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Joint Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Council Landscape Guidance August 2015
Joint Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Council Landscape Guidance August 2015 Joint Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Council Landscape Guidance 2015 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 The landscape of Babergh and Mid Suffolk (South and North Suffolk) is acknowledged as being attractive and an important part of why people choose to live and work here. However current pressures for development in the countryside, and the changing agricultural and recreational practices and pressures, are resulting in changes that in some instances have been damaging to the local character and distinctiveness of the landscape. 1.1.1 Some development is necessary within the countryside, in order to promote a sustainable prosperous and vibrant rural economy. However, such development would be counterproductive if it were to harm the quality of the countryside/landscape it is set within and therefore the quality of life benefits, in terms of health and wellbeing that come from a rural landscape in good condition.1 1.1.2 The Council takes the view that there is a need to safeguard the character of both districts countryside by ensuring new development integrates positively with the existing character. Therefore, a Landscape Guidance has been produced to outline the main elements of the existing character and to outline broad principles that all development in the countryside will be required to follow. 1.1.3 Well designed and appropriately located development in the countryside can capture the benefits of sustainable economic development whilst still retaining and enhancing valuable landscape characteristics, which are so important to Babergh and Mid Suffolk. 1.1.4 The protection and enhancement of both districts landscape is essential not only for the intrinsic aesthetic and historic value that supports tourism and the economy for the area but also to maintain the quality of life for the communities that live in the countryside. -
A4 Simple Report 1-Col No Divider Nov 2019
Issue number: BT-JAC-020631 550-0003-EIA Bramford to Twinstead Scoping Report: Volume 2: Appendices May 2021 Page left intentionally blank National Grid | May 2021 | Bramford to Twinstead i Contents Contents ii Appendix 1.1 Transboundary Supporting Information 2 Appendix 2.1 Relevant Environmental Legislation, Policy and Guidance 6 Appendix 2.2 Local Planning Policy 23 Appendix 4.1 Outline Code of Construction Practice 31 Appendix 6.1 Key Characteristics of Landscape Character Assessment 44 Appendix 6.2 Landscape Assessment Methodology 51 Appendix 6.3 Visual Assessment Methodology 72 Appendix 6.4 Wireline and Photomontage Methodology 81 Appendix 6.5 Arboricultural Survey Methodology 87 Appendix 7.1 Biodiversity Supporting Information 91 Appendix 7.2 Ecology Survey Methodology 103 Appendix 7.3 Draft Habitats Regulations Assessment Screening Report 128 Appendix 17.1 Major Accidents and Disasters Scoping Table 144 Appendix 18.1 Cumulative Effects Assessment Long List Table 153 National Grid | May 2021 | Bramford to Twinstead ii Appendix 1.1 Transboundary Supporting Information National Grid | May 2021 | Bramford to Twinstead iii Page left intentionally blank National Grid | May 2021 | Bramford to Twinstead 1 Appendix 1.1 Transboundary Supporting Information Criteria and Relevant Considerations Result of the Screening Considerations Characteristics of the development: The Bramford to Twinstead project is a proposal to Size of the development consent and build a new c.27km 400kV electricity reinforcement and associated infrastructure between Use of natural resources Bramford in Suffolk and Twinstead in Essex. It includes Production of waste the removal of the existing 132kV overhead line Pollution and nuisances between Burstall Bridge and Twinstead Tee, and a new Risk of accidents substation at Butler’s Wood. -
Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report Accompanies the Local Plan Issues and Options Consultation, Which Is the First Stage in the Process of Developing a Local Plan
Ipswich Local Plan Sustainability Scoping Report Consultation, Ipswich Borough Council August 2017 Planning and Development Ipswich Borough Council Grafton House, Russell Road Ipswich IP1 2DE (01473 432019) Email: [email protected] Website: www.ipswich.gov.uk Contents Page Non-Technical Summary Chapter 1: Introduction (Ipswich Local Plan Review) Chapter 2: Context Review (Task A1) Chapter 3: Baseline Characteristics (Task A2) Chapter 4: Social Baseline (Task A2) Chapter 5 Environmental Baseline (Task A2) Chapter 6: Economic Baseline (Task A2) Chapter 7: Sustainability Issues and Problems (Task A3) Chapter 8: Developing SA Objectives and testing their compatibility (Task A4) Chapter 9: Next Steps (Task A5) Appendix I Index of scoped documents Non-Technical Summary Introduction This Non-Technical Summary (NTS) provides an outline of the Scoping Report produced as part of the Sustainability Appraisal (SA) of