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Land Off Wokingham Road, Sandhurst Landscape and Visual Appraisal Edp6773 R006b Land off Wokingham Road, Sandhurst Landscape and Visual Appraisal Prepared by: The Environmental Dimension Partnership Ltd On behalf of: Bloor Homes April 2021 Report Reference edp6773_r006b Land off Wokingham Road, Sandhurst Landscape and Visual Appraisal edp6773_r006b Contents Executive Summary Section 1 Introduction, Purpose and Methodology ...................................................................... 1 Section 2 The Site .......................................................................................................................... 5 Section 3 Findings of EDP Data Trawl .......................................................................................... 7 Section 4 Existing (Baseline) Conditions: Landscape Character ............................................. 13 Section 5 Existing (Baseline) Conditions: Visual Amenity ......................................................... 19 Section 6 The Proposed Development and Mitigation ............................................................. 23 Section 7 Summary of Effects .................................................................................................... 27 Section 8 Summary and Conclusions ........................................................................................ 31 Appendices Appendix EDP 1 Illustrative Masterplan (P20-3243_03 REV.A 01/02/21) Appendix EDP 2 Methodology: Tables Defining the Thresholds and Definitions of Terminology used in this Appraisal Appendix EDP 3 Extract from Bracknell Forest Landscape Character Assessment Appendix EDP 4 Photoviewpoints (edp6773_d009a 01 April 2021 JTF/WG) Plans Plan EDP 1 Site Location and Boundaries (edp6773_d014 30 March 2021 OW/WG) Plan EDP 2 Topography Plan (edp6773_d017a 01 April 2021 OW/WG) Plan EDP 3 Landscape Planning Context (edp6773_d015a 01 April 2021 OW/WG) Land off Wokingham Road, Sandhurst Landscape and Visual Appraisal edp6773_r006b Plan EDP 4 Visual Assessment (edp6773_d016a 01 April 2021 OW/WG) Plan EDP 5 Illustrative Landscape Strategy and SANGs Layout (edp6773_d010a 01 April 2021 RB/WG) This version is intended for electronic viewing only Report Ref: edp6773_r006 Author Formatted Peer Review Proofed by/Date r001_DRAFT OW LL WG - r001a OW - - CL 310321 r001b - - - FJ 230421 Land off Wokingham Road, Sandhurst Landscape and Visual Appraisal edp6773_r006b This page has been lefty blank intentionally Land off Wokingham Road, Sandhurst Landscape and Visual Appraisal edp6773_r006b Executive Summary S1 This Landscape and Visual Appraisal (LVA) has been prepared by The Environmental Dimension Partnership Ltd (EDP), on behalf of Bloor Homes, to inform planning proposals for residential development, on land off Wokingham Road, Sandhurst. S2 The site comprises two parcels of land dissected by a mature tree belt and stream. Each parcel of land is separated into multiple fields used for grazing horses, along with a small storage yard and storage buildings to the south-west. S3 The site is not constrained by any nationally designated landscapes. S4 Published landscape character assessments provide a helpful contextual understanding of the defining characteristics of the wider landscape. However, clearly the site is influenced in perceptual terms to some degree by the presence of existing development, notably residential dwellings in the surrounding area, and the containment of the site afforded by existing vegetation. S5 EDP’s appraisal has found that there would be a very limited visual effect upon users of the Public Right of Way (PRoW) within the wider LVA study area due to the following factors. Firstly, the extensive screening provided by mature vegetation, both along field boundaries and woodland blocks within the wider landscape, which serve to greatly restrict intervisibility between the site and surrounding PRoW receptors. Secondly, there is already a degree of urban influence within the local context. Adverse visual effects on residential receptors are mainly limited to proximal dwellings adjacent to the site. S6 This report finds that the development proposed within the site relates well to the existing settlement from a landscape character and visual amenity perspective, such that the proposed development represents a logical area for growth that can be readily assimilated and integrated into this part of the adjacent development context. Whilst the proposed development would yield change and have an adverse effect on the landscape character of the site, this appraisal finds those effects to be very localised in nature (focused predominantly upon the site itself) with the proposed scheme demonstrating sensitive design principles which address concerns as practicably as possible. S7 Accordingly, whilst the proposed