As World Landscape Architecture Month draws to a close, we’re highlighting a range of projects at different stages of the planning process where FPCR has helped shape the design.

In each of these schemes we have used our expertise to put landscape at the heart of development, helping to create vibrant, resilient places where people, nature and communities thrive.

 

Residential communities

FPCR continues to support residential schemes across the UK, helping to shape proposals from early-stage applications to approved developments.

In Okehampton, Devon, and Saltash, Cornwall, reserved matters approvals mark key milestones in the delivery of over 370 new homes as part of wider planned growth areas, with landscape supporting connectivity, movement, and integration with surrounding phases.

In Colchester, Essex, outline planning permission has been granted for a 75-home scheme incorporating significant green infrastructure and landscaping accounting for 47% of the total site area.

Several schemes have also progressed through the appeal process. At Taunton, Somerset, an appeal has been granted for up to 112 homes, whilst at Littlebourne (Kent), a decision has been secured for a scheme of up to 300 homes alongside a new community hub – both demonstrating strong provision for green space and biodiversity.

In North Yorkshire, projects are advancing at a range of stages. In Malton, a successful appeal secured consent for a 200-home scheme delivering over 13 hectares of greenspace – approximately 62% of the site – alongside over 100% biodiversity net gain.

At Humanby, proposals for up to 125 homes have recently been submitted, while at Catterick Garrison an outline application has been brought forward for another 450 homes.

Meanwhile, in Beckington, Somerset, planning approval has been secured for a smaller-scale scheme, where a landscape-led approach responds sensitively to its village-edge setting.

Employment and infrastructure

In Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, outline consent paves the way for a major employment park, with landscape playing a key role in structuring the site and integrating it into its surroundings.

In Bedfordshire, detailed planning permission has been granted for a major logistics scheme – Hillwood Park Luton – where landscape supports sustainable design and connectivity.

In Coventry, planning permission has been secured for a Battery Energy Storage System. Here, landscape design is central to delivering biodiversity net gain and embedding essential infrastructure sensitively within a Green Belt setting.

Community-led development: creating places for people

Landscape also underpins community-focused schemes currently moving through the planning system.

Planning approval for a new cricket club and community hub in Leicestershire marks a key step in delivering a space that brings together sport, recreation and social activity – demonstrating how landscape can support ongoing community use.

Across all these projects, landscape is central to how the schemes are structured and delivered; not just how they look, but how they function.

From structuring to site layouts and movement networks to delivering biodiversity net gain and meaningful green infrastructure, landscape architecture plays a central role in shaping places that function well, respond to their context, and provide lasting value for people and nature.