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PART B- ADDENDUM

LANDSCAPE BUFFERS

The diagram shown opposite illustrates the extent to which

generous buffers have been allowed for in the northeast,

east and south of the site as well as utilise the existing heavy

vegetation on the western boundary. The minimum size of

the buffer is 5m (minimum 9.5m to the northeast corner),

however, these have been designed to have an informal

character and so the buffer areas undulate into the site

meaning that in most places the landscape buffers will be

substantially greater than 5m and up to 15m in places.

This along with the informal nature of the layout, domestic

scale and mass of the units, local material palette, plotting

of units (individual houses on good sized plots allowing gaps

between the built form) and informal, low key appearance of

the private drives ensures a rural character to the scheme

and the reduces visual impact in comparison to the previously

submitted scheme

To keep the rural character of the scheme the perimeter

roads are designed as private drives with a minimum width

of 3.7m helping to keep the width and formality of these roads

to a minimum. This same character could not be delivered

if a full perimeter road is inserted to the eastern edge as it

would then serve more than 5 dwellings (the maximum for

a private drive). In this scenario a full two way carriageway

(4.8m) would be sought with radii to suit a large refuse truck

navigating the road. The result would be increased tarmac

area and increase in the formality of the road geometries,

encroaching into the landscape buffers and losing the rural

edge character. To ensure there is a clear connection to the

eastern edge, however, it is proposed to create an informal
Landscape Buffer Diagram
footpath connection to the northeast corner ensuring full

connectivity to this edge of the site.

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