Practice Overview Brochure by Alan Pritchard

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A PRACTICE WITH A GREAT HERITAGE AND HISTORY...

iz Lake Associates was formed

office in Portishead, near Bristol. We’ve

over 30 years ago to provide

now moved to offices located in central

landscape architectural

Bristol, to service our clients in the

services across London, the

southwest and South Wales.

Home Counties and East Anglia, we have a Summer of 2016 saw us open our third

broad base of expertise for projects in both

office in the heart of Nottingham as we

the private and public sectors working for

extend our working area further into the

local authorities, landowners, contractors,

Midlands and central England.

architects and other organisations.

Our staffs extensive and varied

A major factor to our success has been

experience enables us to offer a wide

the number of repeat clients who keep

range of services, including Landscape

coming back. We are proud that we still

Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape

work for companies that came to us in the

and Urban Planning.

1980s. As they have grown, so have we, undertaking over 2000 projects in the last

We have always grown steadily and

30 years. We are a well-known, established

organically in response to our client’s

practice with a strong network in the East

needs. Looking to the future we look

Anglian region, the south west and the

forward to a continuing relationship with

Midlands, with connections to a wide

our existing clients and the opportunity to

range of clients, other consultants and

build creative alliances with new clients.

local authorities. We are proud to showcase our key skills Our main office is in Stansted, and the

and areas of expertise within this brochure

company currently employs over 25 staff

with some of our biggest and most

across 3 offices. In 2013 we opened an

successful projects to date 

OUR PRACTICE IS SMALL ENOUGH TO OFFER INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION FROM HIGHLY EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS, AND LARGE ENOUGH TO OFFER A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SKILLS FOR THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLEX SCHEMES

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Our Core Services RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL

HERITAGE LANDSCAPES

Liz Lake Associates have extensive experience in helping large organisations (including many blue-chip companies) to define their land-use requirements for existing and future retail and commercial developments. Whether it is refreshing an existing site, integrating new development or starting from scratch, we enjoy understanding and unravelling our clients' methods of working & complex processes. Our objective is to use innovative landscape design to provide practical solutions that meet clients' goals and reflect their individual corporate values in retail and commercial settings ď °

Liz Lake Associates has vast experience of integrating new development in historic parks such as Bentley Priory, Danbury Palace, St Osyth Priory. From historic gardens to historic landscapes, projects require archival research and a thorough assessment of existing features that remain on the ground. We provide an evaluation of the significance of the heritage assets and strategies for prioritising the clearance of inappropriate features. Our experience of effective heritage landscape design also includes the rebuilding of structures, new planting and the appropriate management of historic landscape ď °

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LEISURE DEVELOPMENT

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS

With the continuous demand for new housing, Liz Lake Associates' specialist residential landscape design team works with a variety of house builders to enhance the quality and desirability of schemes in East Anglia, London the Midlands and the South West of England. We know from experience that property values are significantly enhanced by providing high-quality landscape design. We have a rapidly growing portfolio of residential development work from individual private developers through to well-known national house builders. In recent years, we've won numerous awards for our pocket parks within residential schemes ď °

As chartered landscape architects, we often work with large multi-disciplinary design teams composed of architects, planners, quantity surveyors and engineers in our leisure projects. The schemes can involve numerous important areas of public open space, major proposals for new and improved hotel and conference facilities and existing and new golf courses in London, the East of England, the South West and the Midlands. We also act as project manager for less complex proposals ď °

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Our Core Services (con't) LANDSCAPE PLANNING

RESTORATION & CONVERSION

At Liz Lake Associates, we have worked on many landscape planning projects as a result of our significant experience in this field and our reputation for paying tremendous attention to detail. Most projects undertaken by Liz Lake Associates involve producing proposals to submit to local planning authorities in London, Essex, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and beyond. These range from producing reports for local authorities to inform local planning policy and appearing as expert witnesses at public inquiry, through to compiling comprehensive documents to support small or large and complex planning applications. Such experience proves invaluable in helping our diverse range of clients to achieve their various landscape planning goals ď °

Current government guidelines actively encourage, where possible and appropriate, the re-use of existing buildings to help achieve new housing targets. These properties are often key buildings within the local urban fabric and contribute to the area's history. LLA has worked with a number of far-sighted developers to achieve highquality and sensitive landscape settings for restoration and conversion projects.The key to our success is not only in understanding the historic importance of properties like these, but also in interpreting the developer's vision for their potential clients. Drawing on our experience, we have been able to balance relevant historic landscape details with high-quality, easily maintainable contemporary planting design to produce sensitive and stunning landscape settings for important properties starting a new chapter in their history ď °

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MIXED USE

PRIVATE GARDENS & ESTATES

LLA regularly provides bespoke services for private clients. We play a crucial role in the often complex process of improving private property, helping with planning permission and providing expert advice on issues such as Tree Preservation Orders, Conservation Areas, topography and the character of surrounding landscapes. Working closely with architects, engineers and specialist contractors, we can provide a highly specialised service that, if required, can go far beyond general garden design. Our knowledge and expertise has helped to realise the visions our clients have for their properties and has delivered bespoke, creative and highquality landscapes that have exceeded expectations ď °

