MAPLEDEAN PROJECTS LIMITED GREENWAY LANE BURITON, EAST HAMPSHIRE - Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment Project Reference LLD2042-LPL-REP-001 Prepared by: ML / JJ Checked By: JJ Revision 02 Planning Issue Date: 06.04.2021 LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY iii) The Scheme The site area is edged to the south by the existing housing area of Glebe Road; 1970s housing estate with rear garden areas and i) Introduction and Background The scheme comprises the use of existing arable / paddock land building elevations overlooking the site area through intermittent for residential development. The site is allocated for housing Lizard Landscape Design and Ecology has been commissioned boundary vegetation. within the South Downs National Park - Local Plan - Sites and by Mapledean Projects Limited to undertake a Landscape and Settlements Allocation. The proposed site area for housing is a continuation of the Visual Appraisal and a Landscape Design Strategy for Land existing linear northern settlement boundary line from the north- at Greenway Lane to the northern edge of Buriton Village, The site is allocated for between 08 - 10 no. residential dwellings east on Petersfield Road to the northern edge of Buriton. Hampshire (Grid Reference: SU 73664 20483) (Refer to Figure with the creation of a new public footpath running parallel to 1.1 - Development Site Location). Greenway Lane between the site and the Greenway Lane railway The main landscape value of the site area are the views from bridge to the north. A new vehicular access would be created within the site back towards the wooded chalk scarp ridge line from Greenway Lane and new pedestrian access which links to which enclose the west and south-western edge of the village and ii) The Site the existing pedestrian footpath on Greenway Lane to Glebe Road are typical of views achieved around the semi-rural edges of the The application site (The Site) of approximately 0.48 hectares, to the south-east. The current scheme proposals show 10 no. village. These views should be maintained and framed within the is located to the north-western edge of the small rural village of resdiential units as part of this current planning application. development proposals. Buriton located at the heart of The South Downs National Park There is also value in the views from the site across the northern and within the East Hampshire District of Hampshire iv) Impact Assessment boundary across the immediate rural landscape to the northern The land forms the northern arable edge of the village of Buriton edge of Buriton towards the naturalised field boundaries and to the edge of Greenway Lane to the west. The land is edged by Landscape Character shelterbelt planting of the northern landscape. the existing residential edge of Buriton and the 1970’s properties The site area is located within the South Downs National Park and The scheme proposals should ensure that the height of the and housing estate of Glebe Road to the southern edge as the therefore comprises a valued landscape in relation to Paragraph development is kept to a minimum and the development is set most recent urban residential extension to the village. 170 of the National Planning Policy Framework. Paragraph into the site area as much as possible so that the scheme is The site forms part of the existing nucleated settlement of the 170 states how the planning system should seek to protect and maintained enclosed to the north edge of Buriton in views from the village of Buriton which extends north-west along High Street enhance valued landscapes. The site area is not located within north on Greenway Lane and the surrounding local public rights of and Greenway Lane and north-east towards Nursted through the Buriton Conservation Area. There are no Listed Buildings in way to the north and north-east. the arable landscape along Petersfield Road. The site and the closest proximity to the site area being located further south along The native narrow field fringes and garden boundary hedgerows surrounding study area are located entirely within the South High Street in Buriton village centre. There are no areas of UK have ecological and biodiversity value surrounding the open Downs National Park. The site area is not located within or in Priority Habitats in close proximity to the site area. arable land of the site area. There is the potential with the close proximity to a Conservation Area. The site area is located The site area itself hold limited landscape value and of low development scheme to enhance these field fringes and garden further north-west of the Buriton Conservation Area boundary condition being intensively managed and grazed agricultural land boundaries with a matrix of ecological valuable habitats with which extends along High Street and located to the eastern edge which is inherently flat and used as paddock to the fringes of the native planting proposals of hedgerow; grassland; and native tree of Petersfield Road. village. The field fringes have some limited value in terms of the planting. connecting habitat to the boundaries they provide to the open arable land. The north-western boundary and site frontage is The setting of the village within the Dark Night Skies Reserve edged with a dense native boundary hedge line; the surrounding and the impact of light pollution to this north-eastern semi-rural boundaries and fringes are thinner and weaker with plantation tree edge of the village should be considered in the lighting design; planting and naturalised trees to the boundaries. fenestration; and external lighting fixtures which shall be important for reducing impact on light spill and pollution to the edge of the village. MAPLEDEAN PROJECTS LIMITED GREENWAY LANE, BURITON, EAST HAMPSHIRE LLD2042-LPL-REP-001-02 LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 3 Zone of Visual Influence The site frontage with Greenway Lane and moving further north The development proposals would not be perceptible within long- out of Buriton the dense field boundary hedge lines enclose distance views from the higher ground of the wooded ridgeline of The ZVI for the site area is very limited, isolated, and fragmented the lane to both sides which contain and filter views over the the South Downs Way to the south-west. and is defined and limited to the following; northern edge of Buriton. There are existing limited intermittent v) Conclusions • Greenway Lane; visibility for a limited distance of the road views of properties and roof tops in Glebe Road to the south on running along the western edge of the site area across the approach to the village through intervening field boundary It is considered that the scheme has the potential to integrate into the site frontage as the topography falls into the village vegetation. Moving further north views are enclosed and more its immediate landscape setting and be sensitive to the defining southward and rises northwards into the rural landscape on sporadic. characteristics of the setting of the northern semi-rural edge of Greenway Lane for both pedestrian and vehicles users up Buriton. With regards to the site’s positioning within the South From properties on Glebe Road estate to the south immediately and down the road for a very limited section; Downs National Park it is considered that development of this adjacent to the site there are views over the site area from rear • Greenway Lane; moving further north out of Buriton the kind proposed would conserve and enhance the natural beauty, windows northwards towards the site area for a select handful of dense field boundary hedge lines enclose the lane to both wildlife, and cultural heritage of the area. properties to the southern edge of the site. sides. There are existing limited intermittent views of An integrative Landscape Design Strategy and report has been properties and roof tops in Glebe Road to the south on the There is some limited glimpsed visibility through boundary prepared and presented to accompany this LVIA and planning approach to the village. Further north views are enclosed vegetation of the site area from PROW Buriton 12 to the north and application. The Landscape Design Strategy incorporates the and more sporadic; Petersfield Road / Shipwrights Way to the north-east within 500.00 landscape opportunities identified within this study to address the • Properties on Glebe Road estate to the south immediately metres in short distance views but these views are typical of the site’s landscape constraints and opportunities. adjacent to the site with views from rear windows northwards existing semi-rural edge of Buriton where the existing housing area towards the site area for a select handful of properties to the of Glebe Road is already perceptible running along the northern southern edge of the site; edge of the village. • Some limited glimpsed visibility through boundary vegetation There are no views of the site area from the South Downs Way of the site area from PROW Buriton 12 to the north and and Open Access Land to the west and south-west within 700.0 in Petersfield Road / Shipwrights Way to the north-east within any long-distance views from the chalk scarp ridgeline due to the 500.00 metres in short distance views; dense woodland tree cover. • No views of the site area from the South Downs Way and Open Access Land to the west and south-west within 700.0 As a response to the South Downs National Park Authority in any long-distance views from the chalk scarp ridge line due proposed Strategic Policy SD6: Safeguarding Views the 2015 to the dense woodland tree cover. study also referred to as the ‘SDNP Viewshed Study’, identifies a range of view types that reflect the special qualities of the National Park.