Landscape Character Assessment
Landscape character assessment (LCA) is a technique used to identify what makes a place unique. It is the means by which local communities and other interested parties can contribute to decisions that affect their surroundings. Characterisation involves assessing the physical components of a landscape alongside cultural influences.
You can see what other authorities are producing, on the national database from The Landscape Character Network website at www.landscapecharacter.org.uk and on the Natural England website at www.naturalengland.org.uk.
The Nottinghamshire Landscape Guidelines published in 1997 have been updated. The County wide character assesment is now contained in three seperate reports. The reports have followed a new Geographical Information Systems (GIS) methodology which has also included a resurvey of Nottinghamshire.
County character areas
There are now 11 county character areas:
| DC | Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Coalfields |
| ES | East Nottinghamshire Sandlands |
| IL | Idle Lowland |
| LW | Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire Wolds |
| ML | Magnesian Limestone |
| MN | Mid Nottinghamshire Farmland |
| SH | Sherwood |
| SN | South Nottinghamshire Farmlands |
| TV | Trent Valley |
| TW | Trent Washlands |
| VB | Vale of Belvoir |
The new reports are as follows:
- Bassetlaw District LCA [PDF 916KB]
- Greater Nottingham LCA (including Trent Washlands by Nottinghamshire County Council) [PDF 397KB]
- Newark and Sherwood LCA (PDF to follow).
The coverage of these three reports is shown on the LCA coverage plan [PDF 785KB]
The full reports will be available from the relevant District Councils or the Landscape and Reclamation team.
