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Tadley Place, Baughurst Landscape Visual Impact Assessment and Landscape Design Statement October 2019 Issue Sheet TADLEY PLACE, BAUGHURST LANDSCAPE VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN STATEMENT OCTOBER 2019 ISSUE SHEET JOB NAME: TADLEY PLACE, BAUGHURST JOB NUMBER: D2734 REVISION DATE REVISION DETAILS PREPARED BY CHECKED BY APPROVED BY WORK IN PROGRESS - 14.02.19 CAM JR JR BASELINE ASSESSMENT FINAL 31.10.19 UPDATED PROPOSAL PLANS FOLLOWING INTERNAL REVIEW AND CAM JR JR CLIENT TEAM COMMENTS 2 TADLEY PLACE, BAUGHURST | LVIA CONTENTS 1.0 Introduction 5 4.4 Hard Landscape Proposals 45 1.1 Introduction 5 4.5 Tree & Shrubs Strategy 46 1.2 Desktop Research 5 5.0 Assessment of Landscape & Visual Effects 47 1.3 Field Work 5 5.1 Landscape Effects 47 2.0 Baseline Conditions 7 5.2 Visual Effects 49 2.1 Landscape, Ecological & Heritage Designations & Policy 7 6.0 Compliance with Policy 51 2.2 National Planning Policy 7 6.1 Introduction 51 2.3 Local Planning Policy 7 6.2 Policy Compliance 51 2.4 Guidance Documents 8 2.5 Contextual Landscape Elements 11 7.0 Summary and Conclusions 52 2.7 Public Rights of Way Context 15 7.1 Summary of Baseline Conditions 52 2.8 Landscape Character Context 17 7.2 Description of Development 52 2.8.1 National Landscape Character Assessment 17 7.3 Summary of Landscape Effects 52 2.8.2 County Character Assessment 19 2.8.3 District Character Assessment 21 7.4 Summary of Visual Effects 52 2.9 Application Area Description 22 7.5 Compliance with Policy 52 2.10 Site Description 27 7.6 Conclusion 53 2.11 Visual Survey 29 8.0 Summary And Conclusions 53 3.0 Visual Assessment 34 3.1 Introduction 34 3.2 Visual Assessment from Local Receptors 34 APPENDIX 1 54 4.0 Development Proposals 42 fabrik LVIA Methodology 4.1 Introduction 42 4.2 Landscape Masterplan 42 4.3 Proposed Building Heights 44 PROJECT NUMBER: D2734 VERSION: WORK IN PROGRESS VERSION DATE: 31.10.2019 COMMENT: - 3 4 TADLEY PLACE, BAUGHURST | LVIA 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.2 DESKTOP RESEARCH fabrik Chartered Landscape Architects have been appointed by Mr and Mrs Duncan The desktop survey carried out as part of the LVIA included the review of Ordnance to carry out a Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) of the Site at Tadley Survey maps, interactive maps, aerial photography, published landscape character Place, Baughurst and its surrounding area, in order to consider the likely physical and assessment documents, planning policy and the emerging development proposals. visual impacts arising as a result of the proposed development. The extent of the baseline and therefore the impact appraisal is broadly defined by the Zone of Theoretical Visual Influence (ZTVI) as determined by the initial desk study and This LVIA sets out landscape policy (together with any related policy on ecological verified in the field and therefore extends to 3km from the Sites. and heritage assets) and any supporting SPG’s/SPD’s and then goes on to describe the constituent baseline landscape elements (the existing topography, drainage, The desk top assessment also identifies any likely changes to the current baseline land cover, vegetation pattern, public rights of way, landscape features, detracting situation which are likely to be in place prior to the proposed development proceeding. landscape elements, the history of the landscape and the way that landscape is experienced) which together inform landscape character, landscape condition and value. The LVIA then describes the baseline character and amenity of the identified visual receptors (considering the visual envelope, the different groups of people, 1.3 FIELD WORK places affected, the nature of the view and the visual amenity). The landscape constraints and opportunities are then set out to inform the proposed development. The field work was carried out on 24th January 2019 and again on 6th September. Any mitigation measures and assumptions which have informed the assessment of The existing landscape elements within the Sites were recorded, as were the effects are set out after the description of the proposed development. The effects of contextual landscape elements. A series of key visual receptors were additionally the proposed development are then considered against each of the landscape and identified. The visual assessment element includes a photographic survey of the visual receptors relative to the particular stages of the project. The penultimate section Application Site taken from a series of representative key views, chosen to represent of this LVIA sets out a statement on policy compliance. a range of locations including both public and private views, distances and directions around the Site. The weather conditions and camera lense were also recorded. The location of the Sites are shown on the plan opposite The methodology for the LVIA is based on the ‘Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment’ (third edition) by the Landscape Institute and Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (Routledge, 2013). A full methodology is set out at Appendix 1. LEGEND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARY SITE BOUNDARY - REPLACEMENT DWELLING SITE BOUNDARY - EXISTING DWELLING TO BE DEMOLISHED TADLEY PLACE, BAUGHURST | LVIA 5 REPRODUCED FROM ORDNANCE SURVEY DIGITAL MAP DATA © CROWN COPYRIGHT 2015. