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Landscape Character Assessment for Mid-Sussex
I attended a Stakeholder workshop in Burgess Hill last September. This was one of a series of workshops as part of an initiative set up by West Sussex County Council for their ‘Character of West Sussex Partnership Programme’ This programme aims to “identify the diverse character of West Sussex so helping to promote, protect and enhance this character and diversity”.
Several stakeholders and groups (including MSFAT) were invited to attend and discuss the different landscape characters that make up the Mid Sussex areas, which include the High Weald, the South Downs and the Ouse Valley. We then had to discuss what impact building development and land management has on the countryside and how we think they can be improved and enhanced.
On an archaeological point of view I explained that any type of development including planting of trees can have a devastating effect on any archaeological site and that more assessments and site surveys be carried out to ascertain whether a development site could contain archaeology.
This is proposed to be a dynamic assessment, to be constantly updated and a full report should be available shortly from Mid Sussex District Council.
If anyone would like further details of these two meetings please let me know. |
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