Landscape Planning
Expert Landscape Assessments for Planning Applications
Our landscape planning team at TMA comprises experienced and highly skilled Landscape Architects specialising in the preparation of Landscape Assessments. We deliver robust, proportionate assessments for projects ranging from small-scale residential developments to large, complex and prestigious schemes, including sensitive historic environments.
Our work is grounded in a thorough understanding of landscape character, visual amenity, and planning policy. We undertake Landscape Visual Appraisals, Landscape Visual Impact Assessments, Townscape Visual Impact Assessments, and Green Belt assessments, providing clear, well-reasoned evidence to support planning applications and appeals.
TMA’s assessments are prepared to a consistently high professional standard and can be progressed to expert witness level, with experience supporting both applicants and local authorities through the planning and appeal process.
Wendover Care Home
ARBORICULTURE, ECOLOGY & LANDSCAPE
Client
Salveo Care & LIFE Build Solutions Limited
Project Type
Senior Living
Location
Wendover, Buckinghamshire
Status
In Construction
TMA Environmental Consultants were appointed as landscape architects to produce proposals for the redevelopment of an abandoned care home site, delivering a fully operational facility. The team was initially instructed for a Full Planning application, including a Landscape Visual Appraisal (LVA), with further landscape planning and landscape design commissioned to discharge planning conditions.
Greenwich Park Revealed
ARBORICULTURE & LANDSCAPE
Client
Royal Parks
Project Type
Public Park
Location
Greenwich Park, London
Awards
BALI National Landscape Award in the Community and Schools Development category - 2024
TMA were commissioned to produce a Landscape Visual Appraisal (LVA) to assess a phased restoration of two mature tree avenues within Greenwich Park, just south of the Maritime Museum buildings. The park is a heritage asset, part of a Registered Park and Garden, and located within the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site, which includes scheduled monuments, listed buildings, and a conservation area. The Royal Greenwich Local Plan describes the site as one of the finest architectural and landscape ensembles in the British Isles, with the view of St Paul’s Cathedral from the General Wolfe statue recognised as one of only two strategic views.
Upper Hockenden Farm,
Business Park Development
ARBORICULTURE & LANDSCAPE
Client
Bemkat Holdings Ltd
Project Type
Business Park
Location
Kent
Status
Planning
TMA was commissioned to produce a comprehensive Landscape and Visual Appraisal (LVA) for a proposed development of business units, including warehouses, offices, car parking, and associated landscape works and access routes, on a previously developed site partially within the Green Belt. The site falls within an area identified as ‘grey belt’ in the local Green Belt assessment, which allows for limited development.
When Is a Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) Required?
The Local Planning Authority (LPA) will usually confirm at the pre-application stage whether a Landscape Visual Appraisal (LVA) or a Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) is required to support a planning application.
As part of effective landscape planning, landscape and visual assessments consider how a proposed development relates to its landscape context and visual environment, helping to inform design and ensure proposals respond positively to their surroundings.
Involving Landscape Architects early in the process allows advice to be provided on landscape sensitivity, capacity for change, building heights, and mitigation strategies, supporting efficient and well-considered scheme development.
TMA can prepare a Baseline Landscape Visual Appraisal at the feasibility stage, where a scheme may not yet be defined. This can progress into a detailed landscape assessment as proposals evolve, providing flexibility and continuity through the planning process.
