A Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) helps to identify the impact of a planned development on views and the surrounding landscape.
A LVIA is required for all developments that meet the following criteria:
- major developments that provide new buildings and structures located outside of settlement boundaries
- new building or structures within settlement boundaries that would be significantly higher than the height of existing buildings in the area.
Requirements
For advice on the content of a landscape and visual impact assessment, please see the advice provided by the Landscape Institute within their Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (GLVIA3).
New residential developments
Landscape and visual impact assessments for new residential developments on the edge of settlements within North Somerset should take account of our landscape character assessment supplementary planning document below.