The Landmark Practice Blog

Bernice with her 'South West Renewable Energy Champion’ award

Bernice Roberts, Principal Environmental Planner at the Landmark Practice was awarded a runner up prize at the Regen SW Green Energy Awards 2009, held on Tuesday 10 November at the Assembly Rooms, Bath. This annual event, hosted this year by the BBC’s Jonathan Dimbleby, is a celebration of the success of the South West’s renewable energy industry.

Bernice was nominated for the ‘South West Renewable Energy Champion’ category which recognises outstanding work of achievements of individuals that make a real difference to the development of renewable energy in the South West.

Wind turbine seminars

A short series of three half day workshops entitled ‘Supporting Planning Practice for Wind Turbine Developments’, held at the end of October at Government Offices South West in Bristol, have received very positive feedback and requests for repeat events

The workshops, organised jointly by The Landmark Practice, Regen SW and the RTPI, all focused on providing basic skills training to help local authority planning officers to address the specific demands of wind turbines in planning. (more…)

Wind Tubines

The UK is subject to extremely challenging energy targets, which commit the country to producing 15% of all energy consumed in transport, heat and power generation from renewable sources by 2020, from a baseline of 2.25% in 2008.

The Government’s Renewable Energy Strategy (RES), published in July 2009, anticipates that on-shore wind generation will be required to provide a significant proportion of the new deployment to meet targets. This will represent a seven-fold increase in wind energy capacity.

The planning process to bring forward wind turbine development is potentially time consuming and costly to developers. The Landmark Practice specialises in preparation of Environmental Statements to inform applications for wind turbine developments. (more…)

Wadi Dana, The Jordan Rift Valley

The Landmark Practice has been appointed to lead a year long pilot study of the impact of climate change on sensitive habitats in the Jordan Rift Valley. Working with internationally renowned climate change expert, Professor Sandy Harrison of Bristol University, Landmark will manage the project on behalf of the Jordanian Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature. (more…)