receptor, examples of which are shown in Table 22.7 and the magnitude of effect, examples of which are shown in Table 22.8.


22.4.3.1 Sensitivity 38. Guidance for the definitions of levels of sensitivity is provided below in Table 22.7.


Table 22.7 Sensitivity definitions for land use receptors Sensitivity


Land Use High 


Internationally and nationally designated planning policy areas;


 Higher level environmental stewardship schemes, considered regionally scarce;





 


Land uses that are not possible elsewhere or regionally scarce and cannot be adapted or replaced; Land with invasive species;


Future planning applications for large scale planning uses; and/or  National trails and cycle routes.


Medium 


 





Local planning policy designated sites;


Entry level environmental stewardship schemes;


Regionally scarce land uses;


Public rights of way and cycle routes of high use;


 Open access land under the CRoW Act 2000; and/or


 Marginal agricultural holdings. Low


 No designated planning policy areas;


 No environmental stewardship schemes but under other environmental management;





 


Negligible


Land used for ordinary agriculture or horticulture;


Large agricultural holdings; and/or PRoWand cycle routes of low use.


 No designated planning policy areas;


 No environmental stewardship schemes; and/or


 No public rights of way or cycle routes.


 ALC Grade 4 land (Table 22.1 in Appendix 22.2);


 


Arable or grassland;


Low valued soils for agriculture; and/or


 Medium to course material, some resistance to structural damage the majority of the year.


 ALC Grade 5 land (Table 22.1 in Appendix 22.2);


 Non-agricultural and urban, non- arable or grassland;





Low or no value soils for agriculture; and/or


 Greater resistance to soil structural damage.


Agriculture and soils   


Farming practices with specific requirements;


Land with Notifiable Weeds (risk of spread);


Land with Notifiable Scheduled diseases (risk of spread);


 ALC Grade 1 or 2 land (Table 22.1 in Appendix 22.2);


 Non-irrigated annual cropping;  Highly valued soils for agriculture; and/or





Soil vulnerable to structural damage and erosion or unrecoverable or not adaptable to changes


 ALC Grades 3a and 3b land (Table 22.1 in Appendix 22.2);


 Non-irrigated annual cropping;  Medium valued soils for agriculture; and/or





Seasonally susceptible to structural damage or erosion.


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