LCA2A Embley Wood and Heathland

Landscape Strategy and Guidelines

The landscape condition of Embley Wood and Heathland has been eroded over the years by a variety of human activity, but it still retains the basis of a strong and distinctive landscape pattern and a strong sense of seclusion. The overall strategy is to enhance the tranquillity and extensive wooded character and its locally distinctive features.

Land Management

Landscape Distinctiveness

Maintain sense of enclosure and intimacy

Conserve the variety of the landscape pattern within a wooded framework

Agriculture

Encourage continuity of back up grazing

Maintain present field size and encourage use for pastureHedgerows

Encourage traditional methods of hedge management

Maintain hedgerow field boundaries

Woodland and Trees

Maintain existing levels of woodland cover in medium sized swathes providing a diversity of woodland habitats

Retain landscape features within wooded parkland

Avoid use of coniferous plantations and shelter belts

Biodiversity

Conserve remnant areas of unimproved pasture and heathland

Active management of woodland to protect and increase ecological value

Seek opportunities to link existing heathland through heathland restoration

Volume 1: LCA2A Landscape Character Types and Areas