Landscape & Visual Impact

Our in-depth landscape and visual analysis means development is situated in the right part of a site, responds appropriately to local character and context, and provides a landscape-led approach to development. Our specialists undertake Landscape/ Townscape and Visual Impact Assessments in accordance with the Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments, 3rd edition (GLVIA 3) across a range of property and infrastructure development, from large-scale residential and mixed-use, to transport and sensitive infrastructure projects.

Working collaboratively with our clients, co-professionals and stakeholders enables us to understand the likely effects of developments on the environment and ensure that proposals meet regulatory and policy obligations. Where impacts are unavoidable, we seek pragmatic solutions for their reduction or mitigation and, wherever possible, the incorporation of enhancements.

Our landscape planners work closely with our design teams to avoid likely impacts or seek opportunities to offset or compensate for unavoidable effects. Wherever possible we identify measures to improve or enhance the existing landscape as part of development proposals.