Comment

Representation ID: 1824

Received: 16/07/2021

Respondent: Broads Authority

• Site: SN0348, Land to the South of Old Yarmouth Road, Kirby Row, Kirby Cane
The site is more distant from the BA area with the settlement of Kirby Cane largely intervening. It is at the foot of the northern valley slope (around 5m) and at the north-western end of a small tributary valley which extends down to Geldeston. However, from Geldeston it does not seem possible to view the site. The side valley has a patchwork of small fields with trees along field boundaries which provide screening. There are also blocks of woodland. In potential views from the Broads which are probably very limited and distant, the site has an advantage of a backdrop of the northern valley side which is wooded in this location. There don’t appear to be any sensitive visual receptors in the vicinity. The valley sides, the ridgelines of which lie in the main beyond the Broads area, form prominent skylines to this character area and are relatively undeveloped. However neither of these 2 sites would impact ridge or skylines.
When writing the policy, please add the following (or similar) from the BA landscape character assessment:
o New large scale development within the valley floor or on the valley side needs careful assessment of the potential effects on the local landscape character and adverse landscape effects mitigated.
o Care needs to be taken in relation to development proposals within these areas which form the landscape setting to the Broads. It would help if such requirements were set out in the allocation policy