Define led the
outline planning application, preparing the Design & Access Statement and scheme parameter plans for the outline development areas. Our work established a robust, flexible framework to guide future detailed proposals while ensuring that landscape, visual and green infrastructure considerations were embedded from the outset.
Define led the outline planning application for the expansion areas, establishing a robust, landscape-led framework to guide future development parcels. Our role focused on defining how new development could be accommodated sensitively and efficiently, while retaining flexibility for future occupiers.
Key elements of our work included:
- Landscape-led site analysis and baseline assessment, establishing a clear understanding of landscape character, visual sensitivity and environmental constraints
- Preparation of outline parameter plans, defining development zones, building heights, landscape buffers and green infrastructure corridors
- Design & Access Statement authorship, clearly articulating the design evolution, response to context and alignment with planning policy and best practice
- Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, providing GLVIA-compliant appraisal to inform design decisions and support the planning submissions
- Green infrastructure coordination, ensuring drainage, ecology and landscape mitigation were integrated into a coherent site-wide strategy
Alongside the outline application, Define also played a central role in shaping the detailed proposals for specific plots within the expansion area, working collaboratively with architects, engineers, ecologists, drainage and highways consultants to refine layouts, massing and mitigation measures.
