AGWH4: KEY VIEWS, VISTAS AND CORRIDORS OF SIGNIFICANCE
Policy AGWH4: Key Views, Vistas and Corridors of Significance
Key Views and Vistas
- The Neighbourhood Plan identifies Key Views and Vistas on the Policies Map as valued sightlines within the Parish.
- Development proposals should preserve or enhance the local character of the landscape through their design, height and massing, and should recognise and respond positively to the various Key Views and Vistas.
- Development proposals which would have a significant adverse impact on an identified Key View or Vista will not be supported.
Corridors of Significance
The Neighbourhood Plan defines Corridors of Significance on the Policies Map for the spatial purpose of preventing harmful ribbon development along these corridors.
Development proposals located within a defined Corridor of Significance should avoid giving the impression of ribbon development or suburbanisation, either individually or through the cumulative impact of their being co-located adjacent to other development.
Development proposals within the Key Views and Vistas and Corridors of Significance should demonstrate that they have regard to the Chiltern District Landscape Character Assessment.
The Policies Map identifies a series of landscape features in the form of key views, vistas and corridors that are considered important to preserving the essential rural character and appearance of the village and its surrounding landscape. Each view and vista can be appreciated from a public vantage point – the highway or a public right of way – and corridors form distinct, open settlement entrances that shape a sense of arrival or departure between ‘here’ and ‘there’. A photograph and a description of each feature is shown in Appendix C.
Importantly, the policy does not seek to prevent any development in the vicinity of a defined feature but requires that proposals are designed in a way that understands and responds to them, per Local Plan Policy GC1. Every view, vista and corridor is shown on the Policies Map to assist in the application of this policy, but the precise definition of the feature and its effect on a proposal will be determined in a case-by-case basis.