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Landscape Character Assessment A Submission to CLIENT INFO Prepared by Land Use Consultants Date 2008 Edinburgh Green Belt: Landscape Character Assessment Final Report December 2008 www.landuse.co.uk Edinburgh Green Belt Study Comprises the following three reports: Edinburgh Green Belt Landscape Character Assessment Stage 1 Report Stage 2 Report Prepared for Midlothian Council, City of Edinburgh Council, East Lothian Council West Lothian Council, Scottish Borders Council and Scottish Natural Heritage by Land Use Consultants in association with Carol Anderson December 2008 37 Otago Street Glasgow G12 8JJ Tel: 0141 334 9595 Fax: 0141 334 7789 [email protected] EDINBURGH GREEN BELT LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT Final Report Prepared for Midlothian Council, City of Edinburgh Council, East Lothian Council West Lothian Council, Scottish Borders Council and Scottish Natural Heritage by Land Use Consultants in association with Carol Anderson December 2008 37 Otago Street Glasgow G12 8JJ Tel: 0141 334 9595 Fax: 0141 334 7789 [email protected] CONTENTS 1. Introduction....................................................................................... 1 Report Structure..................................................................................................... 1 2. Method ............................................................................................... 3 Introduction............................................................................................................. 3 Study area .............................................................................................................. 3 Methodology........................................................................................................... 3 Desk Analysis .................................................................................................. 3 Data assembly ................................................................................................. 3 Preliminary landscape classification................................................................ 4 Field Survey ........................................................................................................... 4 Classification and Description................................................................................ 4 3. Landscape character descriptions.................................................. 5 Introduction............................................................................................................. 5 Landscape character type: Coastal Sands ............................................................ 8 Cramond Coast................................................................................................ 9 Landscape character type: Incised River Valley.................................................. 11 Lower Almond Valley..................................................................................... 12 Upper North Esk Valley ................................................................................. 14 Water of Leith Colinton to Balerno................................................................. 17 Water of Leith Slateford to Colinton Dell ....................................................... 19 Landscape character type: Informal Open Space ............................................... 21 Duddingston Loch.......................................................................................... 22 West Prestonpans ......................................................................................... 24 Landscape character type: Lowland Farmland.................................................... 27 Almond Farmland .......................................................................................... 28 Cammo Fringe Farmland............................................................................... 30 Dalmeny Fringes............................................................................................ 32 Danderhall settled Farmland ......................................................................... 34 Lennie golf course ......................................................................................... 36 Newton Farmland .......................................................................................... 38 West Craigs farmland .................................................................................... 40 Roslin farmland.............................................................................................. 42 Landscape character type: Pentland Flanks........................................................ 44 Cockburn geometric wooded farmland.......................................................... 45 Currie sloping wooded farmland.................................................................... 47 East Pentland Slopes .................................................................................... 49 North Pentland slopes ................................................................................... 51 Redford basin ................................................................................................ 54 Landscape character type: Pentland Hills – Upper Slopes and Summits ........... 56 Pentland heights ............................................................................................ 57 Landscape character type: Policy Landscape ..................................................... 59 i Cammo policies ............................................................................................. 61 Carberry......................................................................................................... 64 Craigiehall policies......................................................................................... 66 Craigmillar Castle Policies............................................................................. 68 Dalkeith Palace.............................................................................................. 71 Dalmahoy....................................................................................................... 73 Dalmeny Policies ........................................................................................... 76 Drum policies ................................................................................................. 78 Duddingston Policies ..................................................................................... 80 Dundas Policies ............................................................................................. 82 Edmonstone policies...................................................................................... 84 Glencorse....................................................................................................... 86 Lauriston policies ........................................................................................... 88 Melville North Esk Valley ............................................................................... 91 Mortonhall policy landscape .......................................................................... 93 Newliston policies .......................................................................................... 95 Newhailes policies ......................................................................................... 97 Description..................................................................................................... 97 Landscape character type: Prominent Urban hills............................................... 99 Braid Hills..................................................................................................... 100 Corstorphine ................................................................................................ 102 Holyrood Park .............................................................................................. 105 Landscape character type: Recreational open Space....................................... 107 Barton Golf Courses .................................................................................... 108 Glencorse golf course.................................................................................. 110 Liberton golf course ..................................................................................... 112 Musselburgh golf course.............................................................................. 114 Prestonfield golf course ............................................................................... 116 Silverknowes golf course............................................................................. 118 Landscape character type: Rolling Farmland .................................................... 120 Baberton farmland ....................................................................................... 121 Burdiehouse farmland.................................................................................. 123 Damhead ..................................................................................................... 125 Falside hill slopes ........................................................................................ 127 Gowanhill farmland ...................................................................................... 129 Ratho Farmland ........................................................................................... 131 Landscape Character Type: Rural Outcrop HIlls............................................... 133 Craigie Hill...................................................................................................
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