Landscape Assessment and Management
Landscape character assessment identifies areas of similar character, classifying and mapping them and describing their character. Our approach is to define what is important in the landscape and devise strategies to ensure that this is conserved and enhanced whilst improving degraded landscapes. Our key objective is to ensure that a robust landscape evidence base fully and usefully informs the planning process.
The practice has carried out landscape character assessments for authorities in England in addition to LANDMAP studies in Wales [see the LANDMAP page]. These have been used to inform Local Plans and subsequent inquiries.
At a smaller scale, a focussed strategy for a large country estate has been undertaken to try to create a landscape which can be sustainably funded and managed.
Our study in Caerphilly focused in detail on a specific landscape element- hedgerows, and how this could be conserved across the authority area.
