Plan Vision was set up in May 2021 to provide landscape consultancy services for land owners and managers dealing with landscape change, re-wilding, woodland creation, public access and recreation - building on my consultancy experience with Severn Trent and the National Trust over recent years.

In this role I undertook recreation development projects across Forestry England's estate, including at Wendover Woods, Alice Holt, Haldon, Beechenhurst, Bedgebury: The National Pinetum, and Westonbirt: The National Arboretum. I was responsible for the design of hundreds of hectares of new woodland, particularly in the National Forest, Thames Chase, Mersey and Red Rose community forests. I developed guidance and training on master-planning, forest landscape design, children’s play, project planning and commissioning of new works.

A commission by the National Trust at Killerton to illustrate the landscape change that will occur over 50 years through re-wilding a two kilometer section of the River Culm in Devon.Illustrations depicted changes through the creation and management of woodland, wildflower and hay meadows, wetland and riverine habitats.The illustrations also depicted changes to farming practice, restoration of historic river features, as well as public access and recreation.

Assessing car parking and visitor use/impacts across the Pebblebed Heaths to compile a strategy for rationalising car parking location, layout, capacity and design to protect sensitive (SSSI, SAC, SPA) habitats likely to be at risk from increasing visitor pressure from housing development in the area.This piece of work involved developing a strategy for the whole area (1,400ha, 13 formal car parks and 30+ informal parking locations), concept designs and costings, and a stakeholder engagement process involving amongst others the main land Clinton Devon, Devon Wildlife Trust, RSPB and East Devon District Council, Natural England, English Heritage and Devon & Cornwall Police.

Audience development plan and visitor centre concept design for HLF develoment funding submission.

* Policy and Practice – European Landscape Convention and FC Action Plan, Green Infrastructure Partnership, Landscape Institute Policy Statement and an addendum to the Countryside Code (Dog Walking Access Group)* Guidance on : creating play opportunities bespoke to the forest environment that connect children with nature, forest landscape management in visitor areas, aligning FC project planning with construction industry standard (RIBA).* Development and delivery of a training programme for the forest industry on UKFS Landscape Guidelines * European COST Action, Forest Recreation and Nature Tourism (E33).* Woodland grant application case work.

In-house design and advisory service on :- * strategic forest planning for over 10,000ha, of forest plans across England, winning a Landscape Institute award for New Forest : New Future.* community woodland planning and establishment 1000ha+ in the National Forest, Thames Chase, Red Rose and Mersey Forest community woodlands, winning a Landscape Institute award with Old Pale, Delamere. * environmental projects recreation development projects at High Lodge, Beechenhurst, Haldon Forest Park.* Thames Gateway flagship project of Jeskyns – 150ha community woodland creation on the edge of Gravesend.

* Design of external space associated with government buildings.* Housing estate layouts, including children’s play grounds and public space.