The Department for Transport has published the Phase 2 report of this research project aimed at estimating the monetary value of landscape impacts from proposed transport schemes.

The Phase 2 report and supporting annexes, along with the previously published Phase 1 report, are available for download from: http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/economics/rdg/landscape/

The research is being led by eftec in conjunction with Accent, ADAS and TRL. Building on the findings from Phase 1, the objective of Phase 2 was the development of a stated preference (SP) survey instrument. This includes establishing a formal framework for assessing the transferability of monetary values across different landscape and transport scheme types.

The report presents the results of a series of focus groups and cognitive interviews and a pilot survey where a split sample approach was used to trial a number of scenarios featuring different types of transport scheme in different locations in England. Findings indicate that ‘landscape values’ vary with transport scheme type, socio-economic characteristics, landscape perception and the individual’s interaction with affected site in terms of familiarity, distance and frequency of use.

The Phase 2 report concludes with recommendations for final phase of the research which comprises of the main survey and analysis stages of the study.