Landscape Planning
Planning at the landscape scale encourages cross-sector cooperation and community involvement. People can easily recognise and relate to urban and rural landscapes - hence, local stakeholders can help to identify important landscape features and help to set policies for how their landscape should be shaped into the future.
Landscape-scale geographical information provides an ideal framework for developing spatial strategies. At Countryscape, we use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to support landscape planning, combining the latest spatial information with cutting-edge software and training. Our experienced team is able to build transparent and flexible decision-making tools, which can be used to engage a broad range of stakeholders.
By combining an up-to-date knowledge of the planning system with high quality GIS and design communications, we are able to benefit every stage of the landscape planning process, working closely with planners and communities in achieving positive landscape change.
Examples of our landscape planning work include the development of a landscape character-based Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for High Peak Borough Council: this document has been recognised by The National Audit Office as an example of “good practice” and has been nominated for the 2006 Royal Town Planning Institute Awards.
