Landscape Assessment v2

• Audit Title

• Document No.

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Personnel

PHOTOGRAPH

• Take a photograph of the landscape you are assessing.

  Media

LANDCOVER and LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS (NOTE THE DOMINANT ELEMENTS ONLY)

• Which of the following are the dominant features in the landscape (TO SEE ALL FEATURES PRESS THE BOX WITH ... TO THE RIGHT<br><br>Farm Buildings Walls Plantation Reservoirs Motorways<br>Churches Fences Isolated Trees Ponds Railways<br>Masts, Poles Hedges Tree Clumps Canals Settlements<br>Pylons Banks Hedgerow Trees Built-up Area Pasture<br>Industry Shelter belt Parkland Minerals Workings. Dunes<br>Vernacular Buildings Field Patterns Waterfalls Orchards<br>Arable Land Scrubland Rivers Footpaths<br>Marshland Beach Streams Tracks<br>Ruined Buildings Mudflats Lakes Roads<br><br>Select by pressing the round button in the list below.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Farm Buildings

  Off

  On

• Churches

  Off

  On

• Masts, poles

  Off

  On

• Pylons

  Off

  On

• Industry

  Off

  On

• Vernacular buildings

  Off

  On

• Arable land

  Off

  On

• Marsh land

  Off

  On

• Ruined buildings

  Off

  On

• Walls

  Off

  On

• Fences

  Off

  On

• Hedges

  Off

  On

• Banks

  Off

  On

• Field patterns

  Off

  On

• Scrub

  Off

  On

• Beach

  Off

  On

• Mudflat

  Off

  On

• Isolated trees

  Off

  On

• Plantation

  Off

  On

• Tree clumps

  Off

  On

• Hedgerow trees

  Off

  On

• Parkland

  Off

  On

• Waterfall

  Off

  On

• River

  Off

  On

• Stream

  Off

  On

• Lake

  Off

  On

• Reservoir

  Off

  On

• Pond

  Off

  On

• Canal

  Off

  On

• Built-up Area

  Off

  On

• Minerals Workings

  Off

  On

• Orchards

  Off

  On

• Footpaths

  Off

  On

• Tracks

  Off

  On

• Roads

  Off

  On

• Motorways

  Off

  On

• Railways

  Off

  On

• Settlements

  Off

  On

• Pasture

  Off

  On

• Dunes

  Off

  On

LANDFORM (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)

• Describe the landform (TO SEE ALL FEATURES PRESS THE BOX WITH ... TO THE RIGHT<br><br>Flat Plain Coast Undulating<br>Rolling Land Estuary Rolling Plateau<br>Broad Valley Steep Hills Narrow Valley <br>Vertical Scarp Deep Gorge Cliff<br><br>Select by pressing the round button in the list below.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

LANDFORM

• Flat

  Off

  On

• Rolling Land

  Off

  On

• Broad Valley

  Off

  On

• Vertical

  Off

  On

• Plain

  Off

  On

• Estuary

  Off

  On

• Steep

  Off

  On

• Scarp

  Off

  On

• Coast

  Off

  On

• Rolling

  Off

  On

• Hills

  Off

  On

• Deep Gorge

  Off

  On

• Undulating

  Off

  On

• Plateau

  Off

  On

• Narrow Valley

  Off

  On

• Cliff

  Off

  On

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

• Describe the main elements and features and the way in which they are organised. Also note any special aesthetic factors - attractive and unattractive

AESTHETIC FACTORS

• BALANCE

  harmonious

  balanced

  discordant

  chaotic

• SCALE

  Intimate

  Small

  Medium

  Large

• ENCLOSURE

  Confined

  Enclosed

  Open

  Exposed

• TEXTURE

  Smooth

  Textured

  Rough

  Very Rough

• COLOUR

  Monochrome

  Muted

  Colourful

  Garish

• DIVERSITY

  Uniform

  Simple

  Diverse

  Complex

• MOVEMENT

  Remote

  Vacant

  Peaceful

  Active

• UNITY

  Unified

  Interrupted

  Fragmented

  Chaotic

• FORM

  Straight

  Angular

  Curved

  Sinuous

• SECURITY

  Comfortable

  Safe

  Unsettling

  Threatening

• STIMULUS

  Boring

  Bland

  Interesting

  Invigorating

• PLEASURE

  Offensive

  Unpleasant

  Pleasant

  Beautiful

LANDSCAPE CONDITION

• In your own words describe the landscape condition.