Architectural & Landscape Services
The superb landscape of South Staffordshire is too often taken
for granted. The Council seeks to protect its variety and
distinctiveness and to encourage its conservation and management.
The settings range from woodlands, heathland, floodland, and
farmland to 18th century parklands.
The approach starts by understanding the features that make up
the character of these landscapes. What makes the landscape around
Hilton Park different to the landscape along the Smestow Brook? The
landscape policies in the Council’s Local Plan aim to protect these
differences and encourage enhancement of the landscape and the
habitats that it contains. They follow the Council’s aims ‘to
protect and improve South Staffordshire’s distinctive environment’
and ‘to develop South Staffordshire as a more enjoyable and safer
place to be’.
The Council implements these policies through:
- Giving landscape evidence at public
enquiries
- Landscape conditions on planning
permissions
- The design and layout of public open
space
- The protection of trees and
hedgerows
- Tree and shrub planting, heathland
management, and nature conservation
- Reclamation of derelict land and
environmental improvements in village centres
- Grounds maintenance of open spaces, playing
fields, and village verges
To access further information on our architectural and landscape
services, please use the links on the left hand side.
Contact
Architectural and Landscape
Services
Telephone: (01902) 696405
Fax: (01902) 846553
Email: archland@sstaffs.gov.uk