Norfolk
Energy Storage
EC Environmental provided accurate visualisations of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Wisbech Norfolk in support of an LVIA. The visualisations portray the site pre-development; at Year 1 when the site becomes operational and the landscape scheme has not yet matured; and at Year 10 when the mitigation planting has started to reach maturity and provide a level of screening of the development.
Services
Visualisation
Suffolk
Building upon the recently approved development at a neighbouring site, EC Environmental Ltd provided a vison for further growth in a sustainable manner while providing an enhanced soft and subtle interface between urban settlement and the rural landscape to the north. Delivering up to 1100 new homes with provision for Railway Park, a new 16.5ha green space at the settlement. Railway Park protects and enhances the rural setting and provides enhanced public access to the wider countryside for residents. At the heart of the scheme is ‘Church Walk, an avenue of trees and footpath leading to framed views of St Mary’s Church to the north.
Urban Extension
Services
Strategic Landscape
LVIA
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
Urban Extension
Kettering
EC Environmental provided landscape planning and detailed design services for a new urban extension for up to 900 new dwellings with 7ha of public open space including equipped formal and natural play areas, integrated SuDS, landscape mitigation strategy delivery and biodiversity net gain (BNG). New and existing communities will benefit from access to new amenity spaces and improved public right of way connectivity locally.
Services
Landscape Planning
Landscape Design
Landscape Management Plan
Solar Farm
EC Environmental provided the Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment for a large 35MW solar farm in rural Yorkshire, one of the largest at the time. The solar farm was successfully integrated into the existing landscape through the retention and enhancement of existing hedgerows, new lengths of native hedgerows and adequate landscape buffers to local heritage assets to preserve their setting. The solar farm was then enclosed in a band of extensive species rich wildflower meadow delivering valuable foraging and habitat for pollinators and other invertibrates.
Yorkshire
Services
LVIA
Landscape Planning
Landscape Design
Bedfordshire
Residential
EC Environmental provided an LVIA and Landscape Planning advise for a small but much needed housing development in rural Bedfordshire. A robust LVIA is key part in ensuring that developments of all sizes and scales get through planning. With our input this development will in time deliver much needed housing locally in a sensitive location through a well considered approach in laying out of built form and respecting local character as well as strengthening the landscape fabric surrounding the site.
Services
Landscape Planning
Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA)
Bristol
Regeneration
Holly House in Lawrence Weston, Bristol. This project will replace an outdated block of flats with 38 brand-new, energy-efficient homes exclusively for social rent. The redevelopment will provide a mix of one- and two-bedroom flats across three modern blocks. The redevelopment will also improve the surrounding area with new pedestrian routes, a zebra crossing, landscaped communal gardens, and green spaces featuring wildflowers, bird boxes, and bat boxes. These additions will create a welcoming environment and support local biodiversity.
Services
Landscape Planning
Landscape Design
Landscape Management Plan
