Environmental Impact Assessment experience includes the preparation of Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA), Townscape and Visual Impact Assessment (TVIA) for inclusion in the Environmental Statement (ES) chapters for major residential, commercial, mixed-use and regeneration projects. This work has required a structured assessment of likely significant effects, including baseline analysis, receptor sensitivity, magnitude of change, significance of effects, mitigation, residual effects and, where required, cumulative assessment. 

Relevant projects include Rose Brae, Wirral, where the Townscape and Visual Effects ES chapter assessed a prominent residential-led mixed-use waterfront development within the Woodside regeneration area. The assessment considered townscape character, visual receptors, skyline effects, heritage-related views, the River Mersey waterfront, the Liverpool skyline, Birkenhead landmarks, construction effects, Year 1 operational effects, Year 15 residual effects and cumulative schemes. The work was supported by agreed representative viewpoints, ZTV analysis, Type 1 baseline photography, Type 4 technical visualisations and consultation with Wirral Council on the assessment methodology and visualisation approach. 

Cambridge EIA experience includes District East, Coldham’s Lane, Cambridge, where the townscape and landscape assessment formed part of the Environmental Impact Assessment for a major new science district on a contaminated brownfield site. The assessment informed the pre-application and design process, helping to address the transition between industrial and residential townscapes, the aspiration for increased height and massing, and potential effects on key Cambridge views. 

Further Cambridge projects include Cambridge North, where the townscape and landscape assessment formed part of the Environmental Impact Assessment for a major mixed-use masterplan comprising laboratory, office and build-to-rent residential floorspace. The assessment considered the relationship with surrounding residential townscape, Conservation Areas and the River Cam landscape, and included the use of VuCity to inform the understanding of visual effects during the pre-application stage. At 104–112 Hills Road, Cambridge, the townscape and visual assessment formed part of the Environmental Statement for the redevelopment of a prominent gateway site near the Botanic Garden and the Flying Pig pub, helping to shape the form and architectural expression of a high-quality development with improved public realm. 

Across these EIA projects, the assessment work has focused on providing clear, proportionate and robust professional judgement within the formal ES process, ensuring that landscape, townscape and visual matters are fully integrated into design development, consultation, mitigation and the overall planning balance.