Photographs / Photomontages / Townscape and Visual Impact Assessments
Local Planning application requirements
Guidance
Photographs and photomontages can provide useful background information and can help to show how developments can be satisfactorily integrated within the street scene.
Technical guidance is available for visual representations of development proposals from the Landscape Institute.
When required
Photographs / photomontages are required where the proposal involves demolition or development affecting a conservation area or listed building.
TVIA may be required for major development and applications considered to have a significant impact on the towscape for medium to large scale projects.
Where an EIA is required they would normally be included within the EIA.
Policy/drivers