Mixed-use development is a type of urban development that blends residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or industrial uses, where those functions are physically and functionally integrated, and that provides pedestrian connections ď °

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PRACTICE OVERVIEW // RETAIL & COMMERCIAL

ARM HEADQUARTERS CAMBRIDGE

iz Lake Associates were

element of urban fabric that integrates,

appointed by Commercial

in a contemporary way with the existing

Estates Group and LaSalle

Peterhouse Technology Park, while

Investment Management to

complementing and enhancing the built

provide landscape design services for the

forms of the new office accommodation

proposed extension of the Peterhouse

and car park structures. The proposed

Technology Park, Cambridge. The

scheme prioritizes pedestrian access

proposed development will provide

throughout the development. It is the

new headquarters for ARM Holdings

objective of the public realm proposals

accommodating an additional 2,500

to create a sense of place, incorporating

employees.

clear visual connections and way finding, places to pause coordinated with vehicular

The landscape design brief required the

parking and service access.

consideration of the existing business park landscape composition and the

Expansion into the green belt by the £15

establishment of a high quality landscape

billion microprocessor firm was approved

setting for the new office accommodation.

by the city council in September 2015. This

The landscape design should respond

will allow the firm to double the number of

to the site location on the edge of the

staff based at its offices on the Peterhouse

Cambridge Green Belt.

Technology Park to around 2,500 and keep its global headquarters in Cambridge,

The landscape design seeks to create a

boosting the local economy 

high quality distinctive scheme and a new

THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN INCLUDES A SERIES OF INTERRELATED ELEMENTS CENTRED ABOUT THE LINEAR ACCESS SPINE AND THE NORTH-SOUTH LINKS BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS TO THE RURAL HINTERLAND ON THE EDGE OF CAMBRIDGE

THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN SEEKS TO CREATE A HIGH QUALITY DISTINCTIVE SCHEME

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HACKNEY WICK CREATIVITY & CHANGE Words and images by Sam Elstub

ondon is a city undergoing

contemporary Hackney Wick has now

constant change, in many cases a

become synonymous with creative

push for housing being the

industries.

catalyst. Certain areas have seen

this more markedly than others, one being

‘Live-work’ spaces have formed the

Hackney Wick, situated on the border of

backbone of the creative culture around the

Hackney and Tower Hamlets boroughs.

area, many of which have sprung up from

Once known for its petroleum, plastics, dye

the repurposing of old factory buildings

and confectionery industries during the

into habitable living arrangements/studios.

19th and early 20th centuries,

This has allowed individuals to be

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surrounded by like-minded people and in turn create hotspots for particular creative professions. However, the area is currently subject to another wave of change, a type of change that is threatening creative industries and independent businessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; alike. It comes in the form of property developers who have identified the area of potential. Undeniably, Hackney Wick has become more desirable to live in since the advent of the 2012 Olympics and the expansion of Stratford City/ Westfield shopping centre developments, both located in neighbouring areas. As a result rent prices for live-work spaces and business

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will be used as umbrella rule, the responsibility also comes down to appointed design consultants to strive to achieve a considered end result in new development. Recently Liz Lake Associates has had the opportunity to take these design intentions forward into residential space within Hackney Wick. The project on White Post Lane, with HWO Architects, has looked to retain spaces for existing users of the area. These spaces come in the form of ‘yard’ typologies which are heavily identified within Hackney Wick. Intended as flexible shared space, yards provide adequate room for the activities of creative industries. The >>

premises has increased, already driving

narrow and intimate nature of these spaces

those out who cannot soak up the cost.

lend themselves to human scale interaction, rendering them perfect for

There is no easy option to alleviate the

meetings/exhibitions and collaboration

pressures that Hackney Wick is facing, but

between people using them 

rather than try to block change altogether, a sensitive approach should be adopted. This must come in way that puts a focus on the existing uses of the area. The Olympic Legacy plan has included Hackney Wick as an identified area, which is active in an appropriate transformation of space and connectivity to the area. Where planning frameworks such as this

Sam Elstub is a Graduate Landscape Architect at Liz Lake Associates

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PRACTICE OVERVIEW // MIXED USE

HEYFORD PARK VILLAGE UPPER HEYFORD

he Upper Heyford airfield was

modern community living, working

first used in 1916 by the Royal

on multiple phases of the residential

Flying Corps and from 1918

masterplan designing high quality

was a RAF airfield. After the

landscape schemes with incorporate

war, in 1950, the United States Air Force

both the plot landscape and the green

moved into the airfield and control passed

infrastructure.

to them in 1951. Currently we are working on the first Due to the significant Cold War status,

phase of the Village Centre the main

and its role in the Mutually Assured

community hub of the scheme which

Destruction Doctrine, there are a number

compromises of market square, a hotel

of buildings and facilities that have been

and a restaurant, all of which back onto

awarded differing levels of protection.

the schemes village green.

