Highwood, Chelmsford

The Landscape Workshop were appointed to undertake a Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment in respect of a planning application to erect a new storage barn and other agricultural development. We undertook desk surveys to establish the landscape and visual baseline conditions. The desktop study comprised elements such as published landscape character, landscape designations and production of a Zone of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) model to establish where views of the proposed development would be available in the study area. A site visit was then undertaken to capture representative views of the site from a range of visual receptors. A detailed analysis of the effects (including cumulative) on landscape and visual receptors then followed. A main 4A report as well as an A3 appendix with annotated photos and maps was produced and issued for planning.