We created a detailed brief and tender process for the Landscape and Visual Sensitivity Assessment for Shropshire Council. We also provided advice and support at each stage of the Assessment, both to the Council and to the winning tender consultant, …

We work with the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust to restore Breedon’s North Cave Quarry and turn it into an extension of the North Cave Wetlands Nature Reserve. It’s a fascinating site for bird life. This picture shows the recently planted reedbeds which ar…

We used ‘Zones of Theoretical Visibility’ and sight-line sections to prove the need for a low, sympathetic screening bund to within the grounds of a Georgian Listed Building in Staffordshire. We provided a simple Heritage Statement based …

Helping Tarmac achieve planning consent for an extension at Dry Rigg Quarry within the Yorkshire Dales National Park in April 2023. This quarry produces stone with exceptional wearing and skid-resistant properties, so met stringent tests to grant con…

We provided the Bradgate Park Trust with a Design & Access Statement to support their applications for funding and consents to resurface approx. 3.5km of paths throughout this beautiful and popular medieval deer park. The report was produced join…

We have created four site-based Biodiversity Action Plans so far for Breedon as part of their Sustainability Strategy. We check the approved planning consent and ecological surveys to date to create targets which are right for the site and the locati…

As part of our Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment work we carefully select the appropriate visualisation techniques. These can be anything from a simple marked-up photograph or a sight-line section, to a more complex photomontage such as this o…

We act as Expert Witness for our clients, both for developers and more recently on behalf of Shropshire Council. Our expert knowledge has been required at five Public Inquiries and one Written Representations in the last 4 years, all of which helped …

At Holme Hall Quarry near Doncaster we help Breedon keep on top of their restoration, providing muckshift volumes, muckshift contract plans, planting plans, specifications, bills of quantities, advice on landscape management and increasing biodiversi…

ESP Ltd regularly advises Local Planning Authorities on the landscape and visual effects of proposed developments. One of our regular clients, Shropshire Council, receives occasional ‘Paragraph 80’ applications for dwellings of exceptiona…

We are the retained Landscape Consultants for Shropshire Council, providing advice and consultee comments on any planning applications which may have a landscape and visual impact within the County. Projects can range from residential developments, p…

Providing ongoing award-winning restoration design for Smiths Bletchington at Gill Mill Quarry near Witney. Working closely with the RSPB in the detailed implementation. Smiths Bletchington won the National Biodiversity Award in 2015 for its Planned …