With its open spaces and rolling country

Residential living at Heyford Park is

views, spacious homes and family-

available now and Heyford Park will

friendly facilities, Heyford Park provides

continue to grow beyond the presently

residents with all the benefits they would

committed development. The approved

expect from modern country life.

Local Plan sees the settlement growing to 2600 houses by the 2030’s 

We have been working alongside Dorchester Living since 2014 to create

LLA CREATED THE RESIDENTIAL MASTERPLAN INCORPORATING HIGH QUALITY LANDSCAPE SCHEMES FOR BOTH THE PLOT LANDSCAPE AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ALONGSIDE THE LANDSCAPE TO THE VILLAGE CENTRE

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WORKING ON MULTIPLE PHASES OF THE RESIDENTIAL MASTERPLAN DESIGNING HIGH QUALITY LANDSCAPE SCHEMES WITH INCORPORATE BOTH THE PLOT LANDSCAPE AND THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE 20

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CAXTON WORKS CANNING TOWN, LONDON

iz Lake Associates are working

urban play equipment. The smaller roof

in Partnership with Tooley

terraces specific to the individual towers

Foster Partnership for Galliard

utilise a lightweight approach and almost

homes on this exciting

post industrial reclamation feel which

development, delivering the innovative

encourages multi-species rich habitat

new 2.2 acre (0.89 hectare) mixed-use

and boardwalk access. At street level

project. The development comprising 336

and central to the development focuses

exclusive apartments and penthouses,

on the pedestrianisation of the existing

central to London’s most prolific

Hoy Street reflecting high quality paving

regeneration master plan – The Royal

palatte, insitu street furniture giving a

Docks. Royal Gateway will comprise five

thriving market style surrounded by 13

apartment blocks and private landscaped

commercial units, creating a vibrant new

areas including podium landscaped

‘cosmopolitan market’ atmosphere for the

gardens and terraces.

entire community. The pedestrianized street of creative, local retail and artisan

Liz Lake Associates was briefed with the

space which give the new residential

realisation of a previous concept scheme

community structure, focus and vitality .

for the landscape, problem solving and designing an amphitheatre over

The vision is for the surrounding

two stories in the podium deck. Each

streetscape to become a vibrant market-

block has its own podium consisting of

style pedestrian space with a mix of studio

mixed age multi use play, specified to

workshops, authentic local retail outlets,

compliment the bold modern architecture

cafés and al fresco eateries that will

and industrial heritage of the local area.

create a vibrant atmosphere for the new

This is reflected by the use of corten

community 

steel and ‘industrial’ style furniture with

A VIBRANT ATMOSPHERE WILL BE CREATED FOR THIS NEW COMMUNITY WITH A MIX OF RETAIL OUTLETS AND EXCLUSIVE APARTMENTS WITH BESPOKE ROOF PODIUM DECKS

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LIZ LAKE ASSOCIATES WAS BRIEFED WITH THE REALISATION OF A PREVIOUS CONCEPT SCHEME FOR THE LANDSCAPE, PROBLEM SOLVING AND DESIGNING AN AMPHITHEATRE OVER TWO STORIES IN THE PODIUM DECK 24

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SUNDRIDGE PARK BROMLEY, KENT

undridge Park Manor is one

for landscape restoration through enabling

of the UK’s most elegant

development. This proposal would enable

hotels. Currently owned by the

the development of apartments within the

Cathedral Group (who acquired

Manor House with associated parking and

the hotel in 2005), the stunning grade

landscape improvements to the building’s

I listed Manor House is one of the few

gardens and terraces. Working closely

country houses jointly designed by John

with Debois Landscape Survey Group,

Nash and Humphrey Repton. The house

Adam Architects and NTR Planning, Liz

and surrounding landscape is an example

Lake Associates prepared a Landscape

of one of the key design issues which Nash

Report on the history of the site, a Trees

and Repton tackled whilst in partnership –

and Woodland Management Plan and put

this was the relation of the house to a valley

together a series of drawings for discussion

in which it was to sit. Whilst the extent

with the Local Planning Authority &

of Repton’s park, woodland and pleasure

English Heritage.

ground design remains today, ownership is split with fragmented more intrusive

Through negotiations with English

land uses that have diluted and eroded the

Heritage and the Local Planning Authority,

historic character of the landscape.

