3D Landscape Designs Manchester

3D Landscape Design3D Landscape Designs Manchester are intended to be a conceptual design and are a perfect visual representation of how your project will look upon completion. If you have a project in Manchester. A 3D landscape design will give you the opportunity to take a virtual walk around your project, before any work begins.

How Does It Work?

Our design consultants will arrange to meet you at your property. During this visit, measurements and photographs of the existing site will be taken to assit with your 3D Landscape Design. It is at this visit that we will begin to discuss the requirements and your ideas for the project. 

3D Landscape Designs – CAD Consultation

 

Circular Garden CAD

Our landscape designer will then begin designing and creating your landscape visualisation, based on your project requirements. Upon completion, you will be invited to attend a CAD consultation at our office. To view the design and begin your visual walk through.

Completion

Once you have signed off on you 3D landscape design. You will be issued with a digital pack in the form of a PDF. Consisting of multiple angles to encompass all design features.

Pro Hort Limited predominantly work with commercial clients, not only in the Manchester area but nationwide. If you would like any information on private landscape designs. We work with Blue Iris Landscapes for all private garden designs.

If you require any further information, regarding our 3D Landscape Designs in the Manchester, Derbyshire, Cheshire or Staffordshire areas. Contact us on 01782 479 479

 

Understanding Landscaping Plans & Planning Applications

What are landscaping plans?

Landscaping plans are a birds-eye view that provide you with a detailed, to scale representation of your intended development. Each plan tailored to your individual requiremeLandscaping Plansnts, depending on the size, intention and location of the project or development.

ProHort Limited will provide you with a clear representation of your existing site features and spatial qualities. Therefore, enabling you to precisely illustrate your design, including any sight lines, movement and circulation, in addition to tangible hard and soft landscaping features.

Why would you need one?

When completed the 2D plan can be used as an accurate reference for construction, building works or as a supporting document for planning applications.

As well as for property development, landscape plans are also used to assist in residential landscape development. If you are considering revamping your garden, a 2 or 3D plan will assist with planting schemes, tree surveys, landscape strategies, visualisations and impact assessments. In fact, these plans will provide a precise construct of your dream garden that any landscape gardener will be able to bring to life.

How do landscaping plans work?

Our dedicated team deliver pragmatic solutions that will add value to the potential development site. With 25 years plus of experience we can identify and recommend suitable solutions in order to ensure a smooth progression through the planning and development process.

For more information, speak to one of our specialist consultants today on 01782 479479.

Alternatively, you can see more horticultural services provided by Pro Hort Limited here.

Pro Hort Limited work throughout the United Kingdom, therefore whereever you are in the country we can help you! 

 

The Hidden Value of a Landscape Visual Impact Assessment

The Hidden Value of a Landscape Visual Impact Assessment

A Landscape Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) is a tool that you may not have considered while working towards your current planning application. Below are three key benefits of a Landscape Visual Impact Assessment:

Environmental

LVIA’s are synonymous with wind turbine and solar panel developments – they have often been used to display the placement of these developments, as a superior way of presenting the visual impact to the public. n addition an LVIA will show other environmental factors. Statistically, road developments are ‘the single most destructive element’ as they can potentially cause animals to lose access to water or nesting areas. If you were developing through a wooded or natural area, an LVIA would visually outline the possible impacts on wildlife, which may not appear on a standard traditional plan.

Social

When individuals are opposed to environmental upgrade developments, 50% object solely because of their attitudes towards the ‘perceived unity of the environment or the personal attitude towards the effects of wind turbines on landscape aesthetics.’ An LVIA uses landscape visualisation to show the exact changes that will affect the landscape near to a development. By having a visual representation, it is both easier for individuals to discuss their objections to a development, and, following on from that, for a compromise to be reached.

Economic

An LVIA has the advantage of giving you the chance to explore multiple options or consider multiple options for a development. Would, for example, your development look different with six homes instead of four? How would the spacing be affected? A detailed LVIA lets you explore these multiple options in a visually engaging way. 

LVIAs are essential to any development application, If you require any further information phone ProHort Limited  on 01782 4769 479.

 

Landscape Visual Impact Assessment

 

The Landscape Institute and Brexit.

The Landscape Institute believes that a no-deal Brexit could be disastrous for the landscape profession in UK and Europe. This would further exacerbate our current skills shortages.

 Landscape Institute and Brexit

Talent and recognition

Around 40% of employers in our sector are already suffering skills shortages. The impact on future talent is a major concern. 8% of our Landscape Institute members are citizens of EU countries, outside of the UK and the profession cannot afford to lose them.

One of our major concerns is that we may lose recognition of our professional qualification across Europe with a no-deal Brexit. This would hamper UK professionals’ ability to provide services to European markets.

Graduate retention

Restricted movement limits the number of international graduates who will be able to stay in the UK to meet skills shortages and add value to our country.

Long-term, graduate retention is also a major problem. 30% of students who joined UK-based landscape courses in 2018 were international, with 7% being from the EU. Therefore, restrictions on visas and free movement will limit the number of graduates who will be able to stay in the UK, meet skills shortages, and add value to our country.

Trade restrictions

Any restrictions on trade with Europe would make landscape practice much harder, as many of the materials landscape professionals use are sourced from the EU. For example, live plants or stone products from places like Italy.

Just like food, plants can’t afford to be held up in a lorry park in Kent, France or Belgium for days. It would take many years for British nurseries to grow similar trees, and for British quarries to be re-opened, in order to rebuild an adequate supply chain.

Any extra administrative burdens for the supply of landscape products into the UK will make them much less attractive to both public and private sector investors and developers.

Economic effects

If landscape professionals are forced out of work, the long-term effects could take decades to correct.

Less money in the economy means there will be less development, including housing. This is a current government priority and what development does happen will be cheaper, less well designed, and less green.

If landscape professionals are forced out of work by an economic downturn, the long-term effects on public health, air quality, flood risk, and climate change could take decades to correct.

To find out about how ProHort can help you, get in touch now.

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