Introduction
JdB Landscape Architecture provides Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA), Landscape and Visual Appraisal (LVA), and landscape planning services for development proposals across Dorset, the South West and the Channel Islands. We specialise in landscape-led assessment and design for sensitive sites, including those within the Dorset National Landscape, rural settlements, heritage settings and valued landscapes.
Our work supports a wide range of projects, from residential and tourism developments to renewable energy infrastructure, estate diversification and strategic land promotion. By combining robust assessment with a clear understanding of landscape character and visual effects, we help clients identify opportunities, constraints and appropriate mitigation at all stages of the planning process.
A Landscape-Led Approach
Effective Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment should do more than identify effects. Undertaken early in the design process, it can help inform project evolution, influence site layout and guide the development of landscape strategies that respond positively to their surroundings.
Our approach is founded on a thorough understanding of landscape character, site context and visual amenity. We seek to identify both the sensitivities and opportunities presented by a site, enabling proposals to be shaped by the landscape rather than simply assessed against it. This often leads to more robust, sustainable and locally distinctive outcomes.
LVIA and Landscape Planning Services
Services include:
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA)
Landscape and Visual Appraisal (LVA)
Preliminary Landscape Appraisal
Landscape Strategy and Mitigation Design
Landscape Character Assessment
Landscape Capacity and Sensitivity Studies
Site Promotion and Strategic Land Assessment
Landscape Evidence for Planning Applications and Appeals
Development within the Dorset National Landscape and other designated landscapes
Experience in Dorset and Beyond
JdB Landscape Architecture has extensive experience of projects throughout Southern England, Dorset, Hampshire and the Channel Islands, ranging from residential developments and Paragraph 84 dwellings to tourism proposals, heritage assets, renewable energy schemes and strategic site promotion. This includes work within and adjoining the Dorset National Landscape, where a detailed appreciation of landscape character, visual sensitivity and planning policy is essential.
Through a combination of assessment, design and strategic advice, we help ensure that development proposals respond positively to their landscape setting while supporting planning objectives and long-term environmental quality.
Relevant Projects
Our portfolio includes:
- Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment for proposed solar development supporting estate decarbonisation.
- Landscape and Visual Appraisal and Strategy for new rural dwellings
- Landscape and Visual Appraisal for tourism and visitor attractor sites.
- Landscape-led masterplanning and assessment for residential development and community open space.
- Landscape and Visual Capacity Studies to support strategic site promotion.
- Heritage and conservation-focused landscape assessments for sensitive historic settings.