Liz Lake Associates helped acquire planning permission for the building and

Liz Lake Associates was approached by the

landscape proposals and are currently

Cathedral Group to assess the opportunities

taking the scheme forward with the client 

SUNDRIDGE PARK MANOR WAS ONE OF THE REGION'S MOST ELEGANT HOTELS

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LLA HELPED ACQUIRE PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THE BUILDING AND LANDSCAPE PROPOSALS

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STANMORE PLACE HARROW, LONDON

ocated in the London Borough

included a mixture of native species along

of Harrow, Stanmore Place is an

the boundaries with selectively chosen

award winning, contemporary

ornamental species within residential

mixed use scheme set within a high

areas such as around the village squares.

quality landscape setting. The site is located in a prime position close to

The overall development has been based

Canons Park Station and encapsulates

on a strategy to retain the majority of the

a series of plazas incorporating formal

mature trees and include enhancement

water features each uniquely designed to

where possible by introducing a variety

sit within the immediate context. Liz Lake

of trees canopies. Hard landscape

formed an integral part of the planning

designs were developed to budget and

and design team, enabling condition

Incorporate free draining (permeable)

discharge whilst taking concept sketches

hard surfacing where possible to reduce

through to construction.

surface water run-off. Working closely with the engineers and architects surface

The landscape masterplan is based upon

water attenuation features within the

a series of permeable, planted boulevards

green open spaces were developed to hold

and squares, giving a distinct sense of

water and reduce flash flooding during

place and heirarchy. To enhance the

periods of high rainfall. The final phases of

scheme a series of semi-mature trees

the development are due to be completed

and hedges were carefully selected and

during Spring 2017 ď °

AN AWARD WINNING MIXED USE SCHEME ENCAPSULATING BESPOKE WATER FEATURES

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Ã FRONT PLOTS TO THE GROUND FLOOR

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BOUNDARY ROAD BODMIN, CORNWALL

ainhomes is recognised

to create an informed and contextual

as one of the UK’s leading

appropriate masterplan. The intention was

house builders, this strategic

to create a development with a distinct

green-field site within Cornwall had a

sense of place and a legible high quality

number of challenging site issues not least

environment which would sit well within

the steep aspect of the site and relatively

the local semi-rural context. Strategic tree

constrained position adjacent to primary

planting with species of local provenance

road and ancient hedgerows. The site is

was design at the outset of the scheme to

to be developed into 235 new homes with

ensure services would not affect future

some retail provision, a new high quality

growth potential, working closely with the

entrance square and a series of linked

client and design team including service

open spaces incorporating bespoke play

engineers, Liz Lake Associates developed

facilities.

a scheme which had high quality public realm as well as year round interest.

The planning process required an overall design code to help inform the overall

Phase 1 of the scheme is finished, with

masterplan, this design code highlighted

the remaining final phase currently under

the need for a series of linked ‘character

development 

zones’ and development parcels needed

MASTERPLAN AND DESIGN CODE FOR A DISTINCTIVE NEW DEVELOPMENT IN CORNWALL

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RAF BENTLEY PRIORY STANMORE, LONDON

iz Lake Associates was part of

responsible for the preparation of a

a comprehensive design team

Landscape Conservation Management

including ADAM Architects,

Plan and all landscape-related documents

GVA Grimley and Halcrow

and plans for submission to the Local

Yolles to achieve a successful planning

Planning Authority.

consent for major redevelopment of the Following extensive consultations, the

historic RAF site.

planning committee of the London As Bentley Priory is part of a major

Borough of Harrow approved the

picturesque landscape with a Victorian-

application prepared by Liz Lake

era Italian garden, we played a key

Associates and the rest of the design team.

role in locating new buildings and infrastructure on this landscape-led

All landscape works have now been

project. Proposals for the restoration and

implemented and residential units are

long-term management of the historic

open for viewing and purchase. Bentley

landscape were prepared as a setting for

Priory has won numerous Awards, and

the proposed residential development

most recently was voted ‘Developer Award’

and the new use of the listed mansion

by the Urban Design Group 

as a museum. Liz Lake Associates was

ONE OF THE MOST STUNNING SITES IN LONDON IS OPENED UP FOR PUBLIC USE

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Ã STAIN GLASS WINDOW TO THE MUSEUM

Ã LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN OF THE DEVELOPMENT

LLA WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREPARATION OF A LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT PLAN AND ALL LANDSCAPE-RELATED DOCUMENTS AND PLANS FOR SUBMISSION 41

PRACTICE OVERVIEW // LANDSCAPE PLANNING

THAXTED CHARACTER THAXTED

iz Lake Associates was

and key views into the village from the

appointed by Thaxted

surrounding countryside were identified,

Parish Council to undertake

in order to evaluate the sensitivity and

a Landscape Character

capacity of the landscape, parcel by

Assessment (LCA) of the expansive rural

parcel, to accommodate future residential

landscape surrounding the historic town

development.

of Thaxted. With its strongly undeveloped character, considerable time-depth

The results of this assessment form

and far-reaching panoramic views, the

part Thaxted Parish Council’s evidence

landscape contributes strongly towards

base for compiling its Neighbourhood

- and forms an intrinsic part of - the

Development Plan. The study will assist

character, visual amenity and historic

the Parish Council in making informed

significance of Thaxted. The landscape is

decisions as to whether future residential

also valuable in its own right.

