Landscape Character Assessment
The Landscape Character Assessment is a study of the Broads developed to aid decision-making that could affect its condition or visual quality.
It is intended to promote management and changes that seek to conserve and enhance the area's natural beauty.
The study has concentrated on identifying a series of areas each with a unique set of characteristics, which combine to give them their own distinct sense of place. The work has been subject to consultation with a variety of organisations and has been reviewed by the individual parish councils. It sits with the Landscape Sensitivity Study.
Landscape Character Assessment document
We have broken down the documents into the main report sections and appendices, then the local character assessment areas are split into three groups.
Please be aware that some of the file sizes are large and may take a few seconds to download or load into your browser viewer.
Introductions
- Section 1 - Introduction, Evolution and History and Section 2 - Landscape Types (PDF)
- Section 3 - Introduction to Landscape Character Areas and Map (PDF)
Landscape character areas
Section 3 - Waveney Valley (PDF)
1. Waveney - Outney Common and Bath Hills Area
2. Waveney - East of A143 Bungay/Ditchingham to Shipmeadow/Geldeston
3. Waveney - Barsham, Gillingham and Beccles Marshes
4. Waveney - Aldeby to Burgh St Peter
5. Waveney - Worlingham Wall to Boundary Dyke, Barnby
6. Waveney - Boundary Dyke, Barnby to The Fleet, Oulton
7. Waveney Valley - Burgh St Peter to Haddiscoe Dismantled Railway
8. Waveney - Blundeston/Flixton to Herringfleet Marshes
9. Waveney - St Olaves to Burgh Castle
Section 3 - Yare and Chet Valleys, Haddiscoe Island and Breydon Water (PDF)
10. Yare - Whitlingham Lane and Country Park
11. Yare - Cary’s Meadow to Postwick Grove/Whitlingham Marsh
12. Yare Valley - Kirby/Postwick to Rockland/Strumpshaw River Yare
13. Yare Valley - Claxton to Hardley Marshes
14. Yare Valley - Buckenham and Cantley Marshes and Carrs
15. Yare Valley - Cantley to Reedham
16. Yare Valley - Norton Marshes to Haddiscoe Dismantled Railway
17. Chet Valley
18. Haddiscoe Island
19. Halvergate Marshes
20. Breydon Water
21. Yare - Burgh Castle Marshes
Section 3 - Bure Valley, Trinity Broads, Ant and Thurne (PDF)
22. Bure Valley - upstream of Wroxham Railway Bridge
23. Bure Valley - downstream Wroxham to Fleet Dyke, South Walsham
24. South Walsham to Acle Marshes and Fens
25. Fleggburgh to Bure Loop Arable Marshlands
26. Muck Fleet Valley - The Trinity Broads
27. Ant Valley - Upstream Wayford Bridge
28. Ant Valley - Wayford Bridge to Turf Fen
29. Ant/Bure - Ludham, Horning and Neatishead Marshes
30. Upper Thurne Open Marsh, Broads and Fen
31. Thurne and Bure East Marshes
Supplementary files
References and Bibliography (PDF)
Statement of Community Involvement (PDF)
Adoption Statement (PDF)
Landscape Character Videos
To help bring the content of the Landscape Character Assessment alive for planners and other stakeholders, we have commissioned a series of five short videos that give an overview of the unique characteristics of the Broads landscape. The topics are; Introduction to the Broads, Open Water, Fen, Drained Marshes and Settlements.
You can view the first one below and visit our YouTube playlist to watch the other videos.
Useful links
More can be found on these areas on the relevant district councils' websites: