Landscape planning is the development and application of strategies, policies and plans to create successful environments, in both urban and rural settings, for the benefit of current and future generations.
Landscape Planning can be undertaken at all scales from international to local and on all types of development, advising on or managing proposals for change which may affect the landscape. Landscape Architects assess and resolve environmental, economic and social opportunities and constraints relevant to areas of landscape interest and take these into account in addressing a landscape’s potential and capacity to accommodate change.
LandShape can provide all levels and types of landscape planning including:
- preparing and advising on policy and strategy within legal frameworks
- preparing Green Infrastructure plans and implementation strategies
- managing, coordinating and contributing to detailed assessments and studies such as:
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- Landsape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA)
- Landscape Appraisal (LVA)
- Landscape Sensitivity Assessment
- master planning for development and regeneration schemes
- coordinating and conducting community engagement and consultation with users/owners/managers other stakeholdersadvising on compliance with relevant policy, legislation, good practice and relevant
standards - managing projects and contracts
- providing advice to development control planning officers
- public inquiries and acting as an expert witness

Laverstock and Ford Landscape Sensitivity Study
LandShape produced a detailed sensitivity study for the parish of Laverstock and Ford near Salisbury to inform the Neighbourhood Plan

Ruskin College Residential Masterplan
LandShape prepared a LVIA and residential street and landscape design for a masterplan for Ruskin College, Oxford