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Blaby Landscape and Settlement Character Assessment Blaby Landscape and Settlement Character Assessment Final report Prepared by LUC for Blaby District Council January 2020 Project Title: Blaby Landscape and Settlement Character Assessment Client: Blaby District Council Version Date Version Details Prepared by Checked by Approved by 1.0 29/10/2019 Draft report Maria Grant Maria Grant Nick James 1.1 11/12/2019 Draft report Maria Grant Maria Grant Nick James 2.0 07/01/2020 Final report Maria Grant Nick James Nick James Blaby Landscape and Settlement Character Assessment Final report Prepared by LUC for Blaby District Council January 2020 Planning & EIA LUC BRISTOL Offices also in: Land Use Consultants Ltd th Registered in England Design 12 Floor Colston Tower Edinburgh 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 FS 566056 EMS 566057 LUC uses 100% recycled paper GIS & Visualisation [email protected] Manchester Contents 1 Introduction and background 1 Introduction 1 Background and policy context 1 Landscape baseline 3 2 Methodology 8 Stage 1: Desk study 8 Stage 2: Field verification 17 Stage 3: Reporting 17 3 Landscape Character classification and overall Landscape Sensitivity results 19 Landscape Character Assessment classification for Blaby 19 Overall Landscape Sensitivity Assessment results 22 4 Landscape Character Area profiles 28 5 Settlement Character Area profiles 114 Appendix 1 202 Data and literature list 202 Appendix 2 204 Glossary of terms 204 Appendix 3 207 List of consultees 207 Executive summary Background 1.1 LUC was commissioned by Blaby District Council in July 2019 to produce an up-to-date evidence base for the landscape and settlement character of the district, to support the Blaby Local Plan. 1.2 This study involved undertaking a review of the landscape and settlement character evidence produced in 2008. It also included an assessment of the sensitivity of the landscape to various development scenarios. Purpose of the Blaby Landscape and Settlement Character Assessment 1.3 The evidence presented in this landscape and settlement character assessment will provide the context for policies and allocations within the emerging Local Plan and act as a material consideration in the determination of planning applications, as well as being available for other uses by Blaby District Council, partners, stakeholders and communities. 1.4 Understanding the character of a place is a key part of ensuring the protection and enhancement of built and natural environments, managing sustainable economic growth and improving the health and wellbeing of local communities. How was the Landscape and Settlement Character Assessment prepared? 1.5 A number of stages were followed for the preparation of the Landscape and Settlement Character Assessment, which are summarised below: • Evidence gathering: A review of the existing landscape and settlement character evidence, including the 2008 study and information from Natural England’s National Character Areas. This stage also collated and reviewed the full range of mapped (GIS) and descriptive information available to inform an understanding of current landscape and settlement character and landscape sensitivity across Blaby district. • Desk-top research: A review of the existing landscape character classification, with the amended classification dividing the district into 16 unique ‘Landscape Character Areas’ (LCAs), followed by the population of desk-based information on current landscape character and sensitivity to three development scenarios (residential/supporting infrastructure), light commercial/industrial (B1/B2 uses) and large warehouse developments (B8 uses). The contents of the existing settlement character assessment were reviewed and updated using the available data sources. Parish councils were invited to input into the review of the settlement character assessments as part of the desk-top research. • Field verification: A structured process of field survey verification was undertaken in order to test and refine the outputs from the desk study for both the landscape and settlement character assessment and the landscape sensitivity assessment. 1.6 The approach taken in the preparation of this Landscape Character Assessment is in line with national guidance published by Natural England (2014). The landscape sensitivity component has been undertaken in line with Natural England’s document ‘An approach to landscape sensitivity assessment – to inform spatial planning and land management’, June 2019. How is this report structured? 1.7 The report is structured into a number of chapters, as follows: • Chapter 1 provides a detailed introduction to this study, including its policy context and an overview of the existing landscape baseline. • Chapter 2 sets out the methodology followed to produce the Landscape and Settlement Character Assessment and the linked criteria-based landscape sensitivity study. • Chapter 3 presents the Landscape Character Assessment classification for Blaby district and the overall landscape sensitivity assessment results. • Chapter 4 includes the full landscape character assessment profiles. • Chapter 5 includes the full settlement character assessment profiles. • Appendix 1 lists the main data and information sources used to inform this study. • Appendix 2 is a glossary of terms used in the Landscape and Settlement Character Assessment. • Appendix 3 lists the organisations consulted as part of the project. 1 Introduction and background 1 Introduction and background Introduction 1.1 LUC was commissioned by Blaby District Council in July 2019 to produce up-to-date landscape and settlement evidence to inform the emerging Blaby Local Plan and help guide development management decisions. 1.2 This study involved undertaking a review of the existing 2008 Landscape and Settlement Character Assessment to produce a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of landscape and settlement character and landscape sensitivity of Blaby District. The new landscape evidence will provide the context for policies and allocations within the emerging Local Plan and act as a material consideration in the determination of planning applications, as well as being available for other uses by the Council, partners, stakeholders and communities. 1.3 Understanding the character of a place is a key part of ensuring the protection and enhancement of built and natural environments, managing sustainable economic growth and improving the health and wellbeing of local communities. Background and policy context The European Landscape Convention 1.4 The European Landscape Convention (ELC) came into force in the UK in March 2007. It establishes the need to recognise landscape in law; to develop landscape policies dedicated to the protection, management and planning of landscapes; and to establish procedures for the participation of the general public and other stakeholders in the creation and implementation of landscape policies. 1.5 The ELC definition of ‘landscape’ recognises that all landscapes matter, be they ordinary, degraded or outstanding: “Landscape means an area, as perceived by people, whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and/or human factors” 1.6 Signing up to the ELC means that the UK is committed on the one hand to protect, manage and develop our landscapes and on the other to raise landscape awareness, involvement and enjoyment amongst local and visiting communities. Landscape character is defined by the ELC as 'a distinct, recognisable and consistent pattern of elements in the landscape that makes one landscape different from another, rather than better or worse'. National planning policy context 1.7 The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), was amended in February 2019 and contains several policies which refer to the consideration of landscape and the built environment in planning decisions. 1.8 Paragraph 20 states that: “Strategic policies should set out an overall strategy for the pattern, scale and quality of development, and make sufficient provision for: …d) conservation and enhancement of the natural, built and historic environment, including landscapes and green infrastructure, and planning measures to address climate change mitigation and adaptation.” 1.9 Paragraph 170 states that: Blaby Landscape and Settlement Character Assessment 1 January 2020 “Planning policies and decisions should contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment by: a) protecting and enhancing valued landscapes, sites of biodiversity or geological value and soils (in a manner commensurate with their statutory status or identified quality in the development plan); b) recognising the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside, and the wider benefits from natural capital and ecosystem services – including the economic and other benefits of the best and most versatile agricultural land, and of trees and woodland;…” 1.10 An up-to-date Landscape Character Assessment is also recommended to support planning decisions and underpin criteria-based policies against which development proposals will be judged, with landscape sensitivity assessments undertaken where expansion options are being considered. This Landscape Character Assessment provides evidence to ensure that any new development in Blaby considers the character and qualities of the landscape that contribute to the local distinctiveness of the area. 1.11 As set out in the NPPF, all
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