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Landscape Evolution Figure 5 1 Planning Context South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Landscape evolution South Gloucestershire Boundary Note: At this plan scale, not all of the above planning factors can be illustrated. Reference to definitive information source is therefore advised. Natural & Cultural Heritage Source Data: South Gloucestershire Core Strategy Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Adopted December 2013. South Gloucestershire Local Plan Adopted January Forest of Avon 2006. SSSI’s and Sites of International Nature Conservation Interest Registered Historic Parks, Gardens and Battlefields Gwent Scheduled Ancient Monuments Gloucestershire Conservation Areas Environmental Protection Coastal Zone Green Belt Green Belt Economy and Settlement Land Safeguarded for Employment Purpose or Housing Settlement Boundaries Major Employment Area with Historic Planning Permission Major Recreational Routes Severn Way Monarch’s Way Wiltshire Cotswold Way Limestone Link Frome Valley Comunity Walkway Forest Path Jubilee Way Bristol & Bath Bristol Railway Path Dramway 0 5km N North Somerset Figure 5 1 Bath and North East Somerset Planning Context Major Recreational Routes South Gloucestershire Council. Reproduced from Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Gloucestershire Council. Licence No. 10023401, 2013 Character overview N River Severn Thornbury Yate Bristol Kingswood Kilometres 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 2 Miles South Gloucestershire Boundary National Character Area Main Settlements andLarge scale industry Forest of Dean and Lower Wye (No. 105) Severn and Avon Vales (No.106) Cotswolds (No. 107) Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges (No. 118) This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Gloucestershire Council Licence No 100023410, 2013 South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Figure 6 3 Regional National Landscape Character Areas South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Character overview Source Information based on British Geological Mapping South Gloucestershire Boundary This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Badminton Plateau (1) Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and Marshfield Plateau (2) may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Gloucestershire Council Licence No 100023410, 2013 Ashwicke Ridges (3) 19 Cotswold Scarp (4) Wickwar Ridge & Vale (5) 21 7 Pucklechurch Ridge & Boyd Valley (6) Falfield Vale (7) Yate Vale (8) Thornbury Tytherington Plain (9) 18 Earthcott Vale (10) 17 Golden Valley (11) 9 Westerleigh Vale & Oldland Ridge (12) 20 Frome Valley (13) 8 5 Kingswood (14) 10 Patchway & Filton (15) Frampton 1 Bradley Cotterell Yate Avon Valley (16) Stoke Winterbourne 15 Rudgeway & Tytherington Ridge (17) Chipping Stoke Sodbury Severn Ridges (18) Gifford Coalpit Heath 13 Oldbury Levels (19) 4 Pilning Levels (20) Severn Shoreline & Estuary (21) 6 Major areas of settlement 2 14 12 Bristol Kingswood N 3 0 5km 11 16 Figure 8 3a Landscape Character Areas South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Character overview Source Information based on British Geological Mapping South Gloucestershire Boundary This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Badminton Plateau (1) Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and Marshfield Plateau (2) may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Gloucestershire Council Licence No 100023410, 2013 Ashwicke Ridges (3) 19 Cotswold Scarp (4) Wickwar Ridge & Vale (5) 21 7 Pucklechurch Ridge & Boyd Valley (6) Falfield Vale (7) Yate Vale (8) Tytherington Plain (9) 18 Earthcott Vale (10) 17 Golden Valley (11) 9 Westerleigh Vale & Oldland Ridge (12) 20 Frome Valley (13) 8 5 Kingswood (14) 10 Patchway & Filton (15) 1 Avon Valley (16) 15 Rudgeway & Tytherington Ridge (17) Severn Ridges (18) 13 Oldbury Levels (19) 4 Pilning Levels (20) Severn Shoreline & Estuary (21) 6 Major areas of settlement 2 14 12 Bristol N 0 5km 3 11 Figure 3b 16 Landscape Character Areas with Parish Boundaries South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Landscape evolution South Gloucestershire Boundary Major areas of settlements Alluvium Great Oolite Limestone Fuller’s Earth Inferior Oolite Limestone Thornbury Lias Severn Estuary White and Blue Lias Rhaetic Keuper Marl Upper Coal Series and Pennant Series Lower Coal Series Upper Cromhall Sandstone Carboniferous Limestone Old Red Sandstone Patchway Frampton Yate Silurian and Cambrian Cotterell Winterbourne Jurassic Strata Chipping Sodbury Coalpit Heath Source Information based upon Avon County Mineral Plan Stoke Gifford This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Crown copyright. THE COTSWOLDS Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Gloucestershire Council Licence No 100023410, 2013 Kingswood Bristol N 0 5km Figure 2 67 Geology South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Landscape evolution South Gloucestershire Boundary Major areas of settlement O.S. High Water Mark O.S. Low Water Mark 0-30m 30-60m 60-90m 90-120m Thornbury 120-150m 150-180m 180-210m Severn Estuary 210-240m 240-270m Rivers Frampton Chipping Patchway Cotterell Yate Sodbury Winterbourne Stoke Coalpit Heath Gifford Source Information based on British Geological Mapping This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Gloucestershire Council Licence No 100023410, 2013 Bristol N Kingswood 0 5km Figure 3 68 Topography and Drainage South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Landscape evolution South Gloucestershire Boundary Common fields enclosed by local arrangement and exchange Common fields adjusted from earlier enclosures, similar pattern to Parlimentary enlosures Common fields on steep slopes Meadowlands, mostly in common Wetlands,/ ‘Levels’ & Moors, common enclosure or reclamation Wetlands enclosed in severalty, irregular pattern Wetlands, common enclosure ‘clay belt’ Wetlands, Parlimentary enclosure peat moor/saltmarsh Wetlands, unenclosed coastal ‘warth’ Downland, or common sheep pasture, enclosed by Parliamentary Act (c18/19) Downland, or common sheep pasture, unenclosed Heathland, unenclosed Heathland, enclosed, organised Heathland, enclosed, by Parliamentary Act Woodland, ‘natural’, pre-1800 Woodland planted or forestry Cleared woodland, by assart Cleared woodland, planned Medieval parkland, enclosed Ornamental (designed landscapes) Modern recreational areas Large scale industrial sites No data N Source Historic Landscape Characterisation digital data courtesy of Avon Environmental Geographic Information System (AEGIS) 0 5km Reproduced from Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Figure 4 69 Gloucestershire Council. Licence No. LA 09065L/2013 Historic Landscapes South Gloucestershire Landscape Character Assessment 2013 Character overview South Gloucestershire Boundary Plateau and Scarp Shallow Ridge Parkland Vale Shallow Vale Broad Valleys Enclosed Valleys Undulating Ridge Thornbury Estuary, Shoreline and Levels Major areas of settlement Frampton Bradley Cotterell Yate Stoke Winterbourne Chipping Stoke Sodbury Gifford Coalpit Heath Source Information based on British Geological Mapping This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. South Gloucestershire Council Licence No 100023410, 2013 Bristol Kingswood N 0 5km Figure 7 70 Landscape Character Types.
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