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How to carry out and use landscape and seascape character assessments.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
Guidance to help local councils in developing policies for renewable and low carbon energy and identifies the planning considerations.
Advises on how to consider light within the planning system.
Explains key issues in implementing policy to protect and enhance the natural environment, including local requirements.
If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), National Parks and the Broads.
Understand the role of Natural England, local authorities and partnerships when designating or managing AONBs in England.
Explains control of advertisement regime.
This framework sets out how Protected Landscapes will meet key goals in the Environment Improvement Plan (EIP) 2023 and how we will track progress.
Understand the European Landscape Convention's principles to integrate them at all levels of decision-making when planning and creating new landscapes.
Find out about the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) actions for buffer strips, what land is eligible and what you need to do to get paid.
Find out about our series of sensitivity maps which indicate where there are likely to be fewer sensitivities to woodland creation in England.
How to create a landscape sensitivity assessment to inform decisions on the planning and management of land use change which influence spatial planning.
This study consider information on mutual dependencies between actors that result from ecological interdependencies
As a land owner or manager, find out about your responsibilities and how to manage public access.
Supports effective delivery of planning application process.
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