developments can be appropriately absorbed into the landscape surrounding

A combination of desktop study, fieldwork

Thaxted, and, if so, where, at what scale

and stakeholder consultation was used to

and with what associated mitigation

identify parcels of land within the study

measures, to ensure that no unacceptable

area with common characteristics. A range

effects on the landscape result and that its

of landscape character and visual amenity

special qualities are maintained and, where

criteria were identified and assessed,

possible, enhanced 

THE RESULTS OF THIS ASSESSMENT FORM PART THAXTED PARISH COUNCIL’S EVIDENCE BASE FOR COMPILING ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN

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THE STUDY WILL ASSIST THE PARISH COUNCIL IN MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS AS TO WHETHER FUTURE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS CAN BE APPROPRIATELY ABSORBED 44

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MARCONI SITE CHELMSFORD, ESSEX

ellway Homes (Essex) is

route delivers a key design objective in

building an exciting new

improving permeability in this part of

mixed-use quarter in the heart

the City Centre. A key element of the

of Chelmsford City Centre. A design-

Landscape Strategy has been to ensure

led scheme for 437 new apartments

that the new link is clearly legible; the

and houses as well as a range of flexible

design solution has been to delineate the

commercial uses are proposed on the

route with curvilinear lines of blue block

derelict Marconi Site which was the

paving with changes in direction at key

world’s first purpose built radio factory

movement nodes defined by radiating

and site of the first transatlantic radio

splashes of blue block paving.

transmission. A new urban garden featuring Italian A broad framework for the public realm

Cypress will form the principal communal

was defined by Chelmsford City Council

amenity space in the heart of the

and RMA Architects. Liz Lake Associates’

development. A dynamic triangular

role was to design a vibrant, legible and

shaped piazza will provide a commercial

inclusive public realm creating a series of

focus for the scheme in the south

distinct spaces each with its own function

western part of the site and feature active

and character.

commercial frontages and opportunities for tables and chairs to spill out onto the

The proposed scheme will provide a new

south facing side of the piazza.

direct pedestrian and cycle route through the site linking the train station in the

The planning committee unanimously

south west with Anglia Ruskin University

approved the proposals and the project has

and New Street to the north east. This

progressed to implementation on site 

AN EXCITING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT REFLECTING THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SITE

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Ã TREE LINED AVENUE LEADING TO THE RETAIL AREA

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GRANGE FARM CENTRE GRANGE FARM, ESSEX

s a result of a new residential

great crested newts, and to encourage the

development, the Grange Farm

development of species-rich grassland.

Centre Trust invited Liz Lake

Associated with two sports pitches is a new

Associates to help negotiate

community building designed for the Trust

a Section 106 agreement to enhance an

by the Tooley Foster Partnership which

adjacent 12 hectares of public open space in

includes changing facilities, a community

their ownership. As development started on

hall and a workshop for Essex Wildlife Trust.

site, a condition of the Section 106 was that the landscape works would be implemented

The developer’s team provided just the

and the Trust asked us to monitor work on

right touch for this project, which has

site on their behalf.

a strong conservation bias. Following a ‘growing in’ stage the public now enjoys

Our role was to advise on the wording

access to informal meadows where the

and content of the Section 106 prepared

management policy will benefit local

by Epping Forest District Council and

nature conservation and provide a valuable

Essex Wildlife Trust and to help the Trust

resource for the local community. The

secure the most appropriate solution

football club, Colebrook Royals, uses the

for a new informal public open space. A

Pavilion and playing fields as its base and

programme of initial works and a long-

the Essex Wildlife Trust has established

term management plan were prepared.

new opportunities across the site. The

We monitored the site for two years,

Pavilion is being used for private and

overseeing vegetation management,

community functions becoming a valuable

scrub clearance, grassland establishment,

hub for the community. The playing fields

planting and the construction of an all-

and meadows will also form a ‘green’ link

weather path. In the nature conservation

that connects to Roding Valley Meadows

areas, particular objectives have been to

Nature Reserve north of the M11 and the

increase the area of habitat suitable for

Three Forests Way 

LLA HELPED NEGOTIATE A SECTION 106 AGREEMENT TO ENHANCE AN ADJACENT 12 HECTARES OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACE IN THEIR OWNERSHIP

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THE PUBLIC ENJOYS ACCESS TO INFORMAL MEADOWS WHERE THE MANAGEMENT POLICY WILL BENEFIT LOCAL NATURE CONSERVATION AND PROVIDE A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH MILL HILL, LONDON

iz Lake Associates are working in

of scale and place that varies in different

partnership with Barratt London

areas of the site through well-designed

on the redevelopment of the

planting appropriate to the locality

National Institute for Medical Research

and promote opportunities for habitat

to deliver 462 new homes and 1951 sqm

enhancement and connectivity with the

of commercial space for small businesses

local context. The landscape proposal

and cafe. The site, located on the Ridgeway

incorporates clear visual connections and

compromises of a steep landscape

way finding between spaces -as well as

overlooking the Totteridge Valley to the

places to sojourn for daily use and social

north with some of the apartments having

gatherings.

view across to Londonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skyline. As well as the built form, the development consists

The threshold between rural and

of open grasslands and woodlands

semi-urban landscape is softened and

that are retained and opened for public

has increased access throughout the

access. The steep topography offers

development to outdoor recreation areas

unique opportunities to create cascading

that incorporates a Trim Trail with a

landscapes and podium gardens with

strategic network of interlinking play

views across the valley.

spaces; sports fields and natural habitat to explore ď °

Liz Lake Associates worked alongside a multidisciplinary team to create a sense

THE STEEP TOPOGRAPHY OFFERS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE CASCADING LANDSCAPES AND PODIUM GARDENS WITH VIEWS ACROSS THE VALLEY

THE LANDSCAPE PROPOSAL INCORPORATES CLEAR VISUAL CONNECTIONS AND WAY FINDING BETWEEN SPACES

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WOODLAND CLUSTER APPARTMENTS

à THE MAIN PLAZA AND ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING

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à VISUALISATION OF

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ST ANNES QUARTER NORWICH

t Anne's Quarter is a major

was once occupied by a Friary, following

redevelopment project located

this in the 1700â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a Georgian formal

in a prominent location in

pleasure garden formed part of the gardens

the centre of Norwich on the

to Howard House which is to be restored.

banks of the River Wensum. Liz Lake

More recently in Victorian times the site

Associates were appointed to develop

encompassed a brewery and timber yard.

design proposals in order to ensure that an This integrated design approach will create

integrated and visually appealing public

a series of high quality interconnected

realm is created, befitting this strategic and

pedestrian spaces which link with a new

historically significant site.

riverside plaza, making a significant A hierarchical planting and hard landscape

contribution to the enhancement of the

strategy was developed which references

River Wensum and beyond ď °

the historical context of the site, the site

A STRATEGIC MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT SET ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER WENSUM ENCAPSULATING THE RICH CULTURAL HISTORY OF NORWICH CITY CENTRE

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Ã COURTYARD AREA VISUALISATION

INTEGRATED DESIGN APPROACH WILL CREATE A SERIES OF HIGH QUALITY INTERCONNECTED PEDESTRIAN SPACES

PRACTICE OVERVIEW // PUBLIC REALM

Ã VISUALISATION OF THE PLAZA AT NIGHT

PRACTICE OVERVIEW // RETAIL & COMMERCIAL

TOLLGATE RETAIL PARK STANWAY, ESSEX

iz Lake Associated were appointed

pedestrian routes and spaces. This vibrant

to design the Landscape

and distinctive retail experience would

Masterplan for the new Tollgate

provide a new public realm of unique

development in Colchester. The proposal

character and function.

includes a mix of units sizes, allocated for retails and recreational activities,

The aim of the landscape design was to

and car parking facilities set within a

create a distinctive scheme and a new

landscape framework of treed streets and

element of urban fabric that integrated,

green pedestrian paths. For the complete

in a contemporary way with the new

planning application, a Landscape

development and with the existing

and Visual Landscape Assessment was

context, complementing and enhancing

prepared and submitted.

the built forms of the master plan proposals. A public realm that would be of

The Tollgate development proposed a

significant value to Colchester, encourage

new urban fabric, a leisure and retail-led

a sense of place and become a retail

exterior environment traversed with new

destination in its own right ď °

A PUBLIC REALM THAT WOULD BE OF SIGNIFICANT VALUE TO COLCHESTER, ENCOURAGE A SENSE OF PLACE AND BECOME A RETAIL DESTINATION IN ITS OWN RIGHT

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THE AIM OF THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN WAS TO CREATE A DISTINCTIVE SCHEME AND A NEW ELEMENT OF URBAN FABRIC THAT INTEGRATED, IN A CONTEMPORARY WAY WITH THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND WITH THE EXISTING CONTEXT

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TRUMPINGTON MEADOWS TRUMPINGTON, CAMBRIDGE

iz Lake Associates was

The public space and individual plot

commissioned to prepare the

landscapes include a combination of native

detailed landscape plans for

plants and semi-native species, many of

the Trumpington Meadows

which are bee-friendly, with hedgerows

residential development of 350 houses

and large trees (oak, lime) and smaller

on the southern outskirts of Cambridge.

flowering trees such as wild cherry, Callery

The proposals include a diverse mix of

pear var. and rowan adding to the village

housing types and range of community

character. Further to planning approval

facilities set within a village framework

of the detailed planting scheme, Liz Lake

of public open space, green corridors

Associates have continued to oversee the

and streets, with community parks and

landscape implementation within the

sustainable urban drainage features.

construction phase of the development.

A strong landscape framework was

The majority of the residential

established within the overarching

properties have now been completed

development vision and objectives

and the landscape framework is being

identified within the existing Design

implemented concurrently. The scheme,

Code. The village quarter character area

as it matures, will establish a rich and

was further defined with distinctive

diverse setting within which this new

tree and shrub planting palettes

community can live, work and play ď °

focused about community open space areas, streetscape, local play areas and individual plot landscape.

