Fareham Borough Landscape Assessment

May 1996

Character Area 28

Furzehall / Broadcut

Description

This area is made up of a number of different land uses. It is bounded in the north by the M27 motorway, in the east by the Wallington River, and in the west by Wickham Road.

The essential characteristics of Furzehall/Broadcut are: * a mixture of industry, allotments, cemetery, retail, hospital, residential uses and open space; * distinctive valleyside topography; * a disjointed pattern of land use and roads; * the prominence of the M27 motorway; * the busy traffic on Wallington Way; * the poor pedestrian links with the town centre.

Enhancement Priorities

The main emphasis in this area is improving the integration of such a wide range land uses and developing a more cohesive environmental framework and protecting and enhancing green space.

Priorities for enhancement are: * improving the overall landscape structure of the area with more tree planting and better landscape management of existing green space; * creating a much more legible pattern of pedestrian links, particularly between new housing, open space and the town centre; * creating more effective buffers between industry and housing; * strengthening the landscape structure between the urban edge and the motorway; * improving the pedestrian environment on Wickham Road.