Fareham Borough Landscape Assessment

May 1996

Character Area 20

Segensworth Corridor

Description

The Segensworth Corridor generally follows the A27. It is defined by the M27 and railway in the north, by open land of the Meon Valley in the east, and by Titchfield in the south. It is an extension to Locks Heath/Park Gate in the form of ribbon development, combined with more recent out-of-town employment uses.

The essential characteristics of the Segensworth Corridor are: * large single use areas, large office, industrial and distribution buildings, extensive areas of car parking and service areas; * some traditional larger industrial sites such as GEC Marconi and OPCS; * generally poor environmental quality due to heavy traffic, unsightly sheds, poor pedestrian environment; * the northern fringe of the Titchfield Corridor woodland; * an isolated area of residential land use, largely formed by residential ribbon development; * the presence of the electricity transmission line;

Enhancement Priorities

Although there are parts of the corridor where environmental quality is raised by existing woodland and landscape treatment, the area is still dominated by traffic and large buildings. The emphasis should be on mitigation of these effects and enhancement of these areas.

Priorities for enhancement are: * improving the road corridor landscape on the A27 and encouraging business and industrial areas to undertake environmental improvements; * making business and industrial areas more pedestrian-friendly through better surfacing, lighting etc.; * improving pedestrian links from the residential area to Park Gate; * better definition of the urban edge through strengthening landscape structure.