the Ipswich Local Plan 2016–2036 which is currently being prepared by Ipswich Borough Council (IBC). IBC is aligning its Local Plan with Babergh District, Mid-Suffolk District and Suffolk Coastal District – the other authorities which form the Ipswich Housing Market Area and Ipswich Functional Economic Area. SA appraises the environmental, social and economic performance of the Local Plan and any reasonable alternatives, helping to ensure its contribution towards sustainability. The Scoping Report sets out the proposed approach to undertaking the SA of the emerging Local Plan. It provides an opportunity for statutory consultees (Natural England, the Environment Agency and Historic England) as well as other bodies, local authorities and the public, to comment on the scope of the SA and the level of detail that should be included within the appraisal. -
English Nature Research Report
Vatural Area: 33. East Anglian Plain Geological Sigaificance: Outstanding (provisional) General geological character: The solid geology of the East Anglian Natural Area is mainly underlain by Jpper Cretaceous chalk. This very pure limestone was laid down on the floor of a tropical sea between 97 md 74 Ma. Locally the chalk is rich in fossils including sea-urchins and bivalves. Overlying much of the ;halk is a complex sequence of Quaternary deposits (deposited over the last 2 Ma) showing changes in Aimate and environment from both cold (glacial) and temperate (interglacial) periods. These sediments hostcompletely obscure the underlying chalk and it is their composition which gives the Natural Area its :haacter. The base of the Quaternary sequence is the early Pleistocene Crag deposits which are marine jcdiments of*shelly muds and sands, often containing temperate marinc molluscan faunas. However, the nost extensive and thickest Quaternary sediments consist of glacial sands, gravels and clays deposited by the 4nglian ice sheet as it advanced across the area around 300,000 to 250,000 years BP. These deposits are ;ollectivcly known as 'boulder clay' and their calcareous nature reflects glacial erosion and transportation of he chalk bedrock beneath. The Anglian glaciation interrupted a well-developed fluvial network of eastward flowing rivers, and patches of these preglacial river gravels are still found within the area. Many localitites show river gravels related to the early development of the River Thames, which crossed this area prior to jiversion by the Anglian ice sheet. These sites are important for Quaternary stratigraphy (including records Jf climate change) because they can be correlated with sedirnents in other parts of Britain and abroad. -
Wildlife Rangers
Megabashers in full swing – see page 19 © Lydia Woods © Lydia January - April 2019 A news and events Produced by the diary from wildlife and conservation groups in the Ipswich area Skulduggery in the park SnippetsThis ‘skull’ was discovered by Yvonne Westley among autumn leaves in Holywells Park. Yvonne, a member of the Friends of Holywells Park, was with the weekly work party group based in the orchard when she made the discovery. Closer inspection of the find revealed that it was not a human skull after all but in fact, a Parasol mushroom that had been partly chewed, probably by mice. It’s not only mice who enjoy Parasols, they are delicious fried in butter and served on toast - the mushrooms not the mice! The Friends meet in the Leaf-yard at 10am every Wednesday, then make their way to the Holywells Orchard to carry out conservation tasks. Over the winter months, this will include coppicing, pruning and building dead hedges. An Owl Box to remember Lucky little hog Martin Cant of Ipswich Wildlife Group has David Dowding responded to an unusual request to build At the end of October I was alerted by one an owl box. of the Ipswich Borough Council gardeners to a small hedgehog he had seen in the toilets on Bourne Park, so went to have a look. The box is to serve as a memorial in remembrance of a regular visitor to Chantry Park. After consultation with the people concerned, Martin built a Tawny Owl box and attached a memorial plate to it. The box was installed by an Ipswich Borough Council parks team and can now be seen high up in an oak close to the Sue Ryder Home. -
East Anglia THREE Chapter 4 Site Selection and Alternatives Figures
East Anglia THREE Chapter 4 Site Selection and Alternatives Figures Environmental Statement Volume 2 Document Reference – 6.2.4 Author – Royal HaskoningDHV East Anglia THREE Limited Date – November 2015 Revision History – Revision A Environmental Statement East Anglia THREE Offshore Windfarm Chapter 4 Figures November 2015 610000 615000 620000 625000 630000 635000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 F 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 2 Datum: OSGB36 Projection: British National Grid Legend 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 East Anglia THREE Onshore Electrical Transmission Works Parks and gardens 5 3 3 2 2 Ancient woodland Potentially contaminated land Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) RAMSAR Country parks Scheduled monument County wildlife site Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) Grassland network Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) Local Nature Reserves (LNR) Special Protection Areas (SPA) Lowland heathland Woodland © ESRI 610000 615000 620000 625000 630000 635000 Original A3 0 1 2 km Drg No EA3-L-094 Volume Plot Scale East Anglia THREE Limited 2 26/10/15 AB Second issue 1:75,000 Rev 2 2 1 15/07/15 JE First issue Environmental data © Natural England copyright 2015. Onshore cable route with environmental © Crown Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Date 23/10/2015 Figure Rev Date By Comment Ordnance Survey Licence 0100031673. constraints Layout N/A 4.1 Ref: 610000 615000 620000 625000 630000 635000 29 43 27 40 41 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 5 F 5 2 17 2 20 18 24 15 37 10 33 15 ID Constraint Name 26 41 0 0 0 1 Stour Estuary (SSSI) 0 0 0 5 5 4 2 Orwell -
Appendix B3 Scoping Responses and Actions 660961 Appendix B3 Scoping Response and Actions
Appendix B3 Scoping Responses and Actions 660961 Appendix B3 Scoping Response and Actions Consultees Comments Discipline Response/Action Taken WPC Response An explanation of precisely what land the 161ha covers would be helpful. All This is contained with the ES. There is an AQMA near the Melton Hill/Lime Kiln Quay Rd junction in Woodbridge. See: AQ The AQ assessment has proven a negligible impact upon this AQMA. http://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/environment/environmental-protection/air-quality/woodbridge-junctionaqma/ Why would IC (see comment above) monitor pollution concentrations adjacent to the A12, when it is in SCDC’s area? AQ The three detectors within Martlesham Heath were assessed. The impacts at these There are in fact 3 NOx detectors in back gardens backing onto the A12 at the north, middle and south ends of receptors have been minor, with concentrations remaining within allowable Martlesham Heath. tolerance. (Both Heritage Assets Maps, between p26 & p27). The ‘1km’ scale indicators are incorrect, they appear to indicate Above ground The distances marked on the radii are correct. It is not possible to add a scale to roughly 150m (1st map) and 300m (2nd map). heritage promap. (2nd Heritage Assets Map, between p26 & p27) All Saints’ Church, Waldringfield is Grade II* listed, and is about the Above ground Noted, and have included for consistency. same distance from the site as Church of St Mary, Martlesham, so for consistency should be included. heritage Nowhere in this section is there a list of designated sites that would potentially be impacted by the development. Surely Ecology The following sites have been assessed: a scoping document should state which sites need to be assessed for environmental impacts and which do not. -
St Edmundsbury Borough Council Planning and Economic Development Services December 2009 Annual Monitoring Report 2008/09
St Edmundsbury Local Development Framework Annual Monitoring Report 2008/9 St Edmundsbury Borough Council Planning and Economic Development Services December 2009 Annual Monitoring Report 2008/09 Executive Summary This is the fifth Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) for St Edmundsbury’s planning policies. It covers the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 and has been prepared in accordance with the governments published guidance Local Development Framework Monitoring: A Good Practice Guide published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in March 2005. An important role of the AMR is to monitor progress on the implementation of the Local Development Scheme (LDS). During 2008/9 the borough council met all of the key milestones set out in the adopted LDS as revised in March 2008. Section 3 of the AMR provides details on the spatial profile, for example the matters and statistics that place the planning policies of the borough in context with wider issues in the local community. Much of this data has been collected in preparing the Scoping Report of the Local Development Framework Sustainability Appraisal. Some of the data, albeit the most recent available, is derived from the 2001 Census and is therefore becoming more and more out of date and unreliable. In section 4, the report notes the performance of the council in implementing the Replacement Local Plan which was adopted June 2006 and plans for the period up until 2016. Section 5 provides some baseline data for the future monitoring of the performance of the Plan. Section 6 addresses the core indicators required by the government in its guidance published in March 2005 and reports, where possible, against the updated set of Core Indicators published in July 2008. -
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rsTPsA W A T o c L S r RELOCATION OF SUFFOLK WATER COMPANY BOREHOLE D SECCOMBE HYDROGEOLOGIST NATIONAL RIVERS AUTHORITY 13 August 1992 Table of Contents 1. Introduction .......................................................... 1 2. Description of problem ............................................... 1 3. Licence requirements of new s i t e ..................................... 2 4. Proposed locations ................................................... 3 Dairy Farm, North Lopham ......................................... 3 Lovers Lane, Garboldisham ......................................... 5 Yaxley Crag borehole 3 A 2 ......................................... 7 Cranley borehole 10A ................... .......... ..... 8 5. Catchment water balances ............................................. 9 R. Lt O u s e ........................................................ 9 R. D o v e ............................................................ H 6. Areas of Environmental interest .................................... 12 7. Conclusion............................................................ 14 8. Recommendations..................................................... 15 This book is due for return on or before the last date shown below. Don G>*(1 W*II L»d.. London. N.21 C»l. No. 1208 DG 02342/71 List of Figures Figure 1 - Monthly abstraction data for two boreholes adjacent to Redgrave F e n ........................................................16 Figure 2 - Location for cross-section of R. Lt. O u s e ................. 17 Figure 3 - Geological -
Suffolk Rare Plant Register
Species. Italic = probably extinct. Bold = new to Suffolk list as a result of latest RDB listing National/Local. 1= rare in Suffolk but commoner elsewhere. 2 = Frequent in Suffolk but rare elsewhere. 3 = Rare everywhere. 4 = declining but widespread a = Suffolk has a significant proportion of the national population Species English Threat status Distributi National E W Comment on status /Local 25 26 Atriplex pedunculata Pedunculate Sea Critically Endangered RDB 3 Extinct since last record at Walberswick 1935. A re-introduction attampt at Walberswick in the Purslane 1990s was not successful. Bupleurum Thorow-wax Critically Endangered 3 Archaeophyte, extinct in the wild. Now only occuring as a casual or deliberate introduction with rotundifolium arable seed mix. Dryopteris cristata Crested Buckler- Critically Endangered RDB 3 Extinct, last recorded at Purdis Farm pre-1980. fern Galeopsis angustifolia Red Hemp-nettle Critically Endangered 1 E W Archaeophyte, 4 doubtful records, but probably correct for Orfordness. Galium tricornutum Corn Cleavers Critically Endangered 3 Archaeophyte, extinct in the wild. Records in the 1980s were from deliberate introductions with arable weed mix. Ranunculus arvensis Corn Buttercup Critically Endangered Suffolk 1 E W Archaeophyte, about 7 sites in mid-Suffolk in arable sites on boulder clay. Middleton, Beccles, Rarity Witnesham, Wattisham, Elmsett, Great Thurlow, Cowlinge. Scandix pecten-veneris Shepherd’s-needle Critically Endangered Nationally 2a E W Archaeophyte, still about 100 sites in Suffolk, but very scarce outside E. Anglia. This species is scarce also included as a priority species in the national and local BAPs. Senecio paludosus Fen Ragwort Critically Endangered 3 W 1 site, re-introduced in several places at Lakenheath Washes, last native record c. -
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Ecological Assessment Suffolk Coastal District Council County W Ildlife Site Review 2009
ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT SUFFOLK COASTAL DISTRICT COUNCIL COUNTY W ILDLIFE SITE REVIEW 2009 Project no. Report Date 09/09 Final October 2009 Prepared by Checked and approved by P Hemphill & T Seagon Simone Bullion Prepared by: Prepared for: SWT Ecological Con ultant Suffolk Coa tal Di trict Council Brooke Hou e Melton Hill A hbocking, Ip wich Woodbridge Suffolk Suffolk IP6 9J, IP12 1A. Suffolk Coastal District Council County Wildlife Site review 2009 Contents 1 0 Introduction 1 2 0 Objectives 1 3 0 Methodolo1y 1 3 , Criteria for site evaluation 2 3.2 System of site rankin1 2 3.3 Conservation value 3 3 0 Sites Martlesham Martle ham Common (north of Te co0 1 O ier Bed and Martle ham Plantation Meadow (2ittle Bealing 1 Old Rotary Camping Ground Bloomfield0 Farm Meadow Martle ham Plantation Acid Gra land 6y on Meadow (Woodbridge1 Sluice Wood Martle ham Creek Kes1rave 6e grave Wood and Sink Valley Fo9hall Stadium Wood Rushmere 3u hmere Heath Ip wich Golf Cour e Tuddenham Pumping Station Meadow Fo4hall5Purdis Farm The Mount 8alley Farm Meadow Feli4stowe Feli9 towe Ferry – Golf Cour e and Ditch 6ing fleet Egypt Wood Trimleys St Mary & Trimley St Martin Painter /Salter Wood Mor ton Hall Wood SWT Ecological Consultants Suffolk Coastal District Council County Wildlife Site review 2009 Kirton5Falkenham 6irton Re ervoir Paul0 Rough Ground Corporation Mar he (Falkenham1 Newbourne Mill River Newbourne Spring Meadow Brightwell Grazing Meadow Playford Playford Alder Carr Playford Re ervoir 2u9 Wood Pog on0 Farm Meadow Playford Mere SWT Ecological Consultants Suffolk Coastal District Council County Wildlife Site review 2009 Ecolo1ical assessment of County W ildlife Sites 1 Introduction SWT Ecological Con ultant (trading a SWT Trading Ltd1 wa commi ioned in 2009 by Suffolk Coa tal Di trict Council to undertake ecological a e ment of elected County Wildlife Site /CWS1.