Landscape Character Assessment
Landscape character assessment is a technique to identify what makes a place unique and provides the mechanism by which local communities and other interested parties can contribute towards the decisions that affect their surroundings. Characterisation involves assessing the physical components of a Landscape alongside cultural influences.
In 1997 Nottinghamshire County Council published the Nottinghamshire Landscape Guidelines which included a Nottinghamshire Landscape guidelines Landscape Types Plan viewable as an interactive map which was developed following a Landscape Character Assessment exercise for the whole county of Nottinghamshire.
The Landscape and Reclamation Team is now using the Countryside Agency/Scottish Natural Heritage Landscape Character Assessment guidance for England and Scotland 2002 to review the Nottinghamshire Landscape Guidelines in line with recent government guidance.
In order to see what other authorities are producing nationwide a national database is now available on from The Landscape Character Network - www.landscapecharacter.org.uk - which is an informal network that coordinates all organisations working in the area of Landscape Character Assessment.
Landscape Character Assessments are designed to support Nottinghamshire County Council and other local authorities carry out some of the following activities:
- Stakeholder/community involvement
- Planning policy
- Planning strategy
- Development briefs
- Landscape monitoring
- Landscape designations
- Landscape design
- Design guidelines
- Land management initiatives and agri-environment schemes
- Economic strategy
- Tourism strategy
- Community strategy
- Forestry strategy
- Environmental Impact
- Assessment
- Biodiversity Action Plans
- Managing cultural heritage
- Planning future townscapes
- Celebration of the landscape
To find out more contact the Landscape and Reclamation Team
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