LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2017 | CREEDY BRIDGE CREDITON | PAGE 1 CREEDY BRIDGE CREDITON LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FEBRUARY 2017 PAGE 2 | CREEDY BRIDGE CREDITON | LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2017 Barton Willmore | 101 Victoria Street | Bristol BS1 6PU ISSUE DATE 27/05/16 04/11/16 10/11/16 05/12/16 07/12/16 10/02/17 tel: 0117 929 9677 | email: [email protected] DOCUMENT STATUS Final Final Final Final Final Final Desk Top Publishing and Graphic Design by Barton Willmore Graphic Design This artwork was printed on paper using fibre sourced from sustainable plantation wood from REVISION a b c d e f suppliers who practice sustainable management of forests in line with strict international standards. Pulp used in its manufacture is also Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF). AUTHOR KB/CR/SJ KB/CR/SJ KB/CR/SJ KB/CR/SJ KB/CR/SJ KB/CR/SJ J:\24000 - 24999\24900 - 24999\24970 - Creedy Bridge, Credition (Land at)\A5 - Reports & Graphics\Graphics\InDesign\Document\LVIA 2016\24970_LVIA 2016_13 CHECKED BY RMcW RMcW RMcW RMcW RMcW RMcW © The contents of this document must not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part without the written consent of The Barton Willmore Partnership. AUTHORISED BY RMcW RMcW RMcW RMcW RMcW RMcW All plans are reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the permission of the Controller of HMSO. Crown Copyright Reserved. License No. 100019279. LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2017 | CREEDY BRIDGE CREDITON | PAGE 3 CREEDY BRIDGE CREDITON LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FEBRUARY 2017 PAGE 4 | CREEDY BRIDGE CREDITON | LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2017 Figure 1: Aerial location LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2017 | CREEDY BRIDGE CREDITON | PAGE 5 1 INTRODUCTION 6 4 PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND LANDSCAPE FRAMEWORK 64 1.1. SCOPE 6 4.1. DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS 64 1.2. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY 8 4.2. LANDSCAPE FRAMEWORK 64 2 PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT 10 5 POTENTIAL LANDSCAPE AND 2.1. NATIONAL PLANNING POLICY 10 VISUAL EFFECTS 66 2.2. LOCAL PLANNING POLICY 12 5.3. MITIGATION 66 3 BASELINE CONDITIONS 14 5.1. POTENTIAL LANDSCAPE EFFECTS 68 5.2. POTENTIAL VISUAL EFFECTS 72 3.1. SITE AND WIDER SETTING 14 3.2. PUBLISHED LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENTS 22 6 SUMMARY 74 3.3. LANDSCAPE RECEPTORS 29 3.4. LANDSCAPE SUMMARY 29 7 APPENDICES 76 3.5. VISUAL APPRAISAL 30 7.1. APPENDIX 1: METHODOLGY 76 3.6. VISUAL RECEPTORS 32 7.2. APPENDIX 2: ZONE OFTHEORETICAL VISIBILITY 82 3.7. VIEWPOINTS 1-13 34 7.3. APPENDIX 3: LANDSCAPE EFFECTS TABLE 90 3.8. VISUAL SUMMARY 60 7.4. APPENDIX 4: VISUAL EFFECTS TABLE 95 3.9. CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE SITE 62 PAGE 6 | CREEDY BRIDGE CREDITON | LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2017 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1. SCOPE 1.1.3. The proposed development comprises: 1.1.4. All matters to be reserved except » The Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) is for access to include: primary vehicular based on a bare earth model, which does » Residential development of up to 326 1.1.1. Barton Willmore Landscape was access from A3072 (Exhibition Road); not take account existing vegetation and dwellings; commissioned by Gleeson Developments secondary vehicular access to Pedlerspool built form. The ZTV is further refined Limited, Thomas Turner, Stewart Turner, » 8.6 hectares of land made available to Lane; pedestrian and cycle access on to the through field work to inform the assessed Richard Turner and Bernard Stamp in facilitate the relocation of Crediton Pounds Hill / Stonewall Cross junction, Old potential visibility of the Site; May 2015 to undertake a Landscape and Tiverton Road and Pedlerspool Lane; and the Rugby Club; » Access to assess the predicted visual Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) of the provision of