Runshaw College
Stephenson Halliday has been commissioned by Runshaw College in Leyland to develop an outdoor social space for students within the sixth form college campus. The project will provide a multi purpose space for meeting and socialising which can also be used for informal outdoor music and drama. The site is defined by a narrow wooded valley and the existing college buildings and will use the attractive mature woodland framework as a backcloth to the social interaction within the space.
Labels: Commission, landscape design, Runshaw College
Time and Tide Project, Grange-over-Sands
The practice has been commissioned to provide landscape design and management services for the Time and Tide project in Grange over Sands, Cumbria. We will be working with John Coward Architects, Archaeo-Environment archaeologists, local project group 3Ps and South Lakeland District Council to prepare a Stage 1 Heritage Lottery Fund bid for the restoration of the Promenade, Ornamental Gardens and Park Road Gardens. These areas form the estuary frontage of this elegant seaside town and contribute to its distinctive character. Their restoration will play an important part in driving the regeneration of the town as an attractive leisure and holiday destination.
Labels: 3Ps, Commission, Grange over Sands, John Coward Architects, landscape design, restoration, restoration design, South Lakeland District Council, Stage 1 Heritage Lottery Fund, Time and Tide
Kirkby Thore Gypsum Plant, Appleby
Due to a significant increase in the amount of recycling carried out at the British Gypsum Plant at Kirkby Thore near Appleby, Stephenson Halliday have been commissioned to assist with planning and landscape services in connection with the surrender of their landfill license.
Labels: British Gypsum Plant, Commission, Kirkby Thore, landfill, recycling
Dusty Drum Wind Farm
The practice has been commissioned by A7 Energy to prepare a detailed landscape and visual assessment for the proposed wind farm at Dusty Drum comprising 3 No. turbines with an overall height of 110m to blade tip. The site is located in Angus District, to the west of Arbroath.
Labels: Commission, Dusty Drum, Windfarms
Brightenber Wind Farm
Stephenson Halliday have recently been commissioned to prepare an Environmental Statement for a proposed wind farm at Brightenber in Craven District.
Labels: Brightenber, Commission, Windfarms
Somervell Steps, Kendal
The practice has been commissioned by Kendal Civic Society and Kendal Town Council to design and implement a prominent town centre riverside public open space. Somervell Steps will form a small but important link in the sequence of parks and open green spaces along the River Kent and provide much needed disabled access to the riverside walk. Local dressed limestone will be used for steps and walls with swathes of bulbs and wild flower planting providing seasonal interest and colour. Work will be financed by the Somervell Trust, which has strong connections with the industrial history of Kendal’s K Shoes Factory.
Labels: Commission, Somervell Steps
Landfill Restoration Assessment Report
Regulations came into force last year to allow local authorities to charge for making visits to sites to monitor their progress and ensure compliance with conditions attached to planning permissions. As a means of examining their own compliance with planning conditions, Cumbria Waste Management engaged Stephenson Halliday to assess the restoration progress at the Distington, Flusco and Hespin Wood landfill sites. The report summarising this assessment was completed in June 2007.
Labels: Commission, Distington, Flusco, Hespin Wood, landfill
Work in progress
The practice has been engaged by EnergieKontor to prepare the Environmental Impact Assessment for their latest wind energy scheme in Fife. The project at Gathercauld involves the development of up to 13 wind turbines on land to the east of the village of Ceres. Stephenson Halliday are lead consultants providing detailed landscape and visual assessment, a planning statement and overall coordination of the preparation of the Environmental Statement.
Labels: Commission, Gathercauld, Windfarms
