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The landscape works associated with the new Relief Road are designed to help integrate the road into its surroundings and replace wildlife habitats lost as a result of the construction. The landscape proposals include tree, shrub and hedgerow planting; grass and wildflower seeding and aquatic planting in and around the balancing ponds.

The road lies within the ‘Dunsmore’ regional landscape character area, as defined by the ‘Warwickshire Landscapes Guidelines’ (published by WCC). As such, the new landscaping has been designed to reflect and enhance some of the characteristics of this landscape type e.g. hawthorn hedges, mature hedgerow trees and blocks of woodland. The plant species to be used are those which can be found growing naturally in the area. Some of the trees and shrubs to be planted include oak, ash, field maple, hazel, hawthorn and blackthorn.

Most of the trees and shrubs will be planted as ‘whips’ which means that they will seem very small in size at first. The benefit of this, however, is that they will have a better chance of surviving and becoming well-established in the long run. There will also be some bigger trees to supplement the smaller whips, for more immediate effect.

The use of local species isn’t just restricted to trees and shrubs – grass, wildflowers and aquatics/marginals are also based on naturally occurring local species. Some of the areas will be seeded using seed specially collected from a suitable ‘donor’ site nearby. All this means that not only will the new planting fit in visually with its surroundings but it will also benefit other types of wildlife, such as birds and animals, living in the area. The trees and shrubs will also, of course, help to screen the road and lessen its impact, both visually and from a noise point of view, on the surrounding landscape.

Landscape Proposals – Facts & Figures:

Just over 3km (nearly 2 miles) of hedgerows will be planted.
Almost 11,000 tree and shrub ‘whips’ will be planted.
Just over 4,500 larger trees (1-2m high) will be planted.
240 ivy plants will be planted to ‘soften’ some of the retaining walls.
600 aquatic and marginal plants will be planted in and around the balancing ponds.
Over 2,000 reeds will be planted in the balancing ponds to help with pollution control.
An area of over 10 hectares (nearly 25 acres) will be seeded with wildflowers.
An area of just under 7 km²(2.5 square miles) will be seeded as grass verges.
For detailed landscape drawings, click on of the diagrams below:

Diagram 1 (PDF - 1.8 MB)

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Diagram 7 (PDF - 2.3 MB)

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Diagram 4 (PDF 1.3 MB)

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The landscape works associated with the new Relief Road are designed to help integrate the road into its surroundings and replace wildlife habitats lost as a result of the construction. The landscape proposals include tree, shrub and hedgerow planting; grass and wildflower seeding and aquatic planting in and around the balancing ponds. The road lies within the ‘Dunsmore’ regional landscape character area, as defined by the ‘Warwickshire Landscapes Guidelines’ (published by WCC). As such, the new landscaping has been designed to reflect and enhance some of the characteristics of this landscape type e.g. hawthorn hedges, mature hedgerow trees and blocks of woodland. The plant species to be used are those which can be found growing naturally in the area. Some of the trees and shrubs to be planted include oak, ash, field maple, hazel, hawthorn and blackthorn. Most of the trees and shrubs will be planted as ‘whips’ which means that they will seem very small in size at first. The benefit of this, however, is that they will have a better chance of surviving and becoming well-established in the long run. There will also be some bigger trees to supplement the smaller whips, for more immediate effect.
The use of local species isn’t just restricted to trees and shrubs – grass, wildflowers and aquatics/marginals are also based on naturally occurring local species. Some of the areas will be seeded using seed specially collected from a suitable ‘donor’ site nearby. All this means that not only will the new planting fit in visually with its surroundings but it will also benefit other types of wildlife, such as birds and animals, living in the area. The trees and shrubs will also, of course, help to screen the road and lessen its impact, both visually and from a noise point of view, on the surrounding landscape. Landscape Proposals – Facts & Figures: Just over 3km (nearly 2 miles) of hedgerows will be planted. Almost 11,000 tree and shrub ‘whips’ will be planted. Just over 4,500 larger trees (1-2m high) will be planted. 240 ivy plants will be planted to ‘soften’ some of the retaining walls. 600 aquatic and marginal plants will be planted in and around the balancing ponds. Over 2,000 reeds will be planted in the balancing ponds to help with pollution control. An area of over 10 hectares (nearly 25 acres) will be seeded with wildflowers. An area of just under 7 km²(2.5 square miles) will be seeded as grass verges. For detailed landscape drawings, click on of the diagrams below: