Planting Design – Galpin Landscape Architecture

Landscape Design – Hensingham Business Park

GLA are involved in the design, specification and contract management of the landscape works across the site.

Planning Permission was granted earlier this year and included submission of planting plans for discharge of planning conditions, full design drawings, submitting plans and specification to tender and appointment of contractor. We are now contract managing the planting scheme on site using a JCLI contract and have completed Phase One. Businesses have moved on to the site, which is beginning to take shape and becoming a quality, attractive business park.

Currently a phased planting programme is underway on site.

LVA & Landscape Design – Tockwith

Tockwith, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

Galpin Landscape Architecture prepare a number of schemes from landscape and visual assessment through to detailed design and then to on site supervision of works.

Landscape and Visual Assessments for planning applications for Housing Developments across the UK including Cumbria, Yorkshire, Wales, Lancashire and Dumfries and Galloway.

Large Garden Design – The Wyke

Windermere, Cumbria

Private garden commissioned originally as a joint project designed by Brian Clouston and Galpin Landscape Architecture. This scheme commenced in parallel to the completion of the renovation and extensive extension to the building. The garden theme is naturalistic with reference to existing planting species and featuring a ‘dry’ river bed, rock chair, footways and beach access along with diverse and mass planting. Several wildflower meadows knit between native trees (Birch, Beech and Hazel) and shrub layers of Cornus and Astilbe, a variety of herbaceous plants and ground layer planting.

Leisure Park – The Pastures

Cartmel, Cumbria

The Pastures is a unique grouping of leisure units all handcrafted by skilled carpenters to each individual owners’ specification.

Galpin Landscape Architecture have prepared the landscape design, landscape and visual assessment and landscape management plan.

The digital terrain model accurately demonstrated where the leisure units would be located and the effect on both the landscape character and the visual amenity has been assessed. The site is well screened and will be further screened by mounds and tree and shrub planting specified by Galpin Landscape Architecture.

The team has successfully secured approval for planning permission with the discharge of planning conditions.

LVA – Seaville Chicken Broiler Units

Silloth, Cumbria

The farm owner required a site for a Chicken Broiler Unit within the context of his landownership. Our plans and landscape and visual assessment examined the siting of this development within the landscape and how it would look. With liaison with the local planning authority, Allerdale Borough Council, viewpoints were chosen and prepared as visualisations, this informed the landscape and visual assessment.

Leisure Park – Robin Hood Park

Bassenthwaite, Cumbria

Landscape design, detail, tree surveys, planning application and specification for a Lake District caravan park.

GLA created this visual or artistic impression which formed a useful marketing tool for the client to sell lodges before completion of the site.

The scheme is now in its second phase with successful uptake of lodges and established planting.

Landscape Design – Port Derwent

Workington, Cumbria

Galpin Landscape Architecture prepare a number of schemes from landscape and visual assessment through to detailed design and then to on site supervision of works.

This is an example of landscape Design for 94 houses at Port Derwent, Workington. Working with architects Day Cummins to prepare a layout plan, Galpin Landscape Architecture provided planting designs, sketch proposals/visualisations, planting schedules, trees plan, play area design and boundary treatments.

The culmination of work involved the discharge of a number of planning conditions with Allerdale Borough Council.

Public Realm – Whitehaven

Whitehaven, West Cumbria

An example of a public realm design scheme funded by heritage lottery involving consultation with working group, development of design with reference to the historic location and detailed design and specification.

Leisure Park – Patton Hall

Patton, Kendal, Cumbria

Galpin Landscape Architecture worked with Ashton Planning in preparing a successful planning application for an extension to the leisure park at Patton Hall.

Planning permission for 9 additional units was achieved in May 2015.

The visualisations demonstrate the visual effects of the development within the context of the wider landscape. Extensive planting included trees, hedgerows and a fruit orchard next to the farmstead.

Pond Design – Lockerbie

Lockerbie, Scotland

Preparation of volumetric calculations, water flow measurements and cut and fill for creation of a new pond/small lake for canoe instruction at a leisure industry centre for young people.

Detailed design included planting plans, sections, planning application and SEPA application.

Constructed in 2012 and opened in 2013.

Commercial Landscape Design – Waterhead

Waterhead, Ambleside, Cumbria

We have worked on a number of hotels in and around the Lake District and this is a good example of our design work.

This included the design of the frontage of this high profile hotel on main tourist route in the heart of the Lake District on the edge of Lake Windermere.

Survey, design and site supervision of site works including step design, seating, planting and drainage.

Hotel improvements carried out on site in the spring of 2014.

Footpaths – Go Lakes

Grasmere, Cumbria

The creation of recreational routes in the heart of the Lake District using government funding through the Lake District National Park Authority. This was part of the wider work in the national park for transport and recreation routes as the Lake District moves towards becoming a World Heritage Site.

The visualisations shown in the images were displayed at local consultations and prepared using digital terrain modelling and accurate photography techniques. The use of canoe (as well as camera) was essential for one photo!

Landscape Design – Energy Coast Business Park, North Extension

Beckermet, Cumbria

Design of new layout and landforms of business park serving Sellafield in west Cumbria.

Landscape and visual assessment including wirelines, photomontages and appeal with public hearing.

Detailed landscape design including drainage, landform sections/volumes/cut and fill, planting design, visualisations and specifications.

Landscape Design – Cedric Walk Housing

Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria

This scheme provides 43 homes in a new development of housing with stunning views over Morecambe Bay.

Galpin Landscape Architecture have designed the landscape layouts, planting plans and schedules, liaison with the local authority regarding TPOs and site supervision.

The design uses plants local to this coastal area, establishing wildflower areas and the extension of an apple orchard.