3.5 With respect to features and characteristics to be protected within the outstanding landscapes, the following are noted in the Dunedin City District Plan -

(iii) Features and Characteristics to be Protected

* The highly coherent natural landform under an apparently largely unmodified grassland vegetative cover.

* The very limited visual impact of any human imposed elements such as tracks or buildings.

* The rock outcrops, which give rise to a dramatic skyline and create particular visual interest generally.

* The large scale, open, expansive, remote wilderness character.

* The skyline, which is almost entirely free of human structures when viewed from the Middlemarch valley.

* The vegetation patterns, which reinforce and reflect landform character.

* The fragile ecosystems, e.g. cushion bogs.

* The significant landform features, i.e. Rock and Pillar solifluction features (NZ Geological Society Geopreservation  Inventory for the Otago Region).

* The extent and quality of the visual contribution made by areas of highly significant intact snow tussock grassland.

Appendix 3 - Visual & Landscape Assessment.pdf