71. 72.
The key characteristics of the Estate Sandlands and Rolling Estate Sandlands are described above in sections 29.3.8 and 29.3.10 respectively.
The onshore cable route in this section passes through intermittent areas of Rolling Estate Sandlands totalling approximately 2km. The route passes through approximately 5km of Estate Sandlands which constitutes the main landscape character type within this section of the route. This is illustrated in Figure x.
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The Landform within this section is flat with very gentle undulations. Large scale, rectilinear fields with mature, tall hedgerows and hedgerow trees, are a common feature and reduce the distinction with the Rolling Estate Sandlands and Estate Sandlands. A common feature to both is also the presence of tree belts, although the presence of coniferous woodlands is more a feature of the Estate Sandlands. Bare earth is a frequent seasonal feature of the ploughed fields. With the exception of the Martelsham Creek, the absence of watercourses within the study area concurs with the Estate Sandlands description.
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Settlement in the area is focused on two main clusters of housing; one at Walderingfield and the other at Newbourne. Outside of these small settlements are a few scattered farm dwellings. Other man made features in the landscape are clustered in the north of this section of the route around Waldringfield and include Waldringfield Heath Golf Course, a static caravan park and Brett aggregates quarry. Further south at Newbourne, a concentration of large commercial scale greenhouses occurs just outside the study area.
75. Access along minor roads, connects the settlements of Walderingfield and Newbourne to the larger settlements of Ipswich and Woodbridge to the west and north. A network of footpaths criss-cross the area, mostly following field boundaries and roads. The short section of Coastal Levels traversed by the route is undrained marshland forming a thin wedge adjacent to the River Deben edge. The area is difficult to access despite a footpath that runs behind mature trees and hedgerow along the southern edge.
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Views within the study area are generally medium to long range in the more open parts to the south, with views out to the River Deben, and short range in the centre and northern parts of this section due to the strong pattern of mature hedgerows, hedgerow trees along field boundaries and roads, and nearby woodland blocks.
29.3.11.1 77.
Sensitivity of landscape receptors
This section of the onshore cable route is situated in the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. The landscape is mainly agricultural with small settlements and dispersed farmsteads. The predominantly rural location, medium to long distance views to the
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