Capture Winter Views for LVA and LVIA As we move into winter, this is the perfect time of year for our Landscape Architects to be getting out on site to capture views to inform a Landscape and Visual Appraisal (LVA) or Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA)....
The British Standards Institution (BSI) has released a revised draft of BS 5837 for public consultation. This draft will be open for comments for two months, closing on 15th October 2024. The revisions primarily address overlaps between BS 5837 and BS 8545, identified...
We are delighted to announce that planning approval has been granted for a 19 WM solar farm plus 5 MW of battery storage on 33 hectares of land near the village of Dengie, Essex. After an initial refusal in 2023 due to concerns over flooding and landscape character,...
Image: Kimmeridge Bay (Dorset, National Landscape) ‘Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty’ (AONBs) have now been rebranded to ‘National Landscapes’ As of Wednesday, 22nd November 2023, all designated Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) in...
B-day is finally here! After several delays to ensure everybody was ready, the 12th of February 2024 marked the day when all major developments are legally required to deliver a 10% Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), which is enshrined in the Environment Act 2021. BNG has...
Thank you to Thrings Solicitors for hosting an excellent seminar focused on ‘Development of Land’, at the Watershed in Bristol last month. There were a number of interesting and helpful presentations on effective construction contracts, changes to national planning...