passing places along Stonewall effects from private individual properties proposed Development at Land at Creedy » Up to 1.1 hectare of land safeguarded for Lane. outside the Site has not been obtained. Bridge, Crediton (the ‘Site’). The LVIA the delivery of a 1 Form Entry Primary 1.1.5. In undertaking the landscape and As a result, the assessment of likely assesses the Site and its surroundings in School; visual assessment of the Site and the wider visual effects has been made from order to determine its suitability for the » Access arrangements from A3072 surrounding area, there are a number of vantage points with representative views proposed development and advises on (Exhibition Way); limitations and constraints affecting the taken from the nearest available public landscape and visual considerations in order outputs from this work. These include: viewpoint; and to successfully integrate the proposed » Pedestrian and cycle access on to the development into the surrounding area. Pounds Hill / Stonewall Cross junction, Old » The baseline assessment has been based » The assessment is based on the Tiverton Road and Pedlerspool Lane; on information readily available at the assumption that the proposed 1.1.2. The Site is approximately 30 hectares time of undertaking the assessment as Development is delivered in line with the in size and comprises two irregularly shaped » Landscaping and areas of public open described in the methodology; Concept Plan (Figure 2: Concept Plan agricultural fields (Figure 1: Aerial Location). space; Option D. October 2017). The Site lies to the north of the town of » During Site visits, weather conditions, Crediton directly adjacent to the existing » Ecological mitigation and enhancement; the time of day and seasonal factors settlement boundary, and is within the » Sustainable urban drainage; and have influenced the visual assessment Mid Devon District Council administrative and photographic record of the Site. boundary. The Site has been allocated for » Other associated infrastructure and Every effort has been made to ensure residential development under Policy CRE5 engineering operations. that the photographs and their locations of the Mid Devon District Council Local Plan are “representative” of the Site and its 2013-2033. surroundings; LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT 2017 | CREEDY BRIDGE CREDITON | PAGE 7 The scaling of this drawing cannot be assured Revision Date Drn Ckd - The scaling of this- drawing- cannot- be assured Revision Date Drn Ckd - - - - Site Boundary Site Boundary Residential Residential School Site School Site River Creedy Potential location and River Creedy extent of Rugby Club Potential location and extent of Rugby Club Public Open Space Public Open Space Green Links Green Links Proposed Attenuation pond / swales Proposed AttenuationExisting Vehicular route pond / swales Principal Vehicular route Existing Vehicular route Vehicular access points Principal Vehicular route Potential Ped/Cycle route Vehicular accessRoad points downgraded to Ped/Cycle route Ped/Cycle access points Potential Ped/Cycle route Access to Rugby Club Road downgraded to Ped/Cycle route Access to Pumping Station Ped/Cycle access points Focal Building Access to* Rugby Club * Site Gateway * Access to Pumping Station Cattle Focal Building Grid * * * Site Gateway Cattle Grid Project Land at Creedy Bridge Crediton Drawing Title Concept Plan DRAFT Date Scale Drawn by Check by 05.09.16 1:1000@A0 MV/KU BW 1:2000@A2 Project No Drawing No Revision 24970 9300_01 O Planning ● Master Planning & Urban Design ● Architecture ● Landscape Planning & Design ● Environmental Planning ● Graphic Design ● Public Engagement ● Research Figure 2: Concept Plan Option D. 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The objectives of the LVIA are to rated on a scale of Major/Moderate/Minor/ effects, includes a combination of objective » Assess the landscape features, assess the landscape character of the Neutral. and subjective judgements and it is character and quality of the Site and its Site and its surroundings and to consider important that a structured