill Area 7B: -Longleat Hills Greensand Stourhead Hills Greensand Hills 7B: Donhead- Cranborne Chase LCA Type 7: Greensands Hill 7A: Donhead-Fovant Hills Fovant Greensand Hills Wiltshire Wiltshire Existing LCA Existing Types Existing Areas Landscape Landscape Areas Types 7C: Bowood Kennet District LCA Type: Woodland and farmland mosaic Area: Spye Parklands Greensand Hills Type: Formal designed parkland Type: Estate Farmland North Wiltshire Type: Wooded Parkland Hill Area: Bowood and Bowden Parkland District LCA 8. Limestone 8A: Swindon- Swindon Borough LCA Area: Mid-Vale Ridge Ridge Lyneham Limestone Ridge North Wiltshire Type: Settled Hill Farmland Area: Lyneham Hills District LCA Type: Urban Fringe Scarp Area: Swindon Fringe 9. Limestone 9A: Dip Cotswolds LCA Type 9: High Wold Dipslope Area 9 D: Cotswolds High Wold Dip- Wold Slope Type 11: Dip-Slope Lowland Slope Area 11A: South Cotswolds Lowlands

10. Limestone 10A: By Brook Cotswolds LCA Type 4: Enclosed Limestone Valley Area 4D: Lower By Brook Valley Valleys Limestone Valley Type12: Dip-Slope Lowland Valley Area 12A: Upper By Brook Valley 10B: Avon Cotswolds LCA Type 4: Enclosed Limestone Valley Area 4B: Bathampton and Limpley Limestone Valley Type 13: Low Limestone Plateau Stoke Area 13B: Hinton Charterhouse Plateau Wiltshire Wiltshire Existing LCA Existing Types Existing Areas Landscape Landscape Areas Types 11. Rolling 11A: Rolling Swindon LCA Type: Clay Vales Area 2B Vale of the White Horse Clay Lowland Clay Lowland Area 2C Vale

North Wiltshire Type: Lowland Clay Farmland Area 14 Hilmarton Rolling Lowland District LCA

11b: Minety North Wiltshire Type: Lowland Clay Farmland Area 2 Thames Valley Lowland Rolling Clay District LCA Area 4 Braydon Wooded Plateau Lowland Area 5 Minety and Malmesbury Rolling Lowland

11C: Trowbridge Kennet District LCA Open arable and mixed Farmland Area 10 Avon Clay Vale Rolling Clay Enclosed farmland with weak hedgerow Lowland structure Vale floor pasture with intact structure plus others 12. Open Clay 12A: Thames Open Swindon LCA Type: Clay Vales Area 2D: Thames Vale Vale Clay Vale North Wiltshire Type: Alluvium River Terrace Farmland Area 1: Thames Valley Floor District LCA Type: Lowland Clay Farmland Area 2: Thames Valley Lowland Wiltshire Wiltshire Existing LCA Existing Types Existing Areas Landscape Landscape Areas Types 12B: Avon Open North Wiltshire Type: Lowland River Farmland Area 11: Avon Valley Lowland Clay Vale District LCA 13. Wooded 13A: The Vale of Cranborne Chase LCA Type 8: Rolling Clay Vales Area 8A: The Clay Vale Wardour 14. Forest - 14A: Farley Forest - Nil Nil Heathland Heathland Mosaic Mosaic 14B: Landford District Type 1: Ancient and Ornamental Area 9: Landford Forest Farmlands Forest - Heathland Council LCA Woodland Area 10: West Wellow Heaths and Mosaic Type 2: Ancient Forest Farmlands Commons Type 7: Heath Associated Estates Type 14: Timber Enclosures 15. Greensand 15A: Vale of North Wessex Downs Type 6: Vales 6A: Vale Pewsey LCA 6B: Shalbourne Vale Kennet District LCA Type: open arable or mixed farmland Area 9: Vale of Pewsey Type: Open pasture Type: Vale floor pasture with weak structure plus more 16. Limestone Malmesbury- Cotswolds LCA Type 11: Dip-Slope Lowland Area 11A: South and Mid Cotswolds Lowland Corsham Type 14: Cornbrash Lowlands Lowlands Limestone Lowland Area 14A: Biddestone Lowland Farmland Area 14B: West Malmesbury Lowland Farmland Wiltshire Wiltshire Existing LCA Existing Types Existing Areas Landscape Landscape Areas Types North Wiltshire Type: Lowland Limestone (Forest Area 7: Sherston Dipslope Lowland District LCA Marble) Farmland Area 8: Hullavington Rolling Lowland Type: Rolling Settled Lowland Area 10: Corsham Rolling Lowland Type: Lowland Clay Farmland Area 5: Minety and Malmesbury Type: Settled Farmland Valley Rolling Lowland Area 6: Upper Avon Valley