Landscape and Visual - Appendix LVI, 12 December 2014 Persimmon Homes and Hannick Homes,

Table LVI14: Landscape Effects Table, Part 1: Baseline and Sensitivity

Landscape Character Area or Type Baseline Description Landscape Value ► Susceptibility to Change Overall Sensitivity of ► Receptor

National Landscape Character Areas - Natural (formerly Countryside Agency)

Landscape Character Area No.117: Avon Vales  An undulating clay vale with a mix of arable and pasture. Medium Medium Medium  Small- and medium-sized fields with mostly hedgerow boundaries with few hedgerow trees, varying in shape from irregular piecemeal enclosure to rectilinear planned enclosure.  Numerous low ridges with local views over towns and villages.  Wide River Avon corridor, with an ancient pattern of flood meadows and closely associated settlements and more recent development.  Transport corridors along roads and watercourses, heavily influential on all development in the NCA.  Large historic parks and mansions, often established from former monastic establishments.  Wide views across whole area from higher areas of surrounding chalk downs.

Landscape Character Area No.132: Salisbury  , an extensive and open rolling chalk plateau and one of the largest remaining areas of calcareous grassland in north-west Europe. Medium Medium Medium Plain and West Downs  Many small, sheltered river valleys, such as the Wylye, with narrow floodplains and meandering river courses.  Woodland generally confined to valley slopes, with scattered copses and shelterbelts (usually of beech or conifer) found on the high downs, and occasional ancient oak woods on the ridgetops.  Large arable fields predominate, with generally very few hedgerows or obvious boundary features; there are often wide grass buffer strips.  Outstanding prehistoric ritual landscape, with many Scheduled Ancient Monuments and earthworks prominent in the open landscape, notably Stonehenge.  A sparsely settled landscape, with few settlements of any size, and notable for nucleated villages at the foot of the scarp along the spring line. Large- scale farmsteads are a prominent feature.  Large parks and estates found in the valleys, with related groups of estate housing in common style.  Military tracks, airfields and structures reflecting a major land use. Visually prominent modern military housing and supporting development are found in the eastern side of the NCA.

Landscape Character Area No.133: Blackmoor  A complex mosaic of mixed farming: undulating, lush clay vales dissected by a broken limestone ridge and fringed by Upper Greensand hills and scarps. Medium Medium Medium Vale and  Small irregular and rectilinear pasture fields with hedgerow oak trees and many scattered small broadleaved woodlands.  Wooded Upper Greensand scarps and outliers, some with historic houses and parks.  Broken low limestone ridges with shallow valleys, and steeper valleys around the margins of the area.  Small villages and hamlets forming nuclei within a patchwork of fields, hedges, woods and trees, mostly derived from medieval settlement and land use.  Many villages at the foot of the scarps, at river crossing points, on the Greensand springline, along the limestone ridge and at strategic sites.  The Vale of Wardour, characterised by complex geology, rolling topography and a landscape of irregular assarted fields and open late 18th- and early 19th-century large arable fields on the Upper Greensand and dip slope terraces.

Wiltshire Landscape Character Assessment, December 2005 - Wiltshire Council

Warminster Terrace Landscape Character Area  Flat aprons of land from which the dramatic chalk escarpments and hills rise. Medium Medium Medium (6A)  Large geometric fields and open skies.  Land use is predominantly agricultural.  Mixed woodland runs in discontinuous belts along the chalk escarpment.  Coniferous belts planted as game coverts.  General absence of prehistoric earthworks in contrast to the surrounding chalk landscapes.

Longleat-Stourhead Greensand Hills Landscape  The Greensand typically forms upstanding hills that have been eroded by tributaries of the major rivers into a series of rounded knolls and deep valleys. Medium Medium Medium Character Area (7A)  Hills support a large proportion of woodland, both deciduous and coniferous.  Country houses and estates, set within landscaped parkland contribute to the character of the area.  Iron age fortifications are strategically located on the hilltops.  Ancient sunken lanes wind their way through the hills.  Small and irregular fields characterise areas of agricultural land use.  Meadows and wet woodland are typical of the valley floors.

