LDA Design  

Lead consultants – landscape, visual impact and ecology

For the latest information regarding the progress of the Planning Application please go to the 2011 update section. The remainder of this site relates to the Planning Application as originally submitted to Colchester Borough Council  in February 2009.

LDA Design is one of the UK’s leading environmental design practices bringing together the skills of landscape architecture, urban design, architecture, ecological consultancy and environmental planning. 

Established in 1979, and with a team of over 120 people based in London, Oxford, Peterborough and Exeter, LDA Design works on the widest diversity of projects imaginable and on any scale. The aim is simply to create great places.

LDA Design has undertaken numerous landscape character assessments including the original study for the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Landscape Assessment and Perception Study.  These have informed the baseline for subsequent studies.

Substantial experience has been gained from many successful projects including Milton Country Park near Cambridge, Lee Valley Regional Park in Hertfordshire and the Peterborough Environment City Trust, Green Wheel Millennium project.  The practice has also undertaken many Green Infrastructure projects at a range of scales including the Northamptonshire Strategic Green Infrastructure Study.  In 2008, LDA Design was appointed to design and implement the London 2012 Olympic Park and Public Realm for the Olympic Delivery Authority. 

In addition to its design skills LDA Design also has substantial experience and specialist capabilities in public consultation, community engagement, producing computer visualisations, models, films, exhibitions, graphic design and project management.

 Media Contacts

Dawn Barnes T: 07956 137 277 E: dawn.barnes@lda-design.co.uk

Carol Walsh T: 01865 887 050 E: carol.walsh@lda-design.co.uk

website: www.lda-design.co.uk