Volume One 7. Landscape (b) setting standards/conditions that are consistent with the existing landscape values and that will require greater assessment where proposed activities and structures exceed those standards; and (c) requiring resource consent for commercial forestry activities. Similar to the Wairau Dry Hills Landscape, the Marlborough Sounds Coastal Landscape is more sensitive to change than other landscapes with high amenity values. The Marlborough Sounds is an iconic and unique landscape with considerable scenic beauty. While some parts of the Sounds have more significant values than others, in its entirety the Sounds has considerable landscape value, which is why the whole of the Sounds have been included within the Marlborough Sounds Coastal Landscape. However, the areas subject to the management framework of this policy are those not identified as an outstanding natural feature and landscape. Because the Marlborough Sounds is subject to development pressure for a range of subdivision, use and development, it is appropriate to control these activities through a range of means. For those areas zoned Coastal Living, there has already been a degree of modification to landscape values and in these areas a non-regulatory approach is considered appropriate to manage further landscape impacts. The remaining areas within the Marlborough Sounds Coastal Landscape have a management approach that includes standards for permitted activities and conditions on consent for controlled activities, as it is expected that there will be some resource use within these areas. The one exception is a discretionary activity resource consent requirement for commercial forestry to ensure that this activity can be assessed for its impact on the landscape values identified in Appendix 1. [R, C, D] Policy 7.2.4 – Where resource consent is required to undertake an activity within an outstanding natural feature and landscape or a landscape with high amenity value, regard will be had to the potential adverse effects of the proposal on the values that contribute to the landscape. Where it is proposed that an activity will take place in an outstanding natural feature and landscape or in a landscape with high amenity value, it is appropriate that an assessment of the impact of the proposal on these significant landscapes is carried out. To undertake the assessment, regard must be had to the values that contribute to the outstanding natural feature and landscape or a landscape with high amenity value as identified in Appendix 1 of the MEP. The level of assessment should reflect the scale of the proposed activity and the potential adverse effects on the values that contribute to the landscape. [R, C, D] Policy 7.2.5 – Avoid adverse effects on the values that contribute to outstanding natural features and landscapes in the first instance. Where adverse effects cannot be avoided and the activity is not proposed to take place in the coastal environment, ensure that the adverse effects are remedied. Where resource consent is required to undertake a particular activity in an outstanding natural feature or landscape, this policy provides a clear preference for avoiding adverse effects on the biophysical, sensory or associative values within the landscape. This does not mean that there can be no new resource use within outstanding natural features or landscapes; rather, the use or development of natural and physical resources may be able to be undertaken in a way that the quality and significance of the values is not diminished. Alternatively, adverse effects may be able to be remedied through careful planning or remedial works. Policy 7.2.7 provides further guidance in this regard. The option of remedying adverse effects on landscape values does not apply to activities occurring within the coastal environment, as Policy 15 of the NZCPS requires that such adverse effects are avoided. [R, C, D] Policy 7.2.6 – Where the following activities are proposed to take place in an area with outstanding natural features and landscapes, then any adverse effects on the values of 7 – 7