PPS 7 Quality Residential Environments·Page 18·4.12
Respect for Site Characteristics
Proposals must respect individual characteristics and features of the site including topography, existing buildings, heritage features, and landscape features such as rivers, streams, trees and hedgerows that contribute to biodiversity and ecology.
Proposals must respect the individual characteristics and features of the site itself. These include topography, existing buildings, features of the archaeological or built heritage and landscape features such as rivers, streams, trees and hedgerows, which make an important contribution to the biodiversity and ecology of an area. Proposals should identify and, where appropriate, protect and integrate heritage and landscape
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