Natural Resources Wales, therefore, developed a flood risk management scheme for the area We were appointed to assist with landscape design, landscape and visual impact assessment and preparation of verified photomontages The Roath Brook runs through a residential area, two conservation areas and a...
Read moreCommonly used in planning and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), the aim of verified visual montages (VVM), or also sometimes called Accurate Visual Representations (AVR), is to impartially represent proposed development as it would be expected to appear in reality. Alison Carroll and Chris Hale examine their role and some of the technical considerations when considering …
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Read moreDesigned by William Matthews Associates, architects, with Ney and Partners, structural engineers, the stunning and lightweight double cantilever footbridge, with a 72m span will represent the former land bridge that the Castle of Tintagel was once built on. Following an international Architectural design competition which received over 130 entries from 27 countries, Nicholas Pearson Associates …
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Read moreOur role in planning and designing Bridport’s Waste Management Centre, in the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) gained planning permission and has recently collected a number of awards, including from RIBA and RICS. Our unusual ‘retrospective’ Environmental Statement for University of Oxford student accommodation at Castle Mill helped the City Council endorse a post construction mitigation project for …
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Read moreBritain’s best-known natural history film-maker Sir David Attenborough has officially opened the University of Bristol’s new £56.5 million Life Sciences building. The Life Sciences building is the University of Bristol’s biggest construction project to-date and will be the focal point for globally-leading research, needed to tackle the key challenges of the 21st century such as food …
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Read moreNicholas Pearson Associates assisted the Environment Agency in the preparation of the EIA, carrying out the Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment. This involvement continues our wide experience of working in the water industry throughout the life of the Company. The combined effect of the flat relief, heavy rainfall and high tides causes flooding and drainage …
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Read moreAustralia-based Wolf Minerals has begun extraction work at the newly opened Hemerdon tungsten mine in Devon, UK. Mining was carried out there between 1919 and 1920 and again from 1934 to 1944, when production ceased. Planning permission for the reopening of the mine was obtained in 1986 but full operation of the mine has not …
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Read moreNicholas Pearson Associates was part of the team that recently delivered planning consent for an extension to the Newbridge Park and Ride. This is the third park and ride which we have prepared scheme proposals for, on behalf of Bath and North East Somerset Council. The project contributes to the Bath Transport Package which is …
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