Presentation for Liaison Group Meeting: Landscape

Peter Corrie - LDA Design

10th June 2015

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1. Landscape designations2. Topography3. Landscape character4. Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) studies5. Example views6. Landscape considerations

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Neighbouring Green Belt. Neighbouring Chilterns AONB. Neighbouring Kingswood Local

Landscape Area. Nearby Chilterns Way Long

Distance Path.

Gomm Valley

Wye Valley

Valley

Green Hill

HughendenValley

High Wycombe sited within the Wye Valley.

Series of north to south valleys perpendicular to Wye Valley.

Town has grown organically along Wye Valley and its tributary valleys.

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Characterised by: ‘Chalk river valley of

the River Wye.’ ‘Interspersed

arable and pasture farmland.’

‘Main roads and railways are integrated by

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Wycombe District Landscape Character

4. Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) studies Theoretical visibility model for

two storey buildings (9m high) across the Gomm Valley site.

topography.

Limited theoretical visibility to the north.

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Theoretically more visible to the south, east and west.

Example views of the site from the surrounding environment.

VP01: Hammersley Lane (10m) VP02: Kingsmead Recreation Ground

(450m) VP03: Footpath adjacent to M40 (850m)

junction (1.3km) VP05: Milkwood, Woodburn Green

(3.7km) VP06: Tom Burt’s Hill

(3.2km)

VP01: Hammersley Lane looking west.

VP02: Kingsmead Recreation Ground looking north.

VP03: Footpath adjacent to the M40 looking north.

VP04: Hatters Lane/Hick Farm Rise junction looking east.

VP05: Milkwood, Woodburn Green looking northwest.

VP06: Tom Burt’s Hill looking northeast.

Internal views across, up and down the site. Some areas of the site are more visible than

others when viewed from the surrounding landscape.

Woodland blocks, mature hedgerows and

features of the site. Valley landform topography.