development would certainly yield change and have an adverse effect on the landscape character of the site itself, this appraisal finds no reason why the effects to landscape character are unacceptable in the wider context. Land off Wokingham Road, Sandhurst Landscape and Visual Appraisal edp6773_r006b This page has been left blank intentionally Land off Wokingham Road, Sandhurst Landscape and Visual Appraisal edp6773_r006b Section 1 Introduction, Purpose and Methodology Introduction 1.1 The Environmental Dimension Partnership Ltd (EDP) has been commissioned by Bloor Homes (‘the applicant’) to undertake a Landscape and Visual Appraisal (LVA) of proposals for residential development upon land off Wokingham Road, Sandhurst (‘the site’). The site falls within Bracknell Forest Local Planning Authority (LPA) area, extends to 13.6 hectares (ha), and is briefly described in Section 2 of this LVA. Full site details are given in the Design and Access Statement (DAS) accompanying the planning application. 1.2 EDP is an independent environmental planning consultancy with offices in Cirencester, Cheltenham and Cardiff. The practice provides advice to private and public sector clients throughout the UK in the fields of landscape, ecology, archaeology, cultural heritage, arboriculture, rights of way and masterplanning. Details of the practice can be obtained at our website (www.edp-uk.co.uk). EDP is a Registered Practice of the Landscape Institute1 specialising in the assessment of the effects of proposed development on the landscape. 1.3 This LVA forms part of a suite of documents accompanying the planning application for the proposed development summarised in Section 6 of this LVA. The proposals are illustrated on the Detailed Masterplan at Appendix EDP 1. 1.4 Proposals for the site comprise the erection of up to 150 dwellings, creation of new access off Wokingham Road, Sandhurst, and provision of public open space, landscaping, suitable alternative natural greenspace (SANG) and related infrastructure, and a new 20 space car park (all matters reserved except for details of access). 1.5 It represents a revised version of a previous application (Ref: 19/00286/OUT) which was refused by Bracknell Forest Council on 18 September 2019 for nine reasons. 1.6 Reason for Refusal (RfR) 1 of the outline planning application: the LPA identifies an unacceptable level of harm to the countryside and settlement setting. There is a degree of conflation of heritage and landscape matters in relation to views of the church tower outlined in RfR 10. 1.7 Hence, this report has been drafted to better understand the baseline conditions, and to summarise the inputs to the masterplan in support of the planning application, which have sought to respond to the previous RfRs. Furthermore, a landscape strategy will be produced to address the requirement for SANGs and matters within RfR3. 1 LI Practice Number 1010 1 Land off Wokingham Road, Sandhurst Landscape and Visual Appraisal edp6773_r006b Purpose and Structure of this LVA 1.8 The purpose of this LVA is to identify the baseline conditions of the site and surrounding area and to determine those landscape and visual characteristics that might inform the design of the development proposals, including recommendations for mitigation. It then provides an assessment of the landscape and visual effects predicted to arise from development on the site with reference to the baseline analysis. 1.9 In undertaking the assessment described in this LVA, EDP has: • Undertaken a thorough data trawl of relevant designations and background documents, described in Section 3; • Assessed the existing (baseline) condition and character of the site and its setting, described in Section 4; • Assessed the existing visual (baseline) context, especially any key views to and from the site (Section 5). The establishment of baseline landscape and visual conditions, when evaluated against the proposed development, allow the identification and evaluation of landscape effects later in the LVA at Section 7; • Described the landscape aspects of the proposed development that may influence any landscape or visual effects (Section 6); • In Section 7, assessed the landscape and visual effects in accordance with the approach described below; • Reached overall conclusions in Section 8; and • Provided an analysis of the likely landscape and visual effects of the proposed scheme, which is determined by combining the magnitude of the predicted change with the assessed sensitivity of the identified receptors. The nature of any predicted effects is also identified (i.e. positive/negative, permanent/reversible). Methodology Adopted for the Assessment 1.10 The proposed development assessed by this LVA is not subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). This LVA has, therefore,
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