A Regional Landscape Framework for the East of England

Why is Landscape East investing in a Regional Landscape Framework?

The objectives of the Landscape East include to:

• Facilitate a joined up approach to landscape issues across the Region
• Influence others to ensure landscape issues are integrated within regional structures, initiatives, plans and strategies
• Initiate work necessary to foster the interests of landscape across the Region
• Assist the development of regional landscape policies, programmes and projects
• Foster links with other relevant regional and national groups

And so, following much deliberation, involvement of consultants, and discussions held in association with the examination in public of the Regional Spatial Strategy, the Forum has decided that preparation of a regional landscape framework would help with these objectives. 

Work has commenced on this and now continues in earnest, in part because this framework needs to be submitted to the evidence base for the Review of the Regional Spatial Strategy.

The framework will be based on an agreed typology.  The latest available version of the typology may be obtained here.  Following decisions taken at the meeting of the Regional Landscape Forum on 13 January 2009, this version is also available now to be used for other regional and local studies which require it.  Bear in mind that the mapping is based on Ordnance Survey data, so please ensure that you have the necessary licence from OS to reproduce it.  It is also suggested that you check back from time to time to obtain the latest version.

The typology is subject to revision and improvement as our understanding of the region increases.  For instance some minor revision may be made during summer 2009 to incorporate the results of an exercise the Forum is undertaking to develop a regionalised historic landscape characterisation.

More information

Landscape East operates on a shoestring and it is not possible to offer a full web-based information service at this stage.  For more information on the context for decisions about the framework please see the documents available below.  If you have further questions after reviewing these then please contact the relevant organisational contact in our contacts list.  For the time being an additional point of contact is available in the form of Alan Wheeler