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Proposed Residential Development, Land at Leek Road, Buxton LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Proposed Residential Development, Land at Leek Road, Buxton. Client: Persimmon Homes (North West) Final Report Prepared by PGLA Landscape Architects September 2016 Quality Checked Document: LEE1511_LVIA01 Revision - Final Report Written by: PGG/KLJ 229 Ducie House Ducie Street Manchester Reviewed by: PGG M1 2JW Tel: 0161 238 9138 Date: September 2016 [email protected] www. pgla.co.uk Land at Leek Road, Buxton Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1.0 Introduction Page 1 Section 2.0 Methodology Page 3 Section 3.0 Landscape Related Planning Policy Review Page 11 Section 4.0 Baseline Conditions Page 16 Section 5.0 Mitigation Page 30 Section 6.0 Potential Landscape and Visual Effects Page 31 Section 7.0 Summary of Effects Page 38 Section 8.0 Conclusions Page 42 Appendix A – Figures Figure 1 – Access and Circulation Figures 2 to 6 – Landscape Character Areas Figures 7 & 8 – Landscape Designations Figure 9 - Topography Figures 10 & 11 – Zone of Theoretical Visibility Figure 12 – Opportunities and Constraints Figure 13 – Landscape Strategy Figure 14 – Masterplan (e*SCAPE Urbanists) Figure 15 – Viewpoint Locations Appendix B Methodology Tables Table A – Scale of Significance Table B – Likely Significance of Effects Table C - Duration of Overall Effects September 2016 Persimmon PGLA Ltd Page ii Land at Leek Road, Buxton Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment 1 INTRODUCTION This report has been prepared by PGLA Ltd and presents the findings of the Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) and the anticipated effects of the proposed residential development at Leek Road upon the local landscape character and the visual amenity. This LVIA is based on recent guidelines put forward as part of the Guidance for Landscape and Visual Assessment -Third Edition (GLVIA 3). The authors have liaised with the Peak District National Park Landscape Officer to ensure that the relevant receptors, both landscape and visual, have been accounted for in terms of assessing the impact of the development on the adjacent Peak District National Park. This outline planning application seeks permission for the development of 120 dwellings at land at Leek Road, Buxton. This LVIA assesses the magnitude of change caused by the impact of the modified scheme and also the significance of effects that are likely to result from the proposed development. The chapter is divided into five main subsections: Assessment Methodology Review of Planning Policy Baseline Conditions Potential Effects Mitigation Measures Conclusions 1.1 Assessment Methodology An explanation of the methodology and significance criteria employed for the LVIA. 1.2 Review of Planning Policy This section reviews the landscape related policies that may be significant to the impact assessment. 1.3 Baseline Conditions A desk study assessment of the Application Site and its surroundings is undertaken. This involves review of publicly available documentation and mapping to establish the broad landscape and visual context for the setting within which the proposed Development is to be located. Landscape - The data reviewed includes recording existing landscape features, characteristics, designations and the value and importance of the landscape resources within the vicinity of the Application Site. This data is later used as a benchmark to predict how the fabric, character and quality of the landscape may be affected by the introduction of the proposed Development. Visual Amenity - The baseline establishes the area of study for visual assessment within which all or part of the proposed Development may be visible. This is established with reference to a desk based study involving production of computer generated visibility maps, such as Zones of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV), analysis of landscape character and topography within the Study Area. The desk study identifies preliminary visual receptors which are then checked in the field and used to identify representative viewpoints which may be augmented with additional viewpoints if required. September 2016 Persimmon PGLA Ltd Page 1 Land at Leek Road, Buxton Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment 1.4 Mitigation Measures Mitigation measures can be introduced to remove or reduce identified adverse effects and are considered and described where appropriate. The assessment considers residual effects that occur after the maturing of planting introduced as mitigation measures. 1.5 Potential Effects An assessment of potential effects on the landscape and visual amenity is undertaken to assess the likely impact and effects associated with the construction stage and operation of the proposed development. Residual effects are considered and identified as a result from introduced mitigation measures. 1.6 Conclusions The LVIA offers a summary of the likely effects of the development on the landscape and visual amenity leading to overall conclusions regarding the acceptability of the proposed residential development in landscape and visual terms. September 2016 Persimmon PGLA Ltd Page 2 Land at Leek Road, Buxton Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment 2 ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY 2.1 Introduction The following is an overview of the Methodology and Approach used to identify the likely Significance of Effects arising from the impact of the proposals. Generally, the Methodology adopted is in line with best practice for the production of LVIA’s based on the Guidance for Landscape and Visual Assessment -Third Edition (GLVIA 3). The guidance offers clarification on use of terms within LVIA and within this chapter we have adopted the suggested definitions on the terms Impact and Effects: “The third edition attempts to be clearer on the use of terminology. The emphasis should be on the identification of likely significant environmental effects, including those that are positive and negative, direct and indirect, long, medium and short term and reversible and irreversible, as well as cumulative effects. This edition encourages professionals to recognise this and assess accordingly.” In this section, the following distinction is made between landscape and visual effects: Landscape effects are defined as physical changes in the fabric, character and quality of the landscape as a result of the proposed Development; Visual effects are defined as changes in quality of the views of the landscape and changes to visual amenity as a result of the proposed Development and the effects of those changes on the perceptions of visual receptors when experienced from available viewpoints. GLVIA 3 also states under the heading Impacts, effects and significance that … “Terminology can be complex and potentially confusing in this area, particularly in the use of the words ‘impact’ and ‘effect’ in LVIA within EIA and SEA. The process is generally known as impact assessment but the European Union Directive refers to assessment of the effects, which are changes arising from the development that is being assessed. This guidance generally distinguishes between the ‘impact’, defined as the action taken, and the ‘effect’, defined as the change resulting from that action, and recommends that the terms should be used consistently in this way.” This LVIA chapter therefore considers the proposed development as the impact and the changes that occur to the baseline as a result of the development as being the effects. The format of this assessment is broadly based on the principles described in “The Landscape Institute and Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, Third Edition, published 2013” 2.2 Significance Criteria for Landscape Effects To successfully assess the significance of landscape effects requires the consideration of the nature of the landscape receptors, also known as sensitivity, and the nature of the effect, also known as magnitude of change, that the proposed developments will have on the receptor. The nature of the receptor should be assessed in terms of the value of the receptor and its susceptibility to the particular change caused by the type of proposed development. The change, or nature of effect is measured in terms of scale, size, geographical coverage, duration and reversibility. This is illustrated in Table A (in appendix B) – Assessing the Significance of Effects. 2.3 Nature of Receptor (sensitivity) GLVIA3 recommends that the landscape receptors need to be assessed firstly in terms of their sensitivity, which is a combination of the value of the landscape and the susceptibility to change. Susceptibility “is the ability of the landscape receptor (whether it be the overall character or quality/condition of a particular landscape type or area, or an individual element and / or feature, or a particular aesthetic and perceptual aspect) to accommodate the proposed development without undue circumstance for the maintenance of the baseline situation and / or the achievement of landscape planning policies and strategies.” September 2016 Persimmon PGLA Ltd Page 3 Land at Leek Road, Buxton Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment The value of a landscape is established through the baseline study based on review of: The value of the Landscape Character Types or Areas that may be affected. Individual contributors to landscape character, especially the key characteristics, which may include individual elements of the landscape, particular landscape features, notable aesthetic, perceptual or experiential qualities, and combinations of these contributors. For this LVIA
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