The Landmark Practice Blog

The Landmark Practice’s Environmental Planning team has helped Wessex Water to gain planning approval for four wind turbines at the Bristol sewage treatment works site at Avonmouth.

This is the third wind energy scheme to be granted planning approval in Bristol and The Landmark Practice has managed the environmental planning issues for all three: (more…)

RSPB announce support for bringing forward wind development and say that we should be cutting delays in the planning system and identifying areas for wind development.

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In conjunction with PPS Group (stakeholder communications experts) and Burges Salmon LLP (solicitors) Bernice Roberts (the Landmark Practice’s Principal Environmental Planner) has been presenting expert advice at breakfast seminars to a wide ranging audience across the country.

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The Landmark Practice is pleased to announce that Bernice Roberts (Principal Environmental Planner) and Lyndon Roberts (Senior Ecologist) have both been appointed by the Centre for Sustainable Energy to the new national Renewable Energy and Planning Expert Support Network. Bernice and Lyndon will provide independent advice and guidance to local authority planners and other officers on aspects of wind turbines and planning. (more…)

Bristol City Council Energy Management Unit was this afternoon granted planning consent to develop two 3MW wind turbines at Avonmouth. This scheme, the first by a local authority in England, has been in preparation for several years.

The application scheme was led and project managed by The Landmark Practice environmental planning department, which also undertook the project EIA. Planning support for the team was provided by GVA Grimley. (more…)