PPS 21 Sustainable Development in the Countryside·Page 14·4.2
Countryside Assessments - Definition and Components
Countryside Assessments are integral to development plan-making and normally comprise four interrelated strands: Environmental Assets Appraisal, Landscape Assessment, Development Pressure Analysis, and Settlement Appraisal.
Countryside Assessments are an integral part of the development plan-making process and PPS 1 General Principles advises that they will normally include the following four interrelated strands:
• an Environmental Assets Appraisal;
• a Landscape Assessment;
• a Development Pressure Analysis; and
• a Settlement Appraisal.
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