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Protected species and development: Roman Snails
Recently our ecology team attended a training session at Bristol Zoo Gardens to learn how to handle and assess the health of snails. An unusual choice for a training course? … well yes, but necessary for us as the ecology team are involved with a site in the...
Planning success for HAB housing in Hampshire
The project The Landmark Practice has been working with developer, HAB, on a residential scheme in Hampshire and are pleased to say that this has now received a resolution to grant planning permission, subject to the completion of a section 106 agreement. The...
Imbalance in the EIA Process, The Planning Authority Perspective
Many EIA related decisions have been overturned by the courts due to failure by the Local Planning Authority (LPA) to comply with the procedural requirements of the EIA Regulations[1] . The Regulations are still, however, acknowledged by many planning officers as...
Planning (Wales) Bill – Welsh policy update
On 6 July 2015 the Planning (Wales) Bill received Royal Assent. The Planning (Wales) Bill The key purposes of the Act are to: Strengthen the plan-led approach to planning. The Bill introduces the National Development Framework for Wales which will set out...
Ash Dieback at Landmark
An outbreak of Ash Dieback Disease (Chalara fraxinea) has been confirmed in our area. Worse still, it’s in the Landmark MD’s garden in the Chew Valley south of Bristol. Nick noticed some possible early signs in late May and these became more marked in June. He...
‘Greening’ the European Green Capital? Lessons from Portland, Oregon
Prior to joining Landmark this summer, our newest recruit to the Landscape Planning team, Morag MacGregor, won the 2014 Landscape Institute Student Travel Award which allowed her to investigate good practice in Green Infrastructure in American cities. Here she shares...
2015 Planning reforms – Fixing the Foundations or Forgetting the Fundamentals?
It is widely understood that the planning system is in place to ensure that development is carried out to a high standard which will benefit communities and the economy without causing negative impact on the environment. At Landmark, we have the benefit of working...
Nature Directives: Good for Wildlife, Good for Business
One of Landmark's driving principles, since we were established in 1985, has been 'landscape design based on sound ecological principles'. In our 30 years of business we have seen our scope and range of services increase from pure landscape design, to...
UK Energy policy turned on its head
Thomas Middleton’s play, A Mad World, My Masters, is a satirical tale of life in early 17th-century London. It tells the story of underhand tactics used by a group of characters to manipulate influence in the pursuance of wealth and power. The Royal...
Sunshine at Triodos Windfarm Open Day
On 6 June The Landmark Practice was part of Triodos Renewables family fun day at its Avonmouth wind farm. As well as marking Triodos Renewables 20th anniversary, the event kicked off Bristol’s Big Green Week, the annual festival which this year extended into two...
Silverlake Vacation Homes, Dorset
In early May, West Dorset District Council granted Reserved Matters permission and pre Commencement Conditions for Silverlake Village 1. This was a significant milestone in Landmark’s client Habitat First Group’s strategy to develop a holiday resort and...
Eye Spy an Otter
Whilst our ecologists were carrying out a survey for great crested newt earlier in the week, they were lucky enough to spot an otter! This species is instantly recognisable given its brown coat, flattened head and thick tapering tail. Unfortunately its appearance was...
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