LCA3C Tytherley and Mottisfont Wooded Farmland
Landscape Strategy and Guidelines
The landscape is generally well managed and is valued for its historic features and the high density of woodland and sense of seclusion from human activity. The overall strategy is therefore to conserve and enhance the wooded seclusion and historic landscapes of Tytherley and Mottisfont Wooded Farmland.
Land Management
Landscape Distinctiveness
Maintain current levels of sense of seclusion and tranquillity
Continue to maintain the predominance of woodland and the contrast with the adjacent open arable areas and river valleys
Agriculture
Maintain the existing field pattern
Resist changes from pasture to arable use
Hedgerows
Encourage traditional methods of hedge management
Maintain hedgerow field boundaries
Woodland and Trees
Encourage the retention of hedgerow trees and individual specimens in the landscape
Maintain current woodland cover and promote good woodland management
Biodiversity
Protect watercourses and wetlands by minimising pollution, soil erosion and construction projects
Encourage agricultural management that will protect and enhance remnant unimproved grasslands
Encourage heathland restoration
Historic Landscapes
Protect the setting of local historic landscapes
Encourage the restoration of parkland and park estate features
Land Use and Development
Built Developments
Protect and enhance the landscape setting to local villages
Maintain the existing settlement pattern
Built form to reflect local pattern and materials
New development to be carefully integrated into the landscape
Infrastructure
Avoid suburbanisation arising from introduction of inappropriate highway measures
Seek opportunities to reduce the visual impact of overhead power lines