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

Volume 1: LCA8A Landscape Character Types and Areas