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Capture Winter Views for LVA and LVIA
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)....
Consultation on BS 5837: Trees in Relation to Design, Demolition, and Construction
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...
Student Placement
Image: Bat call data collected by the ecology team The Landmark team has been pleased and privileged to be joined over recent weeks by George, a student of MSc Environmental Management at the University of the West of England. George joined us for a consultancy...
Hazel Dormice in Leigh Woods
Photo credit: Sam Rogers The hazel dormouse is one of Britain’s rarest and perhaps most adorable mammals. Most people will never see one in the wild, due to their tiny stature and reclusive nature. Luckily for The Landmark Practice (TLP), Principal Ecologist Sam...
Landscape Institute South West Prize
Landscape Institute South West Prize We are thrilled to announce that Bryn White, our resident landscape architecture student, has been awarded the Landscape Institute South West Prize for the student most engaged with climate change issues. The award ceremony took...
Approval for 19 MW solar farm in Dengie, Essex
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,...
Woodcroft Community Orchard
This week the landscape team travelled to Woodcroft Community Orchard in Brislington for a practical CPD and volunteering session. Senior landscape architect, Lucy Foley, is involved with the community group and saw it as an opportunity to expand the team’s knowledge...
National Landscapes (an AONB rebrand)
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 England and Wales were...
New BNG
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...
‘Development of Land’ Seminar
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...
West Of England Schools Summit: Exploring Community Energy and the Path to Net Zero
Last week Gemma joined representatives from Ambition Community Energy and the Bristol Energy Network in running the ‘Partnerology’ game at the 2023 West Of England Schools Summit at Aerospace Bristol, hosted by Metro Mayor Dan Norris, and co-designed with Creative...
50 MW Solar Park Approved
Excellent news that Rag Lane solar has gained planning approval. The Landmark Practice provided both landscape and ecology services for this circa 50 MW ground mounted solar PV renewable energy generating scheme, located to the west of Wickwar, just north of Bristol....
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