A STRONG LANDSCAPE FRAMEWORK WAS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE OVERARCHING DEVELOPMENT VISION AND OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE EXISTING DESIGN CODE

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AS IT MATURES, THE SCHEME WILL ESTABLISH A RICH AND DIVERSE SETTING WITHIN WHICH THIS NEW COMMUNITY CAN LIVE, WORK AND PLAY

à LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN MESHED INTO THE URBAN CONTEXT

à PUBLIC OPEN SPACE FEATURING NATURAL PLAY

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MADINGLEY ROAD CAMBRIDGE

iz Lake Associates was asked

The Landscape Strategy plan took

to produce a Landscape Visual

into account comments from a team

Appraisal and Landscape Strategy

of consultants and council officers.

Plan for the development of two buildings

Visualisations were produced to

to house 16 residential units adjacent to a

demonstrate how the suggested

conservation area within the urban setting

mitigation would be applied in order to

of west Cambridge.

minimise the impact of the development on the public space.

The LVA included a desk top study and site visits to determine the Site’s context and

Our work was submitted to support the

it’s relation to the proposed development.

planning application for the development.

This involved reviewing the Local Plan

A decision on the application is pending 

and key character areas at various scales with a particular focus on the adjacent conservation area.

VISUALISATIONS WERE PRODUCED TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THE SUGGESTED MITIGATION WOULD BE APPLIED IN ORDER TO MINIMISE THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE PUBLIC SPACE

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Ã GLIMPSED VIEW OF PROPOSED BUILDING - CGI RENDERED VIEW

A LANDSCAPE VISUAL APPRAISAL AND LANDSCAPE STRATEGY PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO BUILDINGS TO HOUSE 16 RESIDENTIAL UNITS 72

Ã SKETCH DESIGN PROPOSALS

PRACTICE OVERVIEW // RETAIL & COMMERCIAL

LINCOLN SCIENCE AND INNOVATION PARK LINCOLN

orking closely with the

Boole Technology Centre and was

Lincoln Science and

completed in spring 2017.

Innovation Park Ltd Liz Lake Associates

Phase two will compliment what already

produced a masterplan for phase 2 of

exists while bringing in larger firms

this new science and innovation quarter

with a focus on agricultural - advanced

within the city of Lincoln. This has been

engineering and digital technologies. It

submitted to the City of Lincoln Council for

comprises a range of buildings arranged

outline planning permission.

around a series of communal spaces which are designed to encourage

Lincoln Science and Innovation Park (LSIP)

spontaneous collaboration and the

is a partnership between Lincolnshire

serendipitous sharing of ideas. A wide,

Co-op and the University of Lincoln and

tree lined pedestrian boulevard provides

was established in 2012. It is tasked with

a strong connection between phase 2

reinvigorating this site as an engine of

and phase 1. Sustainable surface water

industry driven by science, technology

drainage has been integrated into the

and innovation and has already seen the

scheme so that it provides an attractive,

creation of academic research laboratories,

habitat rich feature as well as providing its

and other smaller high-tech businesses.

drainage function. Groves of trees, native hedgerows, green roofs and nectar rich

Phase 1 comprises the Think Tank,

planting enhance biodiversity and connect

Joseph Banks Laboratory and the

into the green infrastructure of the city ď °

PHASE TWO COMPRISES A RANGE OF BUILDINGS ARRANGED AROUND A SERIES OF COMMUNAL SPACES WHICH ARE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE SPONTANEOUS COLLABORATION

PRACTICE OVERVIEW // RETAIL & COMMERCIAL

A WIDE, TREE LINED PEDESTRIAN BOULEVARD PROVIDES A STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN PHASE 2 AND PHASE 1 76

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à PARK CAPACITY PLAN

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TRENT BASIN NOTTINGHAM

Liz Lake Associates are working with

focus of far reaching redevelopment

Blueprint Regeneration, Urban Designer

proposals. The project will provide a mix

URBED and Architect Marsh Grochowski

of contemporary, high quality, low energy

to prepare landscape and public realm

homes forming a new kind of sustainable

proposals for this major waterside

neighbourhood. There will be tall elegant

renaissance scheme.

houses fronting well designed streets and attractive green spaces forming a

The project is located within Nottingham

distinct identity and a strong sense of

Waterside, an area widely acknowledged

place reinforced by open views over the

as one of Nottingham’s greatest but least

River Trent. The heritage of the site will be

developed assets. Stretching from Trent

expressed in the design of the architecture

Bridge to Colwick Park and bounded by

and public realm to further create a great

the river Trent, the area is currently the

place with a strong character 

WIDELY ACKNOWLEDGED AS ONE OF NOTTINGHAM’S GREATEST BUT LEAST DEVELOPED ASSETS

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THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A MIX OF CONTEMPORARY, HIGH QUALITY, LOW ENERGY HOMES FORMING A NEW KIND OF SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBOURHOOD 80

