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Lodge Farm Fisheries Landscape & Visual Effects Assessment Angling Lakes LODGE FARM FISHERIES LANDSCAPE & VISUAL EFFECTS ASSESSMENT ANGLING LAKES December 2012 Our Ref: JSL1930/REP/01 Rev B RPS Lakesbury House Hiltingbury House Chandlers Ford Hampshire S053 5SS Tel: 023 8081 0440 Fax: 023 8081 0449 Email: [email protected] rpsgroup.com QUALITY MANAGEMENT Prepared by: Paul Hopper Authorised by: Craig Thomson Date: December 2012 Project Number/Document JSL1930/REP/01 Rev B Reference: COPYRIGHT © RPS The material presented in this report is confidential. This report has been prepared for the exclusive use of Lodge Farm Fisheries and shall not be distributed or made available to any other company or person without the knowledge and written consent of RPS. rpsgroup.com CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 1 2 METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................................................. 4 3 PLANNING POLICY AND GUIDANCE .............................................................................................. 9 4 LANDSCAPE BASELINE.................................................................................................................14 5 VISUAL BASELINE..........................................................................................................................20 6 ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS...........................................................................................................22 7 CONCLUSIONS ...............................................................................................................................29 FIGURES: FIG 1 Landscape Planning Designations FIG 2 District Landscape Character Parcels FIG 3 Topography FIG 4 Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) FIG 5 TO 9 Viewpoints 1 to 5 APPENDICES: APPENDIX 1 Extract from Bassetlaw Landscape character Assessment 2008: ’10 Ranskill’ APPENDIX 2 Visual Receptors within the Study Area APPENDIX 3 Visual Effects from Representative Viewpoints rpsgroup.com 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background 1.1.1 This assessment of potential landscape and visual effects forms part of a planning submission to Nottinghamshire County Council for the development of an area of land currently under agricultural land management to the south of Bawtry, north Nottinghamshire (hereinafter referred to as the proposal site). The planning submission proposes the creation of two fishing lakes through the excavation of materials (comprising sandstone and sand and gravels) from the proposal site and their transport to Scrooby Top Quarry to the immediate west. Following completion of the construction works the area of development will be landscaped and treated to form two waterbodies prior to the angling uses commencing. 1.1.2 This assessment considers the effects the development (hereinafter referred to as the scheme) would have on the existing landscape, its characteristic features and the people who view it. It describes the existing landscape and views (baseline conditions) against which the degree of any change resulting from the scheme can be assessed. For the purposes of this assessment the potential landscape and visual effects of the scheme have been assessed at the following stages: Landscape Effects: 8 Construction Phase; and 8 Residual landscape effects at Year 15. Visual Effects: 8 Construction Phase; 8 Year 1 following completion of the scheme (including restoration proposals); and 8 Residual visual effects at Year 15. 1.1.3 It is intended that the scheme will precede the permitted extraction of sand and gravel from an adjoining area to the immediate north of the proposal site; this adjoining area would be restored to form a single waterbody with nature conservation/ low key recreational watersports as afteruses. For the purposes of this assessment, the potential landscape and visual effects of the scheme in association with the area of working to the north have been considered as part of the assessment of potential cumulative effects. The main focus of this assessment is therefore the potential landscape and visual effects associated with the scheme rather than its potential effects in association with the planned area of working to the north. 1.1.4 This assessment considers the effects the development (hereinafter referred to as the scheme) would have on the existing landscape, its characteristic features and the people who view it. It describes the existing landscape and views (baseline conditions) against which the degree of any change resulting from the scheme can be assessed. 1.2 Approach to Assessment 1.2.1 The methodology for the landscape and visual assessment of the scheme follows relevant standards and guidance that is set out in: Landscape Institute and Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (2002) ‘Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, Second Edition’; and 1 rpsgroup.com Countryside Agency and Scottish Natural Heritage (2002) ‘Landscape Character Assessment – Guidance for England and Scotland. 1.2.2 Further information on the methodological approach is provided in chapter 2. 1.2.3 The assessment was carried out in November 2012. Fieldwork was undertaken on 8 November 2012. 1.3 Scope of Work 1.3.1 In order to undertake the assessment, several clear stages were identified and addressed in accordance with the prescribed methodology, including: A desktop review of current statutory and non-statutory documents; A desktop review of existing landscape characterisation material; Establishment of a Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) for the construction phase of the scheme; Identification of a range of visual receptor groups within the study area; and An assessment of the magnitude and significance of effects upon the landscape, its character and the visual environment during the construction and the operational phase of the scheme. 1.4 Sources of Information 1.4.1 The desk top study commenced with a review of data collected from the following sources: National, County and Local Planning Policy; The Countryside Agency (now Natural England); Ordnance Survey; and Aerial photography. 1.5 Proposal Site Location and Context 1.5.1 The scheme would be sited at National Grid Reference 465540,389298 near Bawtry, Nottinghamshire. The proposal site extends to approximately 4.9 ha inclusive of soils storage areas. It adjoins the existing (active) Scrooby Top Quarry, between Bawtry in the north and Ranskill in the south. 1.5.2 Other than the currently active mineral workings in the surrounding area is predominantly agriculture. There are also blocks of woodland and a number of waterbodies, most of which are the result of former mineral extraction. 1.6 Study Area 1.6.1 It is accepted practice within landscape and visual assessment work that the extent of the study area is broadly defined by the visual envelope to the proposal site and the extent of the zone of theoretical visibility (ZTV) arising from the scheme itself. 1.6.2 The study area is defined by a 5 km radius from the approximate centre of the proposal site. The extent of visibility of a proposed development depends on a number of factors including the scale of the development, the relationship between the viewpoint and the development itself, the 2 rpsgroup.com context within which the development is seen and the prevailing meteorological and weather conditions. 1.6.3 The greater part of the study area lies within the administrative area of Bassetlaw District Council with a relatively small part of the study area within the adjoining Doncaster Metropolitan District Council. 1.7 Proposed Development 1.7.1 The scheme comprises the creation of two angling lakes through the excavation of materials comprising sandstone and sand and gravels using mechanical means and the transport of the materials to the existing Scrooby Top Quarry. 1.8 Inter-relationships with other Projects 1.8.1 As previously stated, the scheme would precede the working of a neighbouring permitted minerals reserve to the immediate north of the proposal site. The stages at which the potential cumulative landscape and visual effects of the two schemes has been assessed in this study are as follows: Table 1: Cumulative Effects Angling Lakes (the scheme) Scrooby South (the adjoining scheme to the north) Construction Phase: Soils stripped and material Not yet commenced. excavated, soils replaced and area of working restored, including seeding and planting. Year 1 following scheme completion, inclusive Soils stripped and stored mineral being of seeding and planting forming part of scheme extracted and processed through Scrooby development proposals. Top Quarry. Year 15 following scheme completion. New Scheme complete and new landscape landscape fully established. forming part of scheme has over 15 years establishment. Lakes continue to be used for angling. 1.8.2 The existing processing plant at Scrooby Top and other active mineral extraction sites within the study area are part of the baseline conditions and are not cumulative schemes. 3 rpsgroup.com 2 METHODOLOGY 2.1 Relevant Methodological Guidance 2.1.1 The assessment of landscape and visual effects arises within the EIA process essentially through Article 3 of the 1997 Directive (Council Directive 97/11/EC). This assessment has been based on the relevant guidance on landscape and visual assessment. This includes: Landscape Institute and Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (2002) ‘Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment:
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