Landscape Character and Planning

This page contains links to useful resources, on the LCN site and elsewhere, relating to the application of Landscape Character Assessment in planning.

Landscape Character in Government Planning Policy
This page contains text summarising references to landscape character in Government Planning Policy Statements, and links to the relevant documents.
Landscape Character and Criteria-based Development Policies
This page contains information about three Countryside Agency demonstration projects that link Landscape Character Assessment to criteria-based development policies.
Review of Local Landscape Designations (0.5 MB)
This research report, prepared for the Countryside Agency by Chris Blandford Associates, reviews the status of local landscape designations across England. (July 2006)
Towards a New Vernacular
This page contains information about the document 'Towards a New Vernacular', which aims to promote high quality and sustainable new development in the countryside.
Landscape Indicators for Strategic
Environmental Assessment of LTPs - issues to consider (84 kB)
This discussion paper, prepared for the Countryside Agency by Land Use Consultants, discusses the development and application of landscape indicators in SEAs of Local Transport Plans.

Workshop Proceedings

Landscape Character: A Spatial Framework for Local Development Policy
27th January 2005
Landscape Character Assessment and its place in planning policy
28th January 2003 (216kB)
Countryside Character and Planning Workshop
21st July 1999 (116kB)