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19/01/09 - Public Consultation on the Draft Landscape Character Assessment begins

LCA Consultation Document

What are we consulting on?
Landscape Character Assessment is a tool used to help decision making in areas such as planning and landscape conservation, management and enhancement. It can aid the decision making process and at the same time make a significant contribution to the objectives of sustainable development that relate to environmental protection and the prudent use of natural resources. It is a process of assessing the particular features (individual items such as churches) and elements (general items such as hills) within landscapes which make one landscape different from another. This process tries to break down the overall landscape into its constituent parts and identifies character and distinctiveness as well as value.

Decisions relating to development often have a considerable impact on landscape, changing and altering it. It is therefore important that development proposals are informed by an understanding of the landscape and which factors may be more or less appropriate.

The primary purpose of this Supplementary Planning Document is:

To provide a detailed assessment of landscape character in the District
To assist in the implementation and interpretation of North Norfolk Core Strategy Policies, in particular policy EN2: Protection and Enhancement of Landscape and Settlement Character.

We would like to know what you think of the Draft Landscape Character Assesment whether you agree, disagree, or simply wish to comment on any part of the document. The consultation takes place between midday Jan 19 and midday 2 March 2009.

To view or make comments on this document please visit the LDF Consultation Portal

Further information can be found at the Public Consultation page.