Clay plateau
Landscape Character Type and Key habitats
- Deciduous woodland including coppice
- Hedgerow network
- Pockets of lowland calcareous grassland
Actions for nature
- Manage woodland to achieve good condition, age and species diversity
- Seek to plant new broadleaved woodlands
- Manage hedgerows and plant to complete the network
- Manage chalk grassland areas and seek to expand and connect
Nature-friendly actions
- Buffer strips along hedgerows and woodland edges
- Restore and create ponds
- Increase species diversity of semi improved grasslands
- Manage and expand wood pasture and parkland habitats.
Key sensitivities
- Deciduous woodlands and intact hedgerow network with hedgerow trees
- Historic parklands