à PROPOSAL VISUALISATION

à ELEVATION PROPOSAL

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TRINITY HOUSE CAMBRIDGE

he project involved the creation

Working with the architects DPA, the site

of a landscape strategy for a

required careful attention based upon

large, existing house alongside

existing vegetation to the entrance and

two further proposed houses. The site

around the sites perimeter. The majority

incorporated a long entrance driveway

of this vegetation was incorporated into

flanked by mature trees, with an extensive

the proposals, with additional landscaping

rear garden connecting the house to the

positioned to avoid significant impact.

wider landscape. To the front and backs of Trinity House Trinity House itself has an interesting

topiary and ornamental planting was

cultural history. The house was the set for

proposed alongside a large rear patio,

an early Pink Floyd gig entitled ‘The Tea

creating a social space to provide

Set’ in October 1965. In 1969 the house was

connectivity into the extensive lawns. The

also used on the front cover of Pink Floyd’s

rear gardens retained their open character,

album ‘Ummagumma’. After these periods

whilst providing strategic views into the

the house began to fall into disrepair,

landscape, setting the site firmly within its

leading to the redevelopment proposals

existing context 

worked on by Liz Lake Associates.

TRINITY HOUSE ITSELF HAS AN INTERESTING CULTURAL HISTORY. THE HOUSE WAS THE SET FOR AN EARLY PINK FLOYD GIG ENTITLED ‘THE TEA SET’ IN OCTOBER 1965

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Ã TOPIARY PLANTING TO FRONT OF HOUSE

THE SITE REQUIRED CAREFUL ATTENTION BASED UPON EXISTING VEGETATION TO THE ENTRANCE AND AROUND THE SITES PERIMETER 84

Ã ORNAMENTAL PLANTING TO THE REAR

// PRACTICE OVERVIEW //

Our Core Services Liz Lake Associates have extensive experience in helping large organisations (including many blue-chip companies) to define their land-use requirements for existing and future retail and commercial developments. Whether it is refreshing an existing site, integrating new development or starting from scratch, we enjoy understanditng and unravelling our clients' methods of working and complex processes. Our objective is to use innovative landscape design to provide practical solutions that meet clients' goals and reflect their individual corporate values in retail and commercial settings.

à RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL

à HERITAGE LANDSCAPES

As chartered landscape architects, we often work with large multidisciplinary design teams composed of architects, planners, quantity surveyors and engineers in our leisure projects. The schemes can involve numerous important areas of public open space, major proposals for new and improved hotel and conference facilities and existing and new golf courses in London, the East of England, the South West and the Midlands. We also act as project manager for less complex proposals.

à LEISURE DEVELOPMENT

à RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS

// PRACTICE OVERVIEW //

Liz Lake Associates have worked on many landscape planning projects as a result of our significant experience and our reputation for paying tremendous attention to detail. Most projects undertaken involve producing proposals to submit to local planning authorities. These range from producing reports for local authorities to inform local planning policy and appearing as expert witnesses at public inquiry, through to compiling comprehensive documents to support small or large and complex planning applications. Such experience proves invaluable in helping our clients to achieve their various landscape planning goals.

à LANDSCAPE PLANNING

à MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS

Key buildings within the local urban fabric do contribute to the area's history. Liz Lake Associates has worked with a number of far-sighted developers in London, East and the South East to achieve high-quality and sensitive landscape settings for restoration and conversion projects. The key to our success is not only in understanding the historic importance of properties like these, but also in interpreting the developer's vision for their potential clients.

à RESTORATION AND CONVERSION

Liz Lake Associates regularly provides bespoke services for private clients. We play a crucial role in the often complex process of improving private property, helping with planning permission and providing expert advice on issues such as Tree Preservation Orders, Conservation Areas, topography and the character of surrounding landscapes. We can take a project from its inception, guide it through planning and lead it to completion. We've helped realise the visions our clients have for their properties and have delivered bespoke, creative and high-quality landscapes that exceeded expectations.

à PRIVATE GARDENS AND ESTATES

With the growing interest in our env high-quality and well-planned space

iz Lake Associates was formed over 30 years ago to provide landscape architectural services across London and the Home Counties, East Anglia, Midlands, the south, we have a broad base

of expertise for projects in both the private and public working for local authorities, landowners, contractors, architects and other organisations. Our main office is in Stansted, from which we provide advice to our private and public sector clients. To further support the grow of the company and to enable more local services in the south west and the midlands we have been pleased to open offices in the centre of Bristol and Nottingham. The company currently employs over 25 staff across the 3 offices. Our staffs extensive and varied experience enables us to offer a wide range of services, including Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape and Urban Planning. We are proud to showcase our key skills and areas of expertise within this brochure with some of our biggest and most successful projects to date ď °

Mark Flatman is Planning Director at Liz Lake Associates

vironment, the desire for es has never been greater...

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Restoration & Conversion

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Community

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Public Realm

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Places of Worship

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Ecology

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