LCA8A Tangley and Doles Wood
Landscape Strategy and Guidelines
Tangley and Doles Wood is valued for its strong sense of tranquillity away from the main roads and for its extensive woodland cover. The overall strategy is to conserve and enhance the quiet rural character and distinctive variety of Tangley and Doles Wood.
Land Management
Landscape Distinctiveness
Maintain the balance between the open dramatic and the small intimate and intricate landscapes of this area
Protect the area from erosion of its quiet unspoilt character
Maintain wide open views from public vantage points on high ground
Agriculture
Seek opportunities to retain remaining small areas of pasture and variations in the historic field patterns
Discourage further amalgamation of fields and loss of hedgerows
Encourage sustainable farming practices with a view to minimising the impact of new farming infrastructure and methods including spraying and fertiliser applications
Encourage new farm buildings to be well sited and integrated into the landscape
Hedgerows
Restore lost and fragmented hedgerows on former hedgerow lines
Maintain existing intricate pattern of hedgerows and links with tree belts and woodland
Woodland and Trees
Promote good management of woodlands, including greater use of coppicing
Promote the planting of new links between existing woodland and tree belts
Biodiversity
Introduce buffer strips and uncultivated margins around arable farmland, and manage woodland edges
Historic Landscapes
Protect the landscape pattern along the alignment of the Roman road
Protect the landscape setting to parkland and historic landscape features
Maintain and enhance parkland layouts and features
Land Use and Development
Built Developments
Retain distinction between small settlements
Infrastructure
Avoid intrusive development of tall and large structures except where they can be successfully integrated into the landscape
Maintain the existing pattern and character of rural roads