How will the proposals be integrated into the landscape?
The sensitivity of different areas of the site to change has been tested. The upper slopes of the hills to the south of the A38, and in the vicinity of Yanley Ridge and the village of Long Ashton have been highlighted as sensitive to development. The proposed development will be mainly located within areas of lower sensitivity between the A38 and the A370. Development at Ashton Park will be integrated into the surrounding landscape by: • maintaining a significant green corridor connecting the Avon Gorge and Bristol City Centre with the wider North Somerset countryside; • maintaining the continuity and relationship slopes and ridge of Bedminster Down, the Yanley Ridge, and the countryside beyond; • protecting the setting of the important historic landscape at Ashton Court; • protecting the setting of Long Ashton; and • protecting the green backdrop provided by Dundry Hill with development generally to be kept below the 80m contour in this location.
