Abbey Hotel Lodges

Landscape masterplan revision and detailed design to incorporate 26 holiday lodges into an existing hotel and golf course development. Aspirations included high quality amenity value and semi formal setting, whilst achieving ecological enhancement and blending development sympathetically into its surroundings. Proposals included SuDs, habitat creation, new planting, management of existing planting and infrastructure.

St Mary's Churchyard Moseley

Assisting Moseley Parish with their Heritage Lottery Fund application. Moore Environment were appointed to develop an access and interpretation scheme to improve the churchyard environment and transform it into an accessible green space for the benefit of the local community and visitors to Moseley. Substantial public consultation was carried out to gain input from all those with an interest in the churchyard.

A5117 Deeside Park Junctions Improvement

This highway scheme required a diverse range of environmental input throughout all aspects of planning, Environmental Impact Assessment and production of the Environmental Statement, Expert Witness at Public inquiry, detailed design, specification and contract management.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Moore Environment has a proven track record of successful delivery of EIA and managing the combined expertise of a well established network of leading independent specialist environmental consultants over a wide range of projects.

Lower Buckland Wind Turbine

A Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment to accompany a planning application for a single 300kw wind turbine in Herefordshire, one of the first commercial scale installations to be proposed in the County. The project has recently received planning approval.

A53 Hodnet Bypass

This flagship highway scheme for Shropshire Council incorporated a number of innovative techniques as part of the sustainable landscape and environmental design. The project required detailed design and specification, site supervision and management of both the local provenance growing contract and the landscape works contract.

Hafod Nursing Home, Birmingham

Landscape design (including feasibility study, sketch scheme proposals and construction detailing) as part of comprehensive improvements and extension to this residential nursing home in Sutton Coldfield. The design required complex detailing of this sloping site to achieve an inclusive landscape enabling maximum use of external spaces by residents.

Skills Academy, Birmingham

Part of a project intended as a showcase for sustainable development techniques, the project required a feasibility study, detailed design and specification, supervision of a diverse range of landscape works including green walls, atrium planting and general landscape.

Environmental Design

Environmental assessment and design is an iterative process. As designers, and co-ordinators of environmental assessments, Moore Environment has a clear understanding of how far sensitive design can protect or enhance the environment.

Biodiversity / Brown Roof to WMFRA HQ

This project required the design for a biodiversity roof at the new Regional Head Quarters of the West Midlands Fire & Rescue Authority (WMFRA) in Birmingham. The project included detailed design, specification and site supervision to assist the overall scheme in achieving an ‘Excellent’ BREEAM rating.

Printworks, Amelia Street, London

For this project, Moore Environment conducted a feasibility study for sustainable landscape design and produced the detailed design and specification for a diverse range of landscape works including green walls, green roofs, atrium planting and hard and soft landscape works.

Inland Waterway Marinas

Examples of proposed marina developments, for which Moore Environment carried out Screening, Scoping, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and input to master planning. Moore Environment also carried out the Landscape & Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) for the EIA.

M1 Junction 19 Improvement

Works for this project included Comparative Environmental Assessment of potential route options, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and preparation of the Environmental Statement (ES). The team is currently in preparation for the Public Inquiry for this major junction improvement scheme.

Lime Street Station, Liverpool

This project involved working with Glenn Howells Architects to produce complex detailed design and specification of predominantly hard landscape and terraced areas forming this key area of public realm. Detailing included the use of 3D modelling to inform extensive dimensioning of bespoke granite step blocks.

Photomontages

This project involved the production of a series of photomontage images to illustrate proposed improvements and environmental mitigation, including landscape design, to Junction 19 of the M1. They illustrate the existing view, proposals in the opening year and after 15 years of establishment, and were included as part of the ES and public consultation exhibitions.

Wetlands

Important ecosystems as habitat for a diverse rang of flora and fauna as well as providing flood control and adapting to climate change. Moore Environment has extensive experience of wetland design as part of sustainable drainage solutions (SuDS) or as part of habitat creation.

A66 Long Newton

Including production of detailed landscape design and specification for a Design & Build contract for highway works, the project also included environmental co-ordination of mitigation during construction and supervision of landscape works.

Habitat Creation

A range of projects where Moore Environment has been given the opportunity to conserve, restore and create various habitats and encourage ecological biodiversity. Including SuDS, wildflower meadows on low nutrient substrate, green and brown roofs, green walls etc.

Great Barr Park & Nether Hall Housing

This project included preparation of Detailed Landscape Proposals and a Landscape & Ecological Management Plan to this historic parkland, assisting Bovis Homes to achieve planning consent to construct 465 homes as the Nether Hall Park housing estate.

Shrewsbury North west Relief Road

This project included Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of potential route options, public consultation and exhibitions, environmental master planning and production of Employer’s Requirements for an Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) contract to this local authority highway scheme.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Environmental Design & Management

Landscape Architecture

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