The Part 2 AST should record, and describe impacts on the fabric and character of the landscape. For strategic assessments this will be an overall assessment, perhaps focusing on the areas most vulnerable to the type of change proposed. For project level assessments the impacts may be broken down to each character area. If necessary, all designated sites affected by the option, with their designations, should also be recorded. The qualitative field should be used to summarise the overall effect on each affected character area or designated site. Assessment of strategic options may have to be reported in the qualitative field only.
