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LVIA Report Template Proposed Quarry Extension Into Allocated Areas A and B At Brickworth Sand Quarry Whiteparish, Wiltshire Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment Prepared for Raymond Brown Minerals and Recycling Ltd by Corylus Planning & Environmental Ltd. September 2016 Extensions into Areas A and B, Brickworth Sand Quarry, Whiteparish, Wiltshire. Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment Raymond Brown Minerals and Recycling Ltd Proposed Quarry Extension Into Allocated Areas A and B At Brickworth Sand Quarry Whiteparish, Wiltshire LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Prepared by: A. R. Woolley, BA(Hons), DipLA, CMLI Position: Director & Senior Landscape Architect, Corylus Planning & Environmental Ltd. Checked & Approved for Issue by: J. L. Burt, BA, DipLA, CMLI Position: Landscape Architect, Corylus Planning & Environmental Ltd. Date: 15th September 2016 Report Status: Final Corylus Planning & Environmental Ltd Project Ref.: B19/RBA/2 Date: September 2016 Page 2 of 72 Extensions into Areas A and B, Brickworth Sand Quarry, Whiteparish, Wiltshire. Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment Corylus Planning & Environmental Ltd Project Ref.: B19/RBA/2 Date: September 2016 Page 3 of 72 Extensions into Areas A and B, Brickworth Sand Quarry, Whiteparish, Wiltshire. Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment Corylus Planning & Environmental Ltd Project Ref.: B19/RBA/2 Date: September 2016 Page 4 of 72 Extensions into Areas A and B, Brickworth Sand Quarry, Whiteparish, Wiltshire. Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment Contents 1. Introduction 2. Assessment Methodology 2.1 Objectives and Scope of the Assessment 2.2 Assessment Methodology 3. Baseline Conditions and Baseline Assessment 3.1 Site Description and Local Landscape Context 3.2 The Assessment Study Area 3.3 Statutory and Non-Statutory Designations 3.4 Published Character Assessments 3.5 Planning Policy Context 3.6 Site Visibility 3.7 Landscape Sensitivity 4. The Development Proposals 5. Landscape and Visual Mitigation 6. Assessment of the Landscape and Visual Effects 6.1 The Landscape Effects of the Proposed Mineral Extraction 6.2 The Visual Effects of the Proposed Mineral Extraction 6.3 The Landscape Effects of the Restored Site 6.4 The Visual Effects of the Restored Site 7. Summary Figures: Figure 1: Location Plan Figure 2: Existing Site Context Figure 3: Landscape, Heritage & Nature Conservation Designations Figure 4: Landscape Character Areas Figure 5: Photo Viewpoint Locations within Close Proximity to the Site Figure 6: Photo Viewpoint Locations within the Wider Landscape Figure 7: Phased Phase Boundaries Figure 8: Restoration Scheme Photo Sheets: Photo Viewpoints 1 – 19 Corylus Planning & Environmental Ltd Project Ref.: B19/RBA/2 Date: September 2016 Page 5 of 72 Extensions into Areas A and B, Brickworth Sand Quarry, Whiteparish, Wiltshire. Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment Appendices: Appendix 1: Methodology for the Evaluation of Landscape and Visual Impacts Corylus Planning & Environmental Ltd Project Ref.: B19/RBA/2 Date: September 2016 Page 6 of 72 Extensions into Areas A and B, Brickworth Sand Quarry, Whiteparish, Wiltshire. Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment References / Bibliography Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment - Landscape Institute and the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, 3rd Edition 2013. Landscape Character Assessment Guidance for England and Scotland - Countryside Agency and Scottish Natural Heritage, 2002. Countryside Character Volume 7: South East & London – The Countryside Agency 1999. National Character Area Profiles 131 & 132 – published on-line by Natural England The ‘South Wiltshire Landscape Character Assessment’ originally published as the ‘Salisbury District Landscape Character Assessment’ – Chris Blandford Associates, 2008 The ‘Aggregate Minerals Site Allocations Local Plan’ (Adopted May 2013) – Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council. The ‘Minerals Core Strategy’ (Adopted June 2009) – Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council. The ‘Minerals Development Control Policies’ (Adopted September 2009) – Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council. Wiltshire Core Strategy (Adopted January 2015) – Wiltshire Council Salisbury District Council Local Plan 2011 - Salisbury District Council (Adopted 2003) OS Explorer Map 130 – Salisbury and Stonehenge – Ordnance Survey OS Explorer Map 131 – Romsey, Andover and Test Valley – Ordnance Survey Corylus Planning & Environmental Ltd Project Ref.: B19/RBA/2 Date: September 2016 Page 7 of 72 Extensions into Areas A and B, Brickworth Sand Quarry, Whiteparish, Wiltshire. Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment Corylus Planning & Environmental Ltd Project Ref.: B19/RBA/2 Date: September 2016 Page 8 of 72 Extensions into Areas A and B, Brickworth Sand Quarry, Whiteparish, Wiltshire. Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment 1 Introduction Corylus Planning and Environmental Ltd has been commissioned by Raymond Brown Minerals and Recycling Ltd to undertake a Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) in relation to a proposal to extract 1.34 million tonnes of soft sand from a 22 hectare extension to Brickworth Quarry, in south east Wiltshire. Brickworth Quarry is located approximately 1.2km to the west - southwest of the village of Whiteparish and just west of the A36 between Salisbury and Southampton. Salisbury lies approximately 9 km to the northwest. The proposed development will comprise the extraction of 1.34 million tonnes of soft sand from two areas of commercial forestry plantation (and a small area of agricultural land), known as Areas A and B, which lie to the east and west of the currently consented extraction area. The total application area extends to approximately 46 hectares, with a proposed extraction area of 22 hectares. The resultant extraction voids will the backfilled with imported inert materials and restored back to woodland and agricultural land at original (or near original) ground levels. Both Areas A and B are allocated sites within Wiltshire Council’s ‘Minerals Site Allocations Local Plan’ (adopted May 2013) This LVIA report forms part of an Environmental Assessment which accompanies a planning application for proposed sand extraction and restoration using inert materials. 2. Landscape and Visual Assessment Methodology 2.1 Objectives and Scope of the Assessment The aim of this report is to assess the qualities and value of the existing landscape resource and the visual amenity of the site and its surrounding area; to describe the development proposals in their landscape context and then to predict and evaluate the landscape and visual effects that may arise from the proposed development. Landscape and visual impacts are independent but inter-related issues. Landscape impact assessment aims to determine the likely changes in the physical landscape resulting from a given development and to evaluate the significance of these changes in relation to their effects upon both the quality and character of the landscape. Visual impact assessment predicts the appearance of these physical changes within the landscape and their effects upon specific viewpoints or visual receptors, such as the occupants of residential properties and the users of roads, public rights of way or other public open spaces. The overall objectives of the landscape and visual assessment are to: . describe and evaluate the existing landscape resource and visual amenity of the site and the surrounding area that may be affected by the development proposals; Corylus Planning & Environmental Ltd Project Ref.: B19/RBA/2 Date: September 2016 Page 9 of 72 Extensions into Areas A and B, Brickworth Sand Quarry, Whiteparish, Wiltshire. Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment . determine the sensitivity of the existing landscape resource and its capacity to accept change. identify and determine the nature and extent of any direct effects of the development upon physical components within the landscape, the introduction of new or uncharacteristic features into the landscape and the effect of these changes upon the landscape character of the site and surrounding area. determine the extent to which the development will be visible in the wider landscape. locate the key visual receptors, determine the sensitivity of these receptors and assess the likely changes in views that may result from the development. evaluate the magnitude and significance of effects upon both visual receptors and the overall character and quality of the landscape. determine and evaluate any cumulative impacts that may be caused by the proposed development in relation to other known developments of a similar nature in the surrounding area. determine potential measures to reduce or mitigate the impacts of the proposed development. The assessment of the impacts of the proposed development has been undertaken in relation to a scheme of sand extraction and restoration using imported inert materials, as described in the Planning Application Statement and as illustrated on the planning application plans. 2.2 Assessment Methodology This landscape and visual impact assessment (LVIA) has been undertaken by a chartered landscape architect (CMLI) with significant experience of landscape and visual assessment across a range of development sectors. The methodology used for undertaking this assessment is attached at Appendix 1. This methodology accords with relevant professional standards and guidelines, including the ‘Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment’ (Landscape Institute and the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, 3rd Edition 2013);
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