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Projects tagged with Consultation
Forest of Bowland AONB
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Countryscape carried out a statutory review and update of the AONB management plan for the period 2009-2014, undertaken in partnership with Alison Farmer Associates. This work involved:
- Design and facilitation of 11 workshops with local residents, community groups,...
Red Rose Forest
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Countryscape worked with Red Rose Forest (RRF) to create a richly illustrated interpretive display for The Meadows: a public green space on the banks of the River Irwell in Salford.
The site itself had, until recently, been under-used by both the local community and students/...
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Red Rose Forest undertook a project to celebrate Manchester’s “top trees”, as identified by the general public. The aim was to use local stories to help invigorate a programme of new planting across Greater Manchester, and to create a touring exhibition, targeting museums, galleries...
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Countryscape is currently working with Red Rose Forest to develop an interpretation strategy, together with a range of displays and other materials, for Nutsford Vale: an important area of “urban countryside” in North Manchester.
To date this project has involved facilitating a...
Natural England
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Countryside Quality Counts (CQC) was a project to develop a national indicator of how the countryside is changing. It was funded by Natural England (and its predecessor agencies), in partnership with Defra and English Heritage. Countryscape was responsible for the...
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In 2009, Natural England put forward proposals to extend the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks. Countryscape led a major public consultation over the proposals during 2009/2010, working in partnership with Alison Farmer Associates and Pathways Consultancy.
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Natural England, with support from 4NW, contracted Countryscape to develop the North West Landscape Character Framework in partnership with Alison Farmer Associates, Steven Warnock and The University of Manchester.
The framework includes all landscapes in the region, including...
Manchester City Council
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Development of a city-wide action plan for climate change mitigation, which was originally produced in readiness for the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen (December 2009).
Countryscape was contracted by Manchester City Council to manage the consultation and initial drafting...
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Countryscape was contracted to facilitate a one-day conference, exploring ideas for the Manchester Tree Strategy (2006). This work involved use of a creative thinking toolkit (called Ketso) to encourage discussion and information sharing amongst approximately 100 participants from...
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Countryscape was initially contracted to develop a website for Philips Park in Manchester, aiming to improve the visitor experience through better interpretation and education. The website was built using a content management system, so it could be easily updated by park wardens,...
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Countryscape has produced a range of outdoor displays and signage for parks and public spaces across Manchester. Such displays are typically required to provide on-site interpretation of local heritage and wildlife; to promote activities and encourage visitors to learn more; or simply...
Catch 22
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Countryscