Residential LVIA and Green Belt landscape evidence
Landscape and visual evidence for housing schemes, from village extensions to larger urban edge sites
Why landscape matters for housing
Housing on the edge of towns and villages often raises strong local feeling about views, settlement character and loss of countryside. A clear, balanced landscape assessment helps the council weigh those concerns properly, and gives the scheme a solid footing if it’s challenged.
We prepare Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA), Landscape and Visual Appraisals and townscape assessments for residential development, for planning applications, local plan promotion and appeals.
What we look at
How the scheme relates to the existing settlement edge and pattern of development
Views from neighbouring homes, footpaths, roads and open spaces
Effects on landscape character and any valued or designated landscapes nearby
For Green Belt sites, landscape and visual evidence on openness and how the site contributes to Green Belt purposes, including grey belt arguments
How green infrastructure, planting and open space can soften the new edge, assessed at Year 1 and Year 15
What’s included
Early landscape input on layout, building heights and the location of open space
Viewpoint selection, photography and photomontages
The LVIA, LVA or townscape assessment
Green Belt and grey belt landscape evidence
Landscape design, planting plans and Landscape Management Plans for conditions
Expert evidence at appeal
Why Terra Loci
We work with housebuilders, land promoters and planning consultants on sites across the North West and Yorkshire. We give honest advice early on where the landscape risks lie, and write reports that are clear enough for officers, members and inspectors to follow.
Got a housing site?
Send us a site plan and red line boundary, and we’ll come back with a fee proposal within two working days.