point of the coastline within study area to approximately 25m AOD at the south- west of the study area where it is referred to as Bawdsey Cliff on OS maps. Adjoining the coastal slope inland are medium scale agricultural fields which are bounded by tall hedgerows with mature trees beyond which there is a minor road. An area of mixed woodland shelterbelt planting also adjoins Bawdsey Cliff and provides screening for a disused MOD base (RAF Bawdsey) to the south-west of the study area. Other settlement within this area includes scattered rural dwellings and farmsteads along the minor road. Settlement increases to the north of the study area which borders the village of Bawdsey. There are further parking and visitor facilities along the coast just beyond the study area which provide access to the long distance Suffolk Coast Path and to the historic Martello towers which dot this section of coast.
32. Natural coastal processes are a feature of the coastline within the study area where the cliff has recently been subject to erosion. This has created an edge of exposed bare earth where the cliff has fallen away. A concrete ‘pillbox’ lookout structure has also partially slid sown the eroded landfall face. Farm fields abut hard onto the cliff edge leaving only a narrow strip for the Suffolk Coast Path.
29.3.8.1 Sensitivity of landscape receptors 33.
The LCT unit and study area are situated within the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB and also within the Suffolk Heritage Coast description. While an agricultural landscape which encroaches tight onto the cliffs reduces the scenic quality of the Rolling Estate Sandlands, the designations combined with the scenic qualities of the coastal landscape give an an assessed value rating of medium to high. Susceptibility to change from the proposed project is considered to be medium to low owing to the potentially localised impacts and the capacity to restore the landscape character. The overall sensitivity of the Rolling Estate Sandlands LCT to the proposed project within the study area is, therefore, considered to be medium.
29.3.8.2 Sensitivity of visual receptors 34. Within this landfall section, the Suffolk Coast Path travels along the shingle levels of the beach from the ferry crossing to the west of Bawdsey Manor, turning inland along a track between field boundaries to Ferry Road. The Suffolk Coast Path follows Ferry Road towards Bawdsey village within the study area where it turns back towards the coast along a minor road. At the time of assessment, the section of the route around the landfall location was closed due to erosion. However it has been assumed that it will be reinstated and is assessed as existing.
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The main users of the Suffolk Coast Path are likely to be recreational walkers. Road users along Ferry Road will also experience part of the route.
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