Salisbury Plain West Landscape Character Area  Very large-scale and open, exposed landscape. Medium Medium Medium (3A)  Rolling plateau land form with panoramic views over the surrounding lowlands creating a sense of elevation.  Large regular arable fields are bounded mainly by ditches or fences with occasional hedgerows.  Steep and incised slopes down to the surrounding river valleys.  Copses and woodland belts, at various stages of growth occur throughout the area with sinuous older plantations contrasting with more recent tree planting in geometrical blocks.  Proliferation of military signage and posts along the numerous tracks that cross the area.  Archaeological remains and sites of historic importance.

Terminology for Landscape Effect:

Landscape Value: High, Medium, Low Duration: Long-term, Medium-term, Short-term Susceptibility to Change: High, Medium, Low Reversibility: Yes, within (timescale)/No Overall Sensitivity of Receptor: High, Medium, Low Overall Magnitude of Effect: Major, Moderate, Slight, Negligible, Neutral, No Change Size/Scale of Effect: Major, Moderate, Slight, Negligible, Neutral, No Change Nature of Effect: Adverse, Benefit, Neutral, Not Applicable, Direct, Indirect, Secondary Geographical Extent of Effect: (Descriptive) Significance: Significant, Moderately Significant, Not Significant

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Landscape and Visual - Appendix LVI, 12 December 2014 Persimmon Homes and Hannick Homes, Warminster

Table LVI14: Landscape Effects Table, Part 1: Baseline and Sensitivity

Landscape Character Area or Type Baseline Description Landscape Value ► Susceptibility to Change Overall Sensitivity of ► Receptor

West Wiltshire District Landscape Character Assessment, March 2007 - West Wiltshire District Council

Cley Hill Greensand and Chalk Terrace  , a rounded chalk knoll, as a distinctive landmark. Medium Medium Medium Landscape Character Area (G4)  Flat to gently undulating wooded farmland.  Extensive views of the chalk edge in the east, especially from Cley Hill.  Largely undeveloped with settlement consisting of a few hamlets and farmsteads.  Strong sense of tranquillity.  Distinct pattern of medium sized mainly regular shaped fields enclosed by hedgerows with mature trees.  Two significant blocks of woodland - Norridge Wood and Clear Wood.

Upton Scudamore Greensand and Chalk Terrace  Flat to gently undulating farmland with extensive views on the chalk downland. Medium Medium Medium Landscape Character Area (G3)  Settlement pattern consists of the village of Upton Scudamore, several hamlets and farm buildings.  The elevated position of Upton Scudamore.  Strong sense of tranquillity, away from transport routes.  Distinct pattern of medium and large sized mainly regular shaped fields enclosed by hedgerows with mature trees.

Longleat Greensand Hills Landscape Character  A series of eroded Upper Greensand hills creating a sinuous escarpment containing some deep valleys. Medium Medium Medium Area (F5)  The hills are clothed in deciduous woodland and coniferous plantations.  Neatly laid hedges, tree clumps, avenues and grazing animals associated with private estates contribute to the scenic beauty of the area.  Fields are predominantly small and of an irregular form - indicative of early enclosure.  Extensive landscaped parks, ponds and lakes surrounding Longleat House.  Pockets of dense development occur in the shelter of the deep valleys that cut through the Upper Greensand.  A peaceful landscape with great variety at the small scale, but with an overall unified character.

Bishopstrow and Codford Down Chalk Downland  Series of Chalk Downland Edges, which fall sharply and dramatically from the higher Chalk Downland to the north and east. Medium Medium Medium Edge Landscape Character Area (H2)  Series of narrow valleys break through the continuous belt of edge or scarp of the chalk.  Slopes are covered with a patchwork of arable fields (with predominantly mature and intact hedgerow field boundaries) and rough grassland.  Series of footpaths lead up from surrounding lowland landscapes, to the base of the Chalk Downland Edge.  Dramatic, panoramic views across adjacent lowland landscapes and Warminster to the south and west.

Cranborne Chase and AONB Integrated Landscape Character Assessment, June 2003 - Land Use Consultants

Penselwood - Longleat Hills Landscape Character  Resist any development that would affect the open views across the terrace to the neighbouring greensand hills and chalk uplands. High High High Area (7B)  A series of eroded Upper Greensand hills creating a sinuous escarpment containing some deep valleys.  The hills are clothed in deciduous woodland and coniferous plantations.  Neatly laid hedges, tree clumps, avenues and grazing animals associated with private estates contribute to the scenic beauty of the area.  Fields are predominantly small and of an irregular form - indicative of early enclosure.  Extensive landscaped parks surrounding large country houses at Longleat and Stourhead.  Pockets of dense development occur in the shelter of the deep valleys that cut through the Upper Greensand.  Earthworks and ruins of hill forts and castles are strategically located, on the hilltops.  Landscape parks and historic estates provide important recreation attractions including Centre Parcs Holiday Village, Longleat Estate and National Trust properties.  A peaceful landscape with great variety at the small scale, but with an overall unified character.

Site or Local Features

Landform The site occupies principally gently undulating ground between 115m AOD to the east and 146m AOD to the south-west, with land generally falling toward Medium Medium Medium the Were Brook.

To the west of the site, the ground rises gently towards the steep-sided Cley Hill forming a prominent and historic feature within the landscape. To the north-east of the site, beyond Warminster, ground rises steeply to form a high ridgeline, which marks the edge of the Salisbury Plains. Battlesbury Camp and Scratchbury Hill are other prominent within the plains. Land also rises steeply towards Longleat and Centre Parcs to the south-west of the site.

Woodland, Trees, Hedgerows Most vegetation is concentrated along field boundaries, adjacent to roads or along property boundaries. The site contains only two Grade A oak trees (high Medium Medium Medium retention value) both located to the south-west on the site. Most other individual trees are either Grade B (moderate retention value) or Grade C (low retention value) oak and ask species with some scattered field maple, Norway maple sycamore and willow species.

Hedgerows are mostly Grade C value, with the exception of two hazel hedgerows of Grade B value, and located either side of a public footpath to the north of the site. There is one Grade C mixed species tree group located to the south-west of the site and a number of tree groups which overhang the site.

Terminology for Landscape Effect:

Landscape Value: High, Medium, Low Duration: Long-term, Medium-term, Short-term Susceptibility to Change: High, Medium, Low Reversibility: Yes, within (timescale)/No Overall Sensitivity of Receptor: High, Medium, Low Overall Magnitude of Effect: Major, Moderate, Slight, Negligible, Neutral, No Change Size/Scale of Effect: Major, Moderate, Slight, Negligible, Neutral, No Change Nature of Effect: Adverse, Benefit, Neutral, Not Applicable, Direct, Indirect, Secondary Geographical Extent of Effect: (Descriptive) Significance: Significant, Moderately Significant, Not Significant

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Landscape and Visual - Appendix LVI, 12 December 2014 Persimmon Homes and Hannick Homes, Warminster

Table LVI14: Landscape Effects Table, Part 1: Baseline and Sensitivity

Landscape Character Area or Type Baseline Description Landscape Value ► Susceptibility to Change Overall Sensitivity of ► Receptor

Public Rights of Way/Access A number of public rights of way cross the site, including the Mid Wilts Way National Trail, generally following the hedgerow or farm access network and Medium Medium Medium provide a number of links to the wider countryside to the north, north-west and west. The public footpaths also provide links to housing areas and associated open spaces in Warminster and to its town centre.

Were Brook A vegetated narrow and steep-sided brook corridor running along the southern site boundary, before it crosses the site in the south-west corner. Medium Medium Medium

Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs The AONB covers approximately 380 sq. miles of countryside overlapping the boundaries of Wiltshire, , and Somerset. The northernmost High High High AONB part of the AONB lies to the south and west of Warminster, where it lies in proximity to the south-western site boundary, separated by the busy A36. The AONB encompasses Cley Hill.

Terminology for Landscape Effect:

Landscape Value: High, Medium, Low Duration: Long-term, Medium-term, Short-term Susceptibility to Change: High, Medium, Low Reversibility: Yes, within (timescale)/No Overall Sensitivity of Receptor: High, Medium, Low Overall Magnitude of Effect: Major, Moderate, Slight, Negligible, Neutral, No Change Size/Scale of Effect: Major, Moderate, Slight, Negligible, Neutral, No Change Nature of Effect: Adverse, Benefit, Neutral, Not Applicable, Direct, Indirect, Secondary Geographical Extent of Effect: (Descriptive) Significance: Significant, Moderately Significant, Not Significant

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