Residential LVIA, South Yorkshire
Landscape and visual impact assessment for a 130-home village extension in the Green Belt.
The project
A landscape-led residential scheme of approximately 130 dwellings on agricultural land at the edge of a village, within the Green Belt and a wooded river valley landscape character area. The key considerations were the relationship between the new development and the existing settlement edge, and the effect on views from the valley and the local footpath network.
What we did
Reviewed the local planning authority’s pre-application advice and agreed the scope of the assessment
Prepared ZTV, constraints and designations, and landscape character plans for a 2 km study area
Selected and photographed nine representative viewpoints to LI TGN 06/19, covering adjacent residential streets, public rights of way and longer-distance views across the valley
Assessed landscape and visual effects at construction, Year 1 and Year 15 in accordance with GLVIA3
Informed the masterplan, including retention of boundary hedgerows, a substantial planted edge to the northern and eastern boundaries, public open space and an attenuation basin
Issued the LVIA from draft to final within six weeks to support the planning submission
Related services
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, Technical Photography, Housing
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