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Capture Winter Views for LVA and LVIA

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)....

Student Placement

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

‘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...

50 MW Solar Park Approved

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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