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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Cotswolds National Landscape Board

In principle, the Cotswolds National Landscape (CNL) Board agrees with the approach laid out in Draft Policy Direction 13. However, we have some concerns about the detail of the Core Opportunity Area (COA), as outlined below.
The COA, as shown in Figure 10, overlaps slightly with the CNL boundary, in the vicinity of Meon Hill. We acknowledge that the map is diagrammatic and is not 100% accurate. However, we recommend that the boundary of the COA should not overlap with the CNL. Ideally, it should not extend eastwards of the B4632 (Campden Road) in the vicinity of the CNL (i.e. within the 3km buffer) or southwards of the current southern boundary of existing development at Meon Vale (i.e. the Langate Fields road).
Part of the COA would be in the setting of the CNL and would be visible from public rights of way (PROW) on Meon Hill, within the CNL. The panoramic views that are experienced from the Cotswold escarpment outliers, including Meon Hill, are one of the key features / characteristics of Landscape Character Type 1 (Escarpment Outliers).18 Great weight should be given to the potential impact of development within the COA on views from the CNL. Development in this part of the COA should also be sensitively located and designed to avoid or minimise impacts on the CNL, in line with paragraph 189 of the National Planning Policy Framework (MPPF).19
We recommend that explicit reference should be made to the above points in Draft Policy Direction 14 and in the supporting text.