LCN News 36 - Summer 2010
Heritage Connect - People, Places and the Lincoln Townscape Assessment; ELASA meet in Scotland; Landscapes are always changing – why should we be concerned about the effects of climate change?; The search is on for the UK’s best landscape; Forestry Commission plan to protect English landscapes; UK Landscape Conference 2010; Understanding Historic Places; Take a view: Landscape Photographer of the year 2010; Cheshire Landscape Warden Pilot Project; South West Landscapes Partnership: Annual Meeting, May 19th 2010; Photographing Leicestershire landscapes; LANDMAP News; The implementation of the ELC in Mallorca: ‘The fundaments of a Mallorcan Landscape Strategy’; Securing a positive future for England’s upland communities; Comment: Foresight - The Future is Local?
LCN News 35 - Spring 2010
The Arts and Humanities Research Council Landscape and Environment Programme; Bringing the stories of the Forest of Bowland landscape to life; Florence’s Sister: The Faro Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society; Discovering Great Places: The UK Landscape Award; Natural England continue support for the Landscape Character Network; UK Landscape Conference 2010 Liverpool, November 8th, 9th & 10th; Deadline for HLF Landscape Partnerships applications; Welsh seascapes report now on-line; CABE calls for a new focus on ordinary places; Making it home - the power of landscape to create good housing; European landscape students go ‘Back to Basics’ in Scotland this Spring; National Planning Award for Castle Howard Conservation Management Plan; Future Landscape Ecology - ialeUK 2010 Annual Conference; Towards a landscape strategy of Andalusia; Characterisation sheds light on the Black Country; The End of Tradition? Aspects of Commons and Cultural Severance in the Landscape International Conference.
LCN News 34 - Winter 2010
LANDMAP: recording and mapping the landscapes of Wales; A landscape Action Plan for the Peak District National Park; Sense and sensitivity in Worcestershire: a logical process for integrating landscape character with planning decision-making through a web-based package; Field barns on the Bolton Abbey Estate; ELC Monitoring and Evaluation Framework established by DEFRA; Consultation on National Policy Statements; Consultation underway for proposed extensions to Yorkshire Dales and Lake District National Parks; New work on Historic Farmsteads; Revised ELC Action Plan for the National Forest Company; Ordnance Survey Maps to go free online; A review of the Practical Approaches to Landscape Sensitivity and Capacity workshop; Landscape and driving forces; We are the Landscape – understanding the European Landscape Convention; CIVILSCAPE in everyday landscape in Florence; UNISCAPE’s second General Assembly; Landscape Observatory of Catalonia launch new website.
LCN News 33 - Autumn 2009
Experiencing landscapes: capturing the cultural services and experiential qualities of landscape; Review and revision of Landscape Character Assessment Guidance for England and Scotland; East Midlands leads the way for regional Landscape and Seascape Character Assessment; Framing the North West’s land, sea and townscapes; Historic Landscape Characterisation in perspective; The Language of Landscape is spoken in schools; Heritage Lottery Fund Landscape Partnerships go wild in Wyre; Character and identity: townscape and heritage appraisals in housing market renewal areas; Dorset landscape web pages; Characterisation goes urban; Woodland Opportunities Map review; CIVILSCAPE General Assembly 2009; Establishment of RECEP-ENELC’s Technical Coordination Board at the Region of Andalucia (Spain); Comment: Revisiting the LCA Guidance.
