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Ecology Planning Conditions
For development sites that have wildlife interest, Local Planning Authorities often apply a range of pre-commencement or pre-operation ecology planning conditions. Whilst pre-commencement planning conditions should not come as a surprise to applicants (see our related...
Are you ready for the survey season?
As we move into late winter, it’s that time of year when our ecologists start gearing up for the next survey season. It is also the last opportunity for our landscape architects to capture winter views of potential development before fresh leaf cover obscures views...
What is Biodiversity Net Gain?
Biodiversity Net Gain is “an approach to development that leaves biodiversity in a better state than before.”(1). When applying biodiversity net gain principles, developers are encouraged to bring forward schemes that provide an overall increase in natural...
Homeowners Guide to Bat Surveys
Bat surveys to validate planning applications We often take calls at The Landmark Practice from homeowners who have been told by their local planning authority that a bat survey must be submitted as part of a planning application, such as for a small-scale development...
Belated Introductions – Steph Attwood and Ed Lim
It was a very busy summer for The Landmark Practice ecology team last year. We had the opportunity to work on a fantastic range of projects including residential development, solar PV, household recycling centres, manufacturing plant and golf courses. Our field...
Ecology Planning Conditions: Check Your Pre-commencement Conditions
The Landmark Practice is often asked to advise on actions required to discharge pre-commencement planning conditions. As, by their very nature, such conditions delay commencement of works on-site, it is often a matter of some urgency to undertake the tasks and prepare...
Time to Capture Winter Views for LVIA
Winter’s on the way and it’s the perfect time for our Landscape Architects to be getting out on site to undertake Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA). With trees losing their leaves, visibility is at its peak which allows us to best assess the visual...
Avonmouth Wind Turbines Open Day
We are very much looking forward to attending the upcoming Avonmouth Wind Turbines Open Day with Thrive Renewables, as part of Bristol Open Doors. If you live in the Bristol area or are a regular user of the M5 motorway you may well be familiar with the...
The Landmark Practice Welcomes Jamie Hole as Landscape Architect
The Landmark Practice are delighted to welcome back Jamie Hole to our Landscape team. Jamie first joined us back in 2014-2015 for his year out placement as part of his undergraduate studies at the University of Sheffield. Since then he has gone on to gain experience...
Does My Bum Look Big in This? – Scoping and Pricing Work
A question dreaded by partners everywhere as, let’s be frank, there is no ‘right answer’. If you are candid and say yes then you will suffer the consequences. If you say no, and it happens that it does, then you have failed to do the right thing for...
Planning for a Smart Energy Future
The Landmark Practice, as part of a team with Regen, Pell Frischmann and the University of the West of England, was commissioned earlier this year by The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) SW to undertake research on planning for a smart energy future. The purpose...
A week as a Landmark Practice ecologist …
We were lucky enough to accommodate a superb student for work experience placement this summer, enthusiastic and very happy to get stuck in, this is what she thought of her week with us here at The Landmark Practice… “I applied for work experience at The Landmark...
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