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Olivia Damsell

Associate Director - Landscape

BA (Hons), MLA, CMLI

Olivia is an Associate Director and Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute with over a decade of experience in environmental assessment and landscape design. Having joined FPCR in 2015, she now jointly leads the Sheffield Landscape Architecture team, overseeing a diverse portfolio of design and assessment projects while supporting the development of the growing team. While her experience spans projects nationwide, her current portfolio is increasingly focused on developments across Sheffield and the wider North of England.

Olivia’s expertise spans both landscape planning and detailed design, with experience gaining planning approvals and delivering schemes through RIBA Stages 2-6. She has worked across a wide range of sectors, including: public realm, residential, leisure, student accommodation, retail, renewable energy and commercial developments.

Notable projects include the Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) for the redevelopment of Oxford Brookes University’s Wheatley Campus, Green Infrastructure design for the Garendon Park Registered Park and Garden, public realm design for HMRC’s Unity Square development in Nottingham and landscape design for Brunel House, which was awarded a Green Apple Silver Award for Environmental Best Practice in 2019.

Olivia is currently leading a number of LVIA projects for large-scale residential developments, alongside the delivery of construction projects including leisure centres and student accommodation schemes. She has extensive experience collaborating with contractors, local authorities and multidisciplinary consultant teams to successfully deliver projects from concept through to completion.

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