Landscape Character Assessment and Guidance Consideration

The SPPS sets out the planning policy that applies to AONBs and the council will take full account of this in assessing development proposals. In addition, the council will consider the potential impacts of development proposals on other important landscapes, including Areas of High Scenic value (AHSVs), Local Landscape Policy Areas (LLPAs) and designated urban and rural landscape wedges, in addition to other important elements of the district's landscape resource. In this regard, these local designations, whilst generally relating to landscape protection, have a range of other functions, including the protection of cultural and built heritage and the prevention of coalescence between built-up areas.