Landscape Planning and Development Management

(including Major Infrastructure)

• Critical appraisal of planning submissions and EIAs
• Formal and informal Design Review
• Assessment of proposals in the light of national policy and local policy for design and the environment
• Landscape and Visual Impact
• Environment and design negotiation
• Advice and recommendations to support planning decisions
• Support to planning officers and to Planning Committee
• Led teams responsible for provision of professional advice in the planning process (urban and landscape design, architectural, conservation, arboricultural, ecological) at Southampton City Council and New Forest District Council. Co-ordination and integration of different strands of professional advice.
• Expert witness and contributing to the local planning authority response to major infrastructure proposals (eg Navitus Bay proposed offshore wind farm, Dibden Bay proposed container port)
• Provision of environmental design policy advice for successive versions of the Local Plan in New Forest District over the period 1991-2015
• Project leader for New Forest District Landscape Character Assessment, a partnership between New Forest District Council, Hampshire County Council, the Countryside Commission and English Heritage, adopted 2000