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Presentation for Liaison Group Meeting: Landscape

Peter Corrie - LDA Design

10th June 2015

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• 1. Landscape designations
• 2. Topography
• 3. Landscape character
• 4. Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) studies
• 5. Example views
• 6. Landscape considerations

  LEGEND                  

 Neighbouring Green Belt.  Neighbouring Chilterns AONB.  Neighbouring Kingswood Local Landscape Area.  Nearby Chilterns Way Long Distance Path.

Gomm Valley Wye Valley Valley Green Hill Hughenden Valley

 High Wycombe sited within the Wye Valley.  Series of north to south valleys perpendicular to Wye Valley.  Town has grown

• rganically along Wye

Valley and its tributary valleys.

 Characterised by:  ‘Chalk river valley of the River Wye.’  ‘Interspersed arable and pasture farmland.’  ‘Main roads and railways are integrated by

LEGEND             

•     
•    

   

 Wycombe District Landscape Character

• 4. Zone of Theoretical

Visibility (ZTV) studies

 Theoretical visibility model for two storey buildings (9m high) across the Gomm Valley site.  topography.  Limited theoretical visibility to the north.

LEGEND                                    

 Theoretically more visible to the south, east and west.

 Example views of the site from the surrounding environment.  VP01: Hammersley Lane (10m)  VP02: Kingsmead Recreation Ground (450m)  VP03: Footpath adjacent to M40 (850m)  junction (1.3km)  VP05: Milkwood, Woodburn Green (3.7km)  VP06: Tom Burt’s Hill (3.2km)

    

•  

   

•  

        

VP01: Hammersley Lane looking west. VP02: Kingsmead Recreation Ground looking north.

  

•  

 

•   

         

VP03: Footpath adjacent to the M40 looking north. VP04: Hatters Lane/Hick Farm Rise junction looking east.

               

VP05: Milkwood, Woodburn Green looking northwest. VP06: Tom Burt’s Hill looking northeast.

 Internal views across, up and down the site.  Some areas of the site are more visible than

• thers when viewed from the surrounding

landscape.  Woodland blocks, mature hedgerows and features of the site.  Valley landform topography.