This study was commissioned by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority in 2006, working in partnership with the former Countryside Council for Wales. The study encompasses all of the area of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and assists in fulfilling National Park Purposes.
The methodology draws on baseline data gathered by CCW using the LANDMAP methodology developed by CCW and used throughout Wales for the systematic assessment of landscape character to aid policy formulation, development control decisions and the evolution of land management policies.
An amended study was adopted as Supplementary Planning Guidance to the Local Development Plan (to 2021) for the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park by the National Park Authority in June 2011. Accordingly the Assessment is a material consideration in determining planning applications.