Position Statement: High Weald Soft Landscaping & Planting Plans in Development Proposals
16 January 2026
The High Weald Soft Landscaping in Development Proposals Planning Advice Note is a technical piece of guidance, aimed specifically at helping Local Authority planning officers to assess soft landscaping proposals in the High Weald. It should also help scheme designers to submit well-informed and place-appropriate scheme layouts and soft landscaping proposals.
The Planning Advice Note develops themes in the High Weald AONB Management Plan and the High Weald Housing Design Guide, and includes:
- a ‘planners’ checklist’
- planning policy context
- strategic soft landscaping principles
- planting typologies – by various locations
- an appendix of native plants typical of the High Weald.
