DETAIL LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR TENDER AND CONSTRUCTION
CSR provides detail design services for costing, tender documents and construction of landscape projects, and will supervise construction on behalf of clients to ensure the highest quality of finish.
LANDSCAPE CONSTRAINTS, FEASIBILITY AND SITE SELECTION STUdIES
CSR carries out landscape constraints studies to inform site/route selection and feasibility assessments. Landscape and visual impacts of development are a common reason for refusal of planning permission and CSR can analyse the site/s, the context and relevant policy to inform the decision on location of development.
CSR also produces design briefs to ensure that potential landscape and visual (and other) impacts are avoided in the design process, thus improving the prospect of planning permission.
MASTERPLANNING & LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR PLANNING
CSR provides development masterplanning and landscape design services to developers, architects and engineers on projects in all sectors including residential, commercial, town centre, industrial, infrastructure, and tourism, leisure and recreation projects.
URBAN & LANDSCAPE DESIGN FOR PLANNING APPLICATIONS
CSR provides urban and landscape design services to local authorities and other agencies for streetscape improvements, urban plazas, parks and greenways, to enhance the public realm and green infrastructure of villages, towns and cities.
Landscape, Resource, and Heritage Planning
LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (LVIA), MITIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT VISUALISATION
ORAL HEARINGS & EXPERT WITNESS
CSR represents clients and gives evidence at oral hearings and in court proceedings on planning matters, coordinating the preparation and presentation of evidence and advocating on behalf of the client to present the strongest possible case
CSR prepares objections to planning applications and appeals to An Bord Pleanála on behalf of individuals and groups concerned about a development, ensuring their case is clearly advocated in the planning process
CSR analyses development feasibility to advise portfolio managers and land owners on their property assets’ development potential.
CSR prepares planning applications for developments in all sectors and ranging in scale from small to large and complex projects requiring EIA, bringing them from conception to successful conclusion of the planning process
CSR prepares representations on behalf of land owners in the development plan review process, to maximise and protect the value of their property assets
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) AND STRATEGIC RESOURCE ANALYSIS
CSR uses GIS to map and analyse information against environmental and socio-economic factors, to inform strategies for heritage conservation, asset management and resource development.
CSR coordinates the preparation of Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) for submission with planning applications, managing the inputs of specialist sub-consultants where required.
PLANNNING ENFORCEMENT
CSR acts for clients in enforcement proceedings, advising on and responding to warning letters and enforcement notices issued to land owners by the planning authorities
CSR is involved in a range of projects from client brief development, planning and detailed design to specific urban design, planning and masterplanning projects.
Urban Design can be defined as the art of making places, desirable places for people in which to interact, live, work and play. Yet the scope of urban design goes far beyond the physical appearance of a place, as it aims to produce a framework in order to achieve a careful balance between shaping space (form), providing infrastructure (flow) and selecting uses (function) in any given context in a way that is socially inclusive, economically successful and environmentally responsible. The quality of the public realm is dependent on this balance as much as it is dependent on the scale and detail of the space it embraces.
Urban design is concerned with context and the creation of public amenity space, defined through the built environment. The quality of the “public realm” spaces generated is a key factor in producing environments which nurture social interaction and a sense of place.
Cunnane Stratton Reynolds expertise in Planning and Landscape Architecture is the confluence of a strong Urban Design Practice with staff who are qualified and experienced in Urban Design among other disciplines.
ABORICULTURE – TREE SURVEYS AND TREE RISK ASSESSMENT
CSR’s qualified arborist undertakes pre-planning Tree Surveys to BS5837:2012 on behalf of our clients, as part of the initial stages of project planning. The tree survey will identify and assess all trees present on the site in terms of their relative merit for retention or removal, current health / projected lifespan, and associated root protection areas that may form a constraint to construction. This information then informs the masterplanning and design stages of the proposed development project, and ultimately will accompany the final planning application, helping to set out a clear rationale and justification for the proposed development in terms of existing trees.
"We have been using the services of1 CSR extensively for the last five years on numerous residential developments and have always been hugely impressed with the team's professionalism and resourcefulness. They have always provided us with excellent quality advice and output. Senior team members are always easily accessible, which is very important to us. The team have the experience and expertise necessary to provide effective guidance to us in all situations." - Compass Homes Ltd