Fareham Borough Landscape Assessment

May 1996

Character Area 35

Heathfield South

Description

The area of Fareham defined as Heathfield South includes the residential area south of the Avenue (A27). It mostly forms the south west urban edge of Fareham and is separated from West End by Peak Lane.

The essential characteristics of Heathfield South are: * a core of larger, older, detached and semi-detached houses with large mature gardens located on the Avenue and Ranvilles Lane; * behind the larger houses there is an area of more recent infill housing with a much less mature public and private realm; * school and playing fields occupy central location.

Enhancement Priorities

The main emphasis is very similar to Heathfield North, which is mainly to do with protecting landscape character. There is a need to improve landscape character in more recent housing area and to improve the landscape quality of the school playing fields.

Priorities for enhancement are: * to ensure that changes to residential patterns, such as conversion to flats does not erode the landscape character of the area; * to strengthen the urban edge landscape; * to make improve the landscape character of the public realm in newer housing areas * to create better green links between the open countryside and the town.