Landscape Character Menu
List of Figures and Photographs
1 Introduction
1.1 The Scope and Context for this Study
1.2 Approach and Methodology
1.3 Structure of the Report
2 Forces for Change
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Built Development
2.3 Infrastructure
2.4 Mineral Extraction and Landfill
2.5 Agriculture and Land Management
2.6 Forestry and Woodland
2.7 Tourism and Recreation
2.8 Water Bodies & Water Quality
2.9 Air Quality and Climate Change
3 Landscape Strategy
3.1 Moorland Plateaux
3.2 Moorland Hills
3.3 Enclosed Uplands
3.4 Moorland Fringe
3.5 Undulating Lowland Farmland
3.6 Industrial Foothills and Valleys
3.7 Farmed Fringes
3.8 Settled Valleys
3.9 Reservoir Valleys
3.10 Wooded Rural Valleys
3.11 Valley Floodplains
3.12 Low Coastal Drumlins
3.13 Drumlin Field
3.14 Rolling Upland Farmland
3.15 Coastal Plain
3.16 Mosslands
3.17 Enclosed Coastal Marsh
3.18 Open Coastal Marsh
3.19 Coastal Dunes
3.20 Wooded Limestone Hills and Pavements
3.21 Limestone Fells
4 Implementing the Strategy
4.1 How to Use the Landscape Strategy
4.2 Guiding Principals
4.3 Recognise and Enhance Local Distinctiveness
4.4 A Positive Approach Towards Landscape Resources
4.5 An Integrated Approach to Landscape Resources
4.6 Monitor Landsape Change
Glossary
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
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A Landscape Strategy for Lancashire - Landscape Strategy
3. Landscape Strategy
The strategies for each landscape character type are based on the landscape characterisation set out in the accompanying Landscape Character Assessment report. The landscape characterisation provides a classification of the landscape into landscape units and a baseline description of landscape character. The landscape character types and landscape character areas identified in the study are presented in Figure 2.
The landscape character type strategies take the analysis a step further; the descriptions form the basis for an analysis of landscape sensitivity and vulnerability to change, developing key recommendations to guide positive landscape change. Each of the landscape character type strategies includes:
Key environmental features - Those environmental features which make
the most critical contribution to the character of the landscape. The notes
identify key environmental features for each landscape character type and record
why they are important. These features do not necessarily occur in all
the landscape character areas within a particular landscape type.
Local forces for change and their landscape implications - those forces
for change which in the context of existing AONB designations and prevailing
planning policies generally, are likely to have most impact on landscape character
in each landscape character type.
Strategy - this section identifies the strategy for each landscape character
type, based on the identification of key environmental features and local forces
for change. Recommendations to guide landscape change are provided for each
strategy.
Potential indicators for monitoring landscape change - potential indicators
are based on key environmental features which are : a) subject to change under
existing pressures, and b) which can be developed to give actual indicators
which can be measured in some way. Economic pressure for changes are offset
by controls (principally the planning system) and incentives (e.g. Countryside
Stewardship). They may inform a broad county-wide programme for monitoring landscape
change ( and the implementation of the strategy) which is described in Section
4 (and in the supplementary report Monitoring Landscape Change).