Status: Adopted

Author: Land Use Consultants

Adopted: 14th February 2011 (TDC) / 8th January 2011 (NDC)

Introduction

A Joint Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) was adopted by Torridge District Council on 14th February 2011 and by North Devon Council on 8th January 2011.

Landscape character assessment is a technique that has been developed to facilitate systematic analysis, description and classification of the landscape.

The Joint Landscape Character Assessment will help guide strategic planning and development management decisions and provide guidelines for the conservation and enhancement of the areas special landscape qualities. The Assessment will form part of the evidence base for the North Devon and Torridge Local Development Framework and enable identified landscapes to be considered in the determination of planning applications.

The Joint Landscape Character Assessment identifies 22 distinct landscape character types throughout North Devon and Torridge. The location of each landscape type is identified and each landscape type is described and evaluated to identify the area's special qualities, forces for change, and the strategy to protect, manage and plan for the landscape type's special qualities.

The Joint Landscape Character Assessment for North Devon and Torridge completes the Assessments across the whole of Devon.

Downloads

The Joint Landscape Character Assessment is a substantial document, which for ease of access has been divided into the below sections to download.

LCA Report

• Introduction (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [1MB] (opens new window)  
• The Physical & Cultural Evolution of the Landscape (PDF) [6MB] (opens new window)  
• Method for Undertaking the LCA (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [1MB] (opens new window)  
• Landscape Character Type Descriptions (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [55KB] (opens new window)  

Appendices

• Appendix 1 - Workshop Reports (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [163KB] (opens new window)  
• Appendix 2 - Devon Menu of Landscape Character Types (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [90KB] (opens new window)  
• Appendix 3 - Bibliography (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [54KB] (opens new window)  

Landscape Character Types

• 1B - Coastal Open Plateau (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [1MB] (opens new window)  
• 1D - Estate Wooded Ridges & Hilltops (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [201KB] (opens new window)  
• 1F - Farmed Lowland Moorland & Culm Grassland (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [264KB] (opens new window)  
• 2C - Steep Open Slopes (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [216KB] (opens new window)  
• 2D - Moorland Edge Slopes (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [268KB] (opens new window)  
• 3A - Upper Farmed Wooded Valley Slopes (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [273KB] (opens new window)  
• 3C - Sparsely Settled Farmed Valley Floors (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [247KB] (opens new window)  
• 3D - Upland River Valleys (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [775KB] (opens new window)  
• 3G - River Valley Slopes & Combes (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [966KB] (opens new window)  
• 3H - Secluded Valleys (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [251KB] (opens new window)  
• 4A - Estuaries (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [183KB] (opens new window)  
• 4B - Marine Levels & Coastal Plains (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [454KB] (opens new window)  
• 4C - Coastal Slopes & Combes with Settlement (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [217KB] (opens new window)  
• 4D - Coastal Slopes & Combes (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [235KB] (opens new window)  
• 4E - Extensive Inter-tidal Sands (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [445KB] (opens new window)  
• 4F - Dunes (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [180KB] (opens new window)  
• 4H - Cliffs (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [3MB] (opens new window)  
• 5A - Inland Elevated Undulating Land (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [197KB] (opens new window)  
• 5B - Coastal Undulating Farmland (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [208KB] (opens new window)  
• 5C - Downland (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [347KB] (opens new window)  
• 5D - Estate Wooded Farmland (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [207KB] (opens new window)  
• 6 - Offshore Islands (Adobe PDF) (PDF) [197KB] (opens new window)  

Further Information

If you would like further information on the Joint Landscape Character Assessment please feel free to  with the Planning Policy Team.