V.D.S. - 4 Landscape Guidelines Parish Council
Figure 7- Lickey Hills Country Park, Warren Lane. One of many access points that lead directly from the residential areas.
Country Park Guidelines
  1. A Landscape Plan is essential when any development is contemplated near the Country Park. Reference should be made to the Tree and Hedge Guidelines
  2. Developments on the boundary of the Park should include a 'Buffer/Transition Zone'. This should be made up of existing trees and hedges or created by new planting -using the same species as those found nearby. This would protect the Country Park and enhance the development, making it part of the landscape.
  3. The Lickey Hills Society and The Lickey Hills Consultative Committee would welcome pre-application discussions for proposals affecting the Country Park and its boundaries. See Appendix C for details.
  4. Developers should ensure that their plans do not endanger wildlife. There are various bodies that could give advice. See Appendix C for details.
Landscape Guidelines
  1. The area is hilly and the visual impact of potential development should be considered from key viewpoints. Consulting an Ordnance Survey map's contours would help in this. Some important sites are:
    1. the top of Old Birmingham Road, from all directions;
    2. Brookhouse Lane, looking up towards Gorse Hill;
    3. junction of St. Catherine's Road and Linthurst Road, views west and north over Apes Dale.
  2. It is important to protect open skylines. Large buildings may be visually damaging and where development is permitted, bungalows may be a preferred option.
  3. Open spaces, fields and gaps are essential to the character of the area and this should be born in mind when developments are at the design stage.
  4. The natural function of the Hills -to take the rainfall and return it to the watercourses- should be taken into account and the question 'Could flooding be caused or exacerbated by this development?' answered.
  5. A Landscape Plan is essential where any development is contemplated within the Landscape Protection Area, in or on the boundary of green belt land, in visually sensitive areas and adjacent to public footpaths. Again reference should be made to Tree and Hedge Guidelines


Figure 8- From Cricket Club towards Pinfields Wood showing distant views, open space and skylines.


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Last Updated 25/12/2005