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Summary of Landscape Character Summary of Landscape Character This section provides the original (2005) and reviewed cases where the reviewed analysis differs from the original features are discussed. Each should be read in conjunction condition, sensitivity and guidelines for each landscape assessment, and the changes in guidelines are illustrated with the guidelines for the character area concerned. character area. Figure 15 illustrates the reviewed guidelines on Figure 16. Generic landscape guidelines are provided for for each landscape character area. The highlighted common issues across each broad landscape type found in landscape character areas within the following table indicate the Borough. Broad guidelines for key man-made landscape Condition Sensitivity Guidelines Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed Condition Sensitivity Guidelines Reviewed Reviewed Reviewed Ref Character Area Ref Character Area 2005 2005 2005 Condition Sensitivity Guidelines 2005 2005 2005 Condition Sensitivity Guidelines conserve and conserve and Chetney and 22 Graveney Fruit Farms good moderate good moderate 1 Greenborough good high conserve good high conserve reinforce reinforce Marshes Hernhill and 23 good high conserve good high conserve Boughton Fruit Belt 2 Elmley Marshes good high conserve good high conserve Iwade Arable Conserve restore and 24 moderate moderate poor moderate Goodnestone Farmlands and create create 3 good high conserve good high conserve Grasslands Lower Halstow Clay conserve and conserve and 25 moderate high moderate high Graveney Grazing Farmlands restore restore 4 good high conserve good high conserve Lands Lynsted Enclosed conserve and conserve and 26 good moderate good moderate conserve and conserve and Farmlands reinforce reinforce 5 Graveney Marshes moderate moderate moderate moderate create create Newington Arable 27 poor low create poor low create Farmlands 6 Ham Marshes good high conserve good high conserve create and 28 Newington Fruit Belt good low reinforce moderate low Leysdown and conserve and reinforce 7 good moderate good high conserve Eastchurch Marshes reinforce Rodmersham Mixed restore and restore and 29 poor moderate poor moderate Luddenham and Farmlands create create 8 good high conserve good high conserve Conyer Marshes conserve and conserve and 30 Selling Fruit Belt good moderate good moderate restore and restore and reinforce reinforce 9 Minster Marshes poor moderate poor moderate create create conserve and conserve and 31 Teynham Fruit Belt moderate moderate moderate moderate Sheppey Court and conserve and conserve and create create 10 moderate moderate moderate moderate Diggs Marshes create create Upchurch and Lower conserve and conserve and 32 moderate moderate moderate moderate South Sheppey Halstow Fruit Belt create create 11 Saltmarshes and good high conserve good high conserve conserve and conserve and 0XGÀDWV 33 Blean Woods West good moderate good moderate reinforce reinforce 12 Spitend Marshes good high conserve good high conserve 34 Bicknor Orchards good low reinforce good low reinforce Central Sheppey restore and restore and 13 poor moderate poor moderate conserve and conserve and Farmlands create create 35 Deans Bottom moderate high moderate high restore restore 14 Elmley Island good high conserve good high conserve Doddington and 36 Newnham Dry good high conserve good high conserve conserve and Valleys 15 Isle of Harty poor high restore moderate high restore conserve and conserve and 37 Hartlip Downs good moderate good moderate Minster and Warden restore and restore and reinforce reinforce 16 poor moderate poor moderate Farmlands create create Milstead and conserve and conserve and Stone Arable conserve and restore and 38 Kingsdown Mixed moderate moderate moderate moderate 17 moderate moderate poor moderate create create Farmlands create create Farmlands Waterham Clay restore and restore and Perrywood Hills and conserve and conserve and 18 poor moderate poor moderate 39 good moderate good moderate Farmlands create create Dry Valleys reinforce reinforce Borden Mixed conserve and conserve and Rodmersham and conserve and conserve and 19 moderate moderate moderate moderate 40 moderate moderate moderate moderate Farmlands create create Milstead Dry Valley create create Faversham and conserve and conserve and Sheldwich and conserve and conserve and 20 good moderate good moderate 41 moderate moderate moderate moderate Ospringe Fruit Belt reinforce reinforce Leaveland Farmlands create create Graveney Arable restore and restore and conserve and conserve and 21 poor moderate poor moderate 42 Tunstall Farmlands moderate high moderate high Farmlands create create restore restore Swale Landscape and Biodiversity Appraisal 114 Draft Supplementary Planning Document June 2010 '()*+'&, " # k ! 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