Recent Clients:
Landscape Matters works with a range of clients, including national agencies, local authorities and NGOs both in the UK and overseas.
Recent examples include:
The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority
IDH, The Netherlands
Year: 2020/1
Objective: Development of land use plans for part of Lofa county NW Liberia in collaboration with the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) Liberia, the University of Reading, ITC (The Netherlands). A landscape framework was employed to develop land use plans for forest protection and agricultural development.
Oxfordshire County Council
Year: 2019/21
Objectives: Revision of an existing Level 2 LDU framework, to incorporate the recently completed HLC, with the long-term aim of undertaking a sensitivity analysis to assist with countywide planning and the development of landscape strategies/management guidelines for all landscapes across of the county.
Natural Resources Wales
Year: 2012
Objective: A 3-year project to develop a method to identify sites for habitat restoration and re-creation at the landscape scale across the whole of Wales.
Peak District National Park Authority
Year: 2008/09
Objective: Development of a Park wide Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) to help underpin existing ecological and historical strategies to inform the implementation of National Park countryside management and land use planning policies.
East of England Region:
Year: 2010
Objective: A 2-year study to develop a GIS-based landscape framework for the East of England, building on existing county based studies in Suffolk and Hertfordshire, to create a map of Landscape Types for the whole region, involving close collaboration with Regional, County and other partners.
Landscape Matters has worked with a range of clients, including national agencies, local authorities and NGOs, including:
Natural England –continuing work to develop a GIS based landscape framework for landscape evaluation and decision making. A recent study to map Landscape Types for the East of England region involved collaborating closely with Regional, County and other partners.
Countryside Council for Wales – a 3-year project to develop a method to identify sites for habitat restoration and re-creation at the landscape scale for Wales.
Local Authorities – assist Local authorities to undertake LCA’s to inform policies for planning and countryside management.
Defra – development of a new land classification system for the uplands, based on farming hardship and environmental quality.
CPRE – preparation of a Community Landscape Statement to demonstrate the potential for enhancing landscape character maps with local knowledge and information.
Peak District National Park Authority – the development of an LCA to assist with ecological and historical strategies and to inform the development and implementation of National Park management and land use planning policies.