Top tips: Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
Engaging with landscape architects as early as possible in the design process can help you:
- Identify valued assets
- Influence the development of proposals
- Minimise likely significant adverse effects
- Ensure a robust submission is delivered
Read our top tips below on navigating the Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment process during development.
Watch: Landscape webinar
Watch our webinar to hear Paul Ellis, Technical Director, break down the design stages, key constraints and mitigation measures of the Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) process.
✔ Top tips
- The early involvement of a landscape architect within the assessment and design process will help to identify valued assets and positively influence the development proposal.
- Check online mapping for national/international designations within or near to the development site.
- If land is designated, check national and local policy for likely constraints to inform an appropriate approach to development.
- Ensure appropriate design/assessment stages are adopted to prevent/reduce/offset or compensate for adverse effects.
- Consider other environmental constraints and opportunities to ensure a holistic approach is taken.
- Liaise with key stakeholders to ensure meaningful engagement within the LVIA process.
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