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. LICENCE NUMBER 100022432 NUMBER LICENCE RESERVED. RIGHTS ALL 2015. COPYRIGHT CROWN © DATA MAP DIGITAL SURVEY ORDNANCE FROM REPRODUCED FIGURE 1.1 – EXTRACT FROM ORDNANCE SURVEY PLAN SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE APPLICATION SITE (FABRIK, 2019) 6 TADLEY PLACE, BAUGHURST | LVIA 2.0 BASELINE CONDITIONS 2.1 LANDSCAPE, ECOLOGICAL & HERITAGE Achieving good design is about creating places, buildings, or spaces that work well for everyone, look good, last well, and will adapt to the needs of future generations. “Development proposals for new housing outside of Settlement Policy Boundaries will DESIGNATIONS & POLICY only be permitted where they are: Good design responds in a practical and creative way to both the function and identity a) On ‘previously developed land’, provided that: Ancient Woodland is located within the ownership boundary of Tadley Place, at of a place. It puts land, water, drainage, energy, community, economic, infrastructure • They do not result in an isolated form of development; and Browninghill Copse, to the west of the Sites. Tadley Place house is Grade II Listed, and other such resources to the best possible use - over the long as well as the short • The site is not of high environmental value; and as is the thatched barn, to the north of the house and to the south of the ‘Site of the term.” • The proposed use and scale of development is appropriate to the site’s context; or replacement dwelling’. There are no further national or local designations relevant to the Sites. Paragraph 004 goes on to state that: b) For a rural exception site for affordable housing; or “Development proposals should reflect the requirement for good design set out in c) For the re-use of a redundant or disused permanent building provided that the 2.2 NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY national and local policy. Local planning authorities will assess the design quality proposal: of planning proposals against their Local Plan policies, national policies and other The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (July 2018) sets out the material considerations.” • Does not require substantial rebuilding, extension or alteration; and Government’s planning policies for England and how these should be applied. It • Does not result in the requirement for another building to fulfil the function of the provides a framework within which locally-prepared plans for housing and other Landscape is a sub section under Section ID 8 on the Natural Environment (updated building being converted; and developments can be produced. on 21 July 2019). Paragraph 036 on the conservation and enhancement of the • Leads to an enhancement to the immediate setting; or landscape states that: “The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that plans Section 12 sets out the requirements for achieving well-designed places. should recognise the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside, and that d) For a replacement dwelling that is not temporary in nature, or an extension to an strategic policies should provide for the conservation and enhancement of landscapes. existing dwelling provided that: Paragraph 124 states that: “The creation of high quality buildings and places is This can include nationally and locally-designated landscapes but also the wider fundamental to what the planning and development process should achieve. Good countryside. • The size of the proposal would be appropriate to the plot; and design is a key aspect of sustainable development, creates better places in which to • It would not be significantly visually intrusive in the landscape; or live and work and helps make development acceptable to communities.” Where landscapes have a particular local value, it is important for policies to identify their special characteristics and be supported by proportionate evidence. Policies may e) Small scale residential proposals of a scale and type that meet a locally agreed Paragraph 125 goes onto state that: “Design policies should be developed with local set out criteria against which proposals for development affecting these areas will be need provided that: communities so they reflect local aspirations, and are grounded in an understanding assessed. Plans can also include policies to avoid adverse impacts on landscapes and evaluation of each area’s defining characteristics.” and to set out necessary mitigation measures, such as appropriate design principles • It is well related to the existing settlement and would not result in an isolated form of and visual screening, where necessary. The cumulative impacts of development on development; and the landscape need to be considered carefully.” • The development will respect the qualities of the local landscape and be Paragraph 127 looks to ensure that development: sympathetic to its character and visual quality; and Paragraph 004 relates to green infrastructure, which is defined as that which: “..
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