LCN News 32 - Summer 2009
Defra calls for more ELC Action Plans in England; Mountains, lakes and coastal plains: six dramatic landscapes to benefit from Heritage Lottery Fund support; Landscape photographer of the year awards 2009; The 12th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium; New landscape categories in the Joint Academic Coding System; Managing landscapes: more outcomes, less outputs?; FLORENCE + 10: Conference to mark the 10th Anniversary of the European Landscape Convention; Meeting for the implementation of the ELC: Landscape and driving forces; European culture expressed in agricultural landscapes; Upgraded websites for European networks; Making a reality of the ELC diagram; New leaflet promotes the European Landscape Convention; Marking the progress of the ELC
LCN News 31 - Spring 2009
Wales’ Seascapes; “City, Territory, Landscape” Innovative educational project in Catalonia; Northern Ireland’s Landscapes Unlocked; iale UK Conference 2009: announcement and call for papers; ELC Action Plan Guidelines workshops; Feedback on the European Landscape Convention seminar; New Website for RECEP-ENELC; 1st European Conference on Local Implementation of the ELC; EUROPARC Conference 2009 - 9th-13th September; Comment: All Landscapes Matter, but do we have the methods to deal with all landscapes? – PPS7 a step into the unknown for the planning system
LCN News Archive 30 - Winter 2009
The HLF Funds Landscape Partnerships; The Designation History Series in England and Wales; LCN Workshop: From historic landscapes to future landscapes; Consultation on Natural England’s draft policies; Draft River Basin Management Plans; Helping hill farmers protect historic uplands; A natural signature for the urban environment?; The Farmsteads Toolkit; Future of rural land use on the agenda; HELM training programme 2009; ParkCity conference; LCN Workshop: Landscape and ecosystem services; Ensuring England's National Character Areas are fit for the future; Biennale Toscana del Paesaggio; 5th Conference on the European Landscape Convention; Comment: The Landscape Character & Ecosystem Services Workshop Reading, 2nd December 2008
LCN News Archive 29 - Autumn 2008
Update on the implementation of the ELC in England; World Wide Worcs: The landscapes of Worcestershire on the web; An update on Suffolk Landscape Character Assessment; LCN Workshop: Landscape and Ecosystem Services; ialeUK Workshop: Urban landscape ecology; Lasting Legacy of the Scottish Landscape Forum; Countryside Quality Counts moves to new web address; Cumbria’s Wind Energy Supplementary Planning Document; European Landscape Convention – Action Plan guidelines; Landscape as Heritage – The Management and Protection of Landscape in Europe; “Europe Loses its Face”: The state and condition of European cultural landscapes
LCN News 28 - Summer 2008
Wind Energy Development in Northern Ireland’s Landscapes: Draft Supplementary Planning Guidance; SNH research – climate change, landscape and quality of life; Report on Research to Support the Implementation of the European Landscape Convention in England; Valuing agricultural landscapes; Applying LCA in the Forest of Dean – raising the standard of development in rural areas; ‘Cultural Landscape Management’– report on the ICOMOS-UK Summer Conference; Natural England publish State of the Natural Environment report and A Manifesto for the Natural Environment; Landscape neglected in eco-town plans, says Landscape Institute; Natural England supports the eco-towns concept and programme; Farmsteads – update of recent work; Character building – the Northamptonshire Environmental Character Assessment approach; Highways Agency to update landscape assessment guidance in the Design Manual for Roads & Bridges; Landscape Institute Conferences focus on leading role of landscape architects in tackling climate change; IALE (UK) Conference: Landscape Ecology & Conservation; LANDMAP comes of age; Natural England announce increased funding for the ELC; Update on the Natural England ELC Action Plan.
LCN News Archive 27 - Spring 08
The origins, focus and relevance of the ELC, Landscape character map for Wales, The South Downs National Park Public Inquiry reopens, NE publish landscape policy, New coastal access legislation, The CQuEL project, CPRE’s Unlocking the Landscape initiative, East of England Integrated Regional Landscape Framework, East Midlands Regional Landscape Scoping Study, Glyndebourne Wind Turbine Public Inquiry, Research to Support the Implementation of the ELC in England, New European landscape network for NGOs
LCN News archive 26 - Winter 2007
New focus for network: ELC and LCA; England’s Historic Seascapes; Kent Downs Land Manager’s Pack; ELC Framework for Implementation in England; ELC Expert Seminar, Sheffield, November 2007; Update on the Natural England Landscape and Nature Conservation Policy Team; LCN contract awarded to Countryscape; Assessing seascapes - a forthcoming regional scale study of Wales; Landscape Institute restructure; Scotland’s Living Landscapes – the work of the Scottish Landscape Forum.
LCN News Issue 25 - Spring 2007
An approach to landscape, townscape and coastal seascape assessment, The West Midlands Living Landscapes Group, The Dorset County Boundary Survey, EUROPARC Atlantic Isles ELC seminar, Natural England’s Landscape and Nature Conservation Team, Landscape: beyond the view, Landscape Character SPD wins RTPI Award, IALE (UK) Conference 2007, CQC – assessment of landscape change in England completed, CPRE publish map of tranquility in England.
