BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE LCA AND SENSITIVITY STUDY
HDA was commissioned by Basingstoke and Deane Council to prepare an updated Landscape Character Assessment for the Borough. The study looks at 20 landscape character areas, from the elevated chalklands in the south to the lowland mosaic in the north, and includes part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the …
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VALE OF WHITE HORSE
HDA prepared a Landscape Capacity study for potential development sites within the Vale of White Horse District, which were considered as part of the Local Plan Part 2. The study provided the foundation to HDA’s Green Belt study and forms part of the evidence base used in the site selection process for the Local Plan. …
BHAKTIVEDANTA ROSE GARDEN
HDA created a rose garden for the Hare Krishna Temple at Bhaktivedanta Manor near Watford, and is it now in full bloom. The design includes herbaceous perennials, shrub roses, bulbs, box hedging and yew cones, along with lawns, paths, Yorkstone edging and metal arches and gazebo. Previously HDA completed an LVIA for Bhaktivedanta site, identyfying …
AYLESBURY WATERSIDE THEATRE
HDA was part of the design team which delivered the award-winning Waterside Theatre scheme on a regeneration site in the centre of Aylesbury. Our involvement in this project included ecology surveys, townscape assessment and landscape design. HDA’s scheme saw the removal of canalised sections of the brook and the re-introduction of natural banks together with …
GROVE
The Monks Farm site is now part of a Strategic Housing Site within the Council’s Five Year Housing Land Supply Statement. HDA provided landscape, ecology and arboricultural support both for the allocation submission and for the outline planning application that followed. Our combined influence led to the development of a Green Infrastructure Strategy for the …
RYE GARDEN VILLAGE
In June 2016, HDA was commissioned to consider the landscape within a large site, with a view to promoting all or part of the site as a location for a new settlement. HDA prepared a Preliminary Landscape and Visual Assessment for the site (known then as Rye Common), to help inform the location and extent …
CRANBROOK GI AND SANG
HDA produced a Green Infrastructure (GI) and Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG) strategy for the expansion area of Cranbrook, which conformed to national and local policy and followed the principles set out within the ‘Green Infrastructure Study for the Exeter Area and East Devon New Growth Point’. Landscape analysis was undertaken for the plan area, …
CRANBROOK MASTERPLAN
HDA was employed by Savills to provide landscape advice for its masterplan of an NHS Healthy New Town at Cranbrook in East Devon. HDA prepared an Landscape and Visual Assessment (LVA) to test the masterplan and Green Infrastructure, and a Green Infrastructure and SANG strategy for the site. East Devon District Council sought to significantly …
DALTON BARRACKS
On behalf of Vale of White Horse District Council, HDA is working with stakeholders including the Site Promoters, District, County and Parish Council’s to prepare a Masterplan SPD for this strategic housing allocation in Oxfordshire. The masterplan will accommodate around 4,500 new dwellings, primary schools and a secondary school, sports facilities, parkland and mixed-use local …
STEEL CROSS
Working with ASP, HDA helped Knight Developments achieve a resolution to grant planning permission for this scheme of 103 homes in Wealden District. The site is within the High Weald AONB and within 7km of the Ashdown Forest SPA/SAC. HDA’s inputs included landscape, ecology, masterplanning and expert witness.
EDENBROOK COUNTRY PARK
HDA ecologists and landscape architects led the design of a 40ha ‘Super SANG’ at Edenbrook, Fleet in Hampshire. The SANG was created to off-set the adverse effects of recreational pressure arising from new housing development on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area (SPA). The SANG provides a variety of wetlands, flood meadows and open …
POLWELL LANE
On behalf of Redrow Homes, HDA’s long-term involvement in this project included preparation of the masterplan, parameter plans, Design and Access Statement for outline planning, landscape design coding and open space design. Part of the site is marshland, which is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Wetland features together with parkland and …
ROGATE WOODLAND
HDA prepared woodland restoration proposals for a woodland estate in West Sussex, as part of a management plan which accompanied the successful planning application for a sustainable home in the South Downs National Park. The plan aims to increase native broadleaf cover across the estate, and create a mixed age structure with glades and rides. …
WHITWELL QUARRY
HDA’s involvement in the landscape and visual assessment of the development of this large quarry (204 hectares) in Derbyshire has been ongoing since the 1990s. The high purity dolomitic limestone extracted at the quarry (operated by Tarmac) is burnt in the kilns of the adjoined lime processing plant (operated by Lhoist) for use in refractory …
BIDDENHAM
Land north of the Bromham Road, Biddenham is a mixed use development extending over 130 hectares between Biddenham and the River Great Ouse. It includes 1,300 dwellings, a neighbourhood centre, employment land, community and school facilities, a Country Park and nature reserve and the final section of the Bedford Western Bypass. HDA has provided landscape, …
OFFENHAM ROAD
On behalf of Miller Homes, HDA prepared a site appraisal and capacity study to support the site’s allocation through the Local Plan process, followed by illustrative masterplan proposals, parameters plans and a Design and Access Statement for outline planning. The masterplan accommodates 500 new homes, a primary school and public open space near Evesham in …
HIGH LEIGH
A residential led mixed use development for approximately 500 homes to the west of Hoddesdon. The project constituted a major development within the Green Belt. HDA has been involved with this project from the outset, providing initial baseline information and identifying landscape constraints and opportunities, which were used to inform the masterplan approach and layout. …
VALE OF WHITE HORSE LCA
HDA prepared a Landscape Character Assessment for the Vale of White Horse District. The study adheres to Natural England best practice guidance, employing a hierarchical approach identifying broad scale Landscape Types and then more detailed Character Areas. The work sets out the landscape context of the District and identifies and describes 14 Landscape Types within …
WENHASTON
HDA prepared a Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) for a proposed wind turbine near the village of Wenhaston in Suffolk, which contains a number of listed buildings. Government guidance sets out that when determining planning applications for renewable energy projects, the impacts of the proposed development on the historic environment should be considered. As …
SURREY LCA
HDA was commissioned by Surrey County Council, and part funded by Natural England, to prepare a Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) for Surrey, and to review the boundary of Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The LCA was prepared following Natural England best practice guidance, maintaining a hierarchical distinction between Landscape Types and Character …
WORTHING LANDSCAPE AND ECOLOGY STUDY
As part of a series of studies to inform the Local Development Framework process, Worthing Borough Council commissioned HDA to assess the physical and environmental constraints on development in the Borough with a view to determine the landscape capacity of greenfield sites to accommodate future development. The assessment required detailed analysis of landscape structure and …
WARWICKSHIRE POLICE HQ
Warwickshire Police Headquarters is located in Leek Wootton, south of Kenilworth. The estate, the grounds to a Grade II listed Manor House, Woodcote Manor, have been the police headquarters since World War II. The preferred plan for the redevelopment of the site was to retain the site location as the police HQ in new premises …
ETON ROWING LAKE
HDA played an important long-term role in the creation of the Olympic standard rowing lake at Dorney for Eton College, with involvement in the planning, design, construction and management of the lake. HDA was responsible for co-ordination of a team of consultants which prepared a detailed construction scheme, and contributed to the Environmental Statement that …
CRIMP WINDFARM
HDA acted as expert witness on behalf of North Cornwall District Council at an appeal against refusal of permission for the Crimp Wind Farm near Morewenstow. HDA evidence involved extensive field and desk based assessment to demonstrate the visual impact that the proposed wind farm would have. Cross-sections utilising ground model data were presented to …