
LVIA
assessments
We have extensive experience particularly within the residential sector working with established clients to seek planning permissions on a range of new housing developments from 50 to 2500 dwellings.
RCLA has worked on a wide number of projects relating to urban edge sites of towns and rural villages involving sensitive receiving environments.
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LVIA is one of the most important components for a successful planning application and by using thorough desktop research and a site assessment of landscape character we apply a systematic, thorough and forensic analysis of the salient and critical factors at play to assess predicted impacts.
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LVIA
assessments
We work in collaboration with the design team to formulate appropriate and considered mitigation proposals to ameliorate the landscape and visual impacts, in pursuit of a sustainable and successful development and in compliance with the prevailing national and local policy and guidance.
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Our LVIA product presents appraisal information and assessment with impartiality and transparency, accompanied by a non-technical summary, which conveys a clear and unambiguous conclusion.
With brevity, clarity and succinctness as a guiding light we aim to enunciate a clear, unambiguous, and transparent discussion of the salient factors at play.
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LVIA
assessments
We look to design sentence constructions that champion a clear analytical narrative, a narrative which is easy to read and digest.
Summarising each report we contrast the development proposals set against the national and prevailing local plan, including any relevant emerging policies.
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RCLAs methodology follows the latest industry best practice Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment 3rd Edition (GLVIA3) as published by the Landscape Institute.