The Importance of Tree Survey and Landscape Character Assessment Landscape character assessment and tree survey hold great significance to any property development. Not only that they can define the direction of the development, but they can influence whether it is going to be any. There are specifics for every place, every landscape that make them unique. Here we look at both landscape character assessment and tree survey, and what they mean to a development project.
They can be made for both public and private property. Regardless of the nature of the property, both methodologies remains same. However, the purpose often may be different and for a different audience.
Landscape character assessment (LCA) LCA is about assessing almost every part of a given landscape: land use, scenic characteristics, cultural history, hydrology, soil, geology, and so on. TheLCAanalyzes each of the mentioned components when undergoing change. A typical assessment has an evaluative and descriptive component. Both components follow a state guide in which there are detailed instructions explaining the entire process.
LCAfeatures three main elements:   
Settlement (the way towns, villages and farmsteads are set out) Land Cover (it explores and analyses the dominant type of the land. E.g. farmland, woodland, lochs). Landform (land formations such as glens, straths, and hills. E.g. whether hills are angular or rounded)