LCN News Issue 24 - Autumn 2006
Key findings of a review of Local Landscape Designations, LCN workshop report: 'Landscape Character and Strategic Environmental Assessment, LI conference report: 'Landscape 2050' , Database of LCAs in England - updated map, Locality foods and landscape character, Progress of CPRE's 'Unlocking the landscape' initiative, English Nature research report on environmental opportunity mapping and habitat networks, CQC consultation – deadline extended
LCN News Issue 23 - Summer 2006
Landscape Character Assessment in Ireland, Parish LCAs, Report from the European Landscape Convention Workshop in Slovenia, Report from the LCN Workshop: Landscape Character and Green Infrastructure, Landscape in Natural England, Natural England Landscape Exhibition, New Agricultural Landscapes publication, Biodiversity mapping, Common Ground publish 'England in Particular', Countryside Quality Counts consultation - round two
LCN News Issue 22 - Spring 2006
UK signs European Landscape Convention, New approaches to historic farmsteads, Local Landscape Character Indicators, LCN Workshop report: 'Landscape Character on the Road', Royal Assent for Natural England, Review of database of LCAs in England, IALE UK conference looks at 'Water and the Landscape', West Midlands Woodlands Opportunity Map, Comment from Carys Swanwick
LCN News Issue 21 - Winter 2006
Welcome to the Landscape Character Network, LCA in the Republic of Ireland, 'Heritage Counts 2005', New JCA map of England, Best practice study on opportunity maps for landscape-scale conservation of biodiversity, Environmental Stewardship - over a million hectares under agreement, Database of LCAs in England, Launch of combined Village Design and Parish Landscape Statement, Comment from Carys Swanwick
CCN News Issue 20 - Autumn 2005
Shrewsbury and Atcham: an approach to landscape sensitivity and capacity, assessing landscape sensitivity and capacity for wind farm development in Northern Ireland, mapping environmental sensitivity in Northamptonshire, Phase IV of the Landscape Character Network, Countryside Quality Counts - consultation underway, new resources on CCN website
CCN News Issue 19 - Summer 2005
Tranquillity assessment and mapping, English Nature conduct good practice study of biodiversity opportunity maps, CCN Workshop review: 'Landscape Character and Biodiversity', New Countryside Agency Landscape Team, Landscape character training for agri-environment advisers, CQC consultation starts September 2005, HLF Grant funding for Landscape Partnerships
CCN News Issue 18 - Spring 2005
Countryside Quality Counts - phase four, Changes at the Countryside Agency. Environmental Stewardship, Mapping Tranquillity, CPRE produce LCA action pack, Workshop review: 'Landscape Character: a Spatial Framework for Local Development Policy', Forum for the Future develop sustainability appraisal tool, IALE UK Conference 'Landscape Ecology: planning, people and practice'
CCN News Issue 17 - Winter 2004
Peak District Vision for Wildlife Project, Countryside Agency's LCA Demonstration Projects, National Database of LCA on CCN website, ODPM guide to PPS22 links character to planning for renewable energy, Towards a 'New Vernacular', Change and Creation, LANDMAP website, Where next with the Landscape Character Network?
CCN News Issue 16 - Autumn 2004
Landscape character as cross-disciplinary topic, ICOMOS/IUCN conference declaration, Community Landscape Character Statements, Cambridge Green Belt Study, Thames Gateway Historic Environment Characterisation, Behavioural observation and LCA, English Nature publish report on landscape character and biodiversity, English national database of LCAs, New guide to using HLC, Survey reveals local green preference.
CCN News Issue 15 - Summer 2004
Landscape Character's Role in the Dibden Bay Inquiry, Developing the Methodology for Strategic Landscape Sensitivity, a Review of The Scottish National Programme Of Landscape Character Assessment, New Countryside Agency LCA and Planning Policy Demonstration Projects, 'Countryside Quality Counts' Project feed into Countryside Agency's 2004 'State of the Countryside' Report
CCN News Issue 14 - Spring 2004
Burwardsley Parish LCA, New approach for Landscape Impact Assessment, Landscape Capacity And Sensitivity workshop report and Topic Paper, OECD publish report on agricultural impact on landscapes, Landscape community loses leading practitioner, Forthcoming Topic Paper on new landscape character, Forthcoming CCN workshop: 'Landscape Character and Sustainable Communities'
CCN News Issue 13 - Winter 2003
The Rural-Urban Fringe, LCA and Design Statements, Using Landscape Character Areas to Determine Landscape Sensitivity to Onshore Wind Development, New LCA Topic Paper on Historic Landscape Characterisation, Scottish Natural Heritage 'Sharing Good Practice' Event on LCA and LVIA, English Nature Area-Based Initiatives
CCN News Issue 12 - Autumn 2003
Countryside Agency Publish New Landscape Character Assessment Topic Papers, Building On What's Special in the Forest of Dean, Kent Lifescapes Programme, Northamptonshire Current Landscape Character Assessment, Countryside Agency Launch New Guidance on Concept Statements, ODPM release Consultation Draft of Planning Policy Statement 7, Cardiff ELC Conference
CCN News Issue 11 - Summer 2003
CPRE Launch Countryside Character Campaign, Making Countryside Character Work For Sustainable Development, West Sussex Partnership Project, Seascape Assessment Work in Wales, County Clare LCA, CCN Workshop Review: LCA and Agri-Environment Schemes, Scoping Study for Landscape and Agri-Environment Training, Conference: 'The Aesthetics of Agriculture', Denby Dale Produce Parish LCA, Workshop: 'Linking Town and Country.
CCN News Issue 10 - Winter 2002
The Test Valley Community Landscape Project, LCA and its place in Planning Policy, Region and Place: A study of English rural settlement, The Broads Landscape Character Assessment, Salisbury Plain Training Area LCA, Rural Routes and Networks, Call for case studies of best practice, LCA and Agri-environment schemes
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