Claire completed the BSc Geography with Applied GIS degree at The University of Exeter and the Landscape Architecture Conversion Year at The University of Gloucestershire. She is working towards becoming a Chartered Landscape Architect.
Claire has experience delivering landscape designs across a range of sectors including heritage, residential, and higher education. She has undertaken regular landscape construction and environmental inspections in sensitive historic and ecological settings. She also prepares Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA), using her strong GIS skills to create supporting figures and spatial assessments.
With a background in physical geography, Claire understands how climate change influences landscape processes. She applies this knowledge to create resilient, sustainable landscape proposals through careful plant selection, site‑specific detailing, and thorough on‑site inspection.
Claire is adept at using GIS to support strategic assessments, including Zones of Theoretical Visibility (ZTV) mapping and landscape designations. She has contributed to internal knowledge‑sharing by writing GIS guidance and providing technical support across the practice.
Claire has worked on a variety of landscape design and assessment projects. Her work for the National Trust at Prior Park, Bath, included preparing planting proposals and carrying out construction and environmental inspections for the award-winning historic dam and landscape restoration project.
She contributed to the planning permission for the redevelopment of Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford, helping to develop a cohesive landscape design that improves arrival, movement, accessibility, and Biodiversity Net Gain within a sensitive heritage setting.
Claire has also supported the delivery of planting plans for a large residential development in Stevenage, selecting species that reflect local landscape character while offering biodiversity benefits. Her coordinated tree‑planting and detailed tree pit designs support long‑term establishment.
As Assistant Landscape Clerk of Works for the award‑winning Avonmouth Severnside Enterprise Area (ASEA) Ecological Mitigation and Flood Defence scheme, Claire undertook site inspections across newly created habitats, including wetlands, native tree planting, and species‑rich meadows, helping to ensure the successful establishment of the works.
She also follows GLVIA3 guidance to produce LVIAs and associated figures for planning applications at various planning stages. Claire produced an LVIA for a proposed film studio development in South East England, which included an assessment of the level of effect for landscape and visual receptors within a sensitive landscape.
Using GIS, she has created ZTV mapping for a variety of development proposals, including for extensive areas of woodlands, vehicle use along proposed roads, and proposed tall buildings within inner-city locations.
The Avonmouth and Severnside Enterprise Area (ASEA) Ecology Mitigation and Flood Defence Project...
Oxford City Council has given planning consent for the redevelopment and refurbishment of the...
