LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK ALLOCATIONS D.P.D LANDSCAPE AND SETTLEMENT CHARACTER ASSESSMENT For Northallerton Thirsk Bedale & Aiskew Easingwold Stokesley HAMBLETON DISTRICT COUNCIL Local Development Framework - Allocations DPD CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................5 1.1 Terms of Commission ...........................................................................................................5 1.2 Landcare ..................................................................................................................................5 1.3 The Partners............................................................................................................................5 2. METHODOLOGY...............................................................................................................................6 2.1 Intentions of the study ..........................................................................................................6 2.2 Methodology Adopted...........................................................................................................6 2.3 Visual Impact Assessment of Existing Settlements and Proposed Developments on local landscape.................................................................................................................7 2.4 The Visual Envelope ..............................................................................................................8 2.5 Ranking of Impact ..................................................................................................................8 3. GENERAL MITIGATION & MASTERPLANNING ........................................................................11 3.2 Masterplanning.....................................................................................................................11 3.3 Siting and Development Layout ........................................................................................11 3.4 Colour, Tone and Texture...................................................................................................12 3.5 Landscape Planting and Ground Modelling....................................................................13 4. LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ..........................................................................................................15 4.4 Mitigation common to all landscape character types....................................................15 4.5 Key Characteristics of Landscape types found immediately surrounding proposed development options of the five settlements extracted from the study:.15 5. NORTHALLERTON.........................................................................................................................24 5.1 Landscape Setting ...............................................................................................................24 5.2 South Sector .........................................................................................................................24 Existing Settlement......................................................................................................24 Development Options Impact......................................................................................24 Mitigation .....................................................................................................................25 5.3 South West Sector ...............................................................................................................25 Existing Settlement......................................................................................................25 Development Options Impact......................................................................................26 Mitigation .....................................................................................................................26 LANDCARE December 2008 Page |1 HAMBLETON DISTRICT COUNCIL Local Development Framework - Allocations DPD 5.4 West Sector...........................................................................................................................27 Existing Settlement......................................................................................................27 Development Options Impact......................................................................................27 Mitigation .....................................................................................................................28 5.5 North Sector..........................................................................................................................28 Existing Settlement......................................................................................................28 Development Options Impact......................................................................................29 Mitigation .....................................................................................................................30 5.6 East Sector ............................................................................................................................30 Existing Settlement......................................................................................................30 Development Options Impact......................................................................................31 Mitigation .....................................................................................................................32 6. THIRSK.............................................................................................................................................33 6.1 Landscape Setting ...............................................................................................................33 6.2 South West Sector ...............................................................................................................33 FROM SOUTH ............................................................................................................33 Existing Settlement......................................................................................................33 Development Options Impact......................................................................................34 Mitigation .....................................................................................................................34 FROM NORTH ............................................................................................................35 Existing Settlement......................................................................................................35 Development Options Impact......................................................................................35 Mitigation .....................................................................................................................36 6.3 North West Sector................................................................................................................36 Existing Settlement......................................................................................................36 Development Options Impact......................................................................................37 Mitigation .....................................................................................................................37 6.4 North East Sector.................................................................................................................38 Existing Settlement......................................................................................................38 Development Options Impact......................................................................................38 Mitigation .....................................................................................................................39 6.5 South East Sector ................................................................................................................39 Existing Settlement......................................................................................................39 Development Options Impact......................................................................................40 Mitigation .....................................................................................................................40 7. BEDALE & AISKEW .......................................................................................................................42 7.1 Landscape Setting ...............................................................................................................42 7.2 Aiskew East...........................................................................................................................42 Existing Settlement......................................................................................................42 Development Options Impact......................................................................................43 Mitigation .....................................................................................................................43 7.3 Aiskew North Sector............................................................................................................43 Existing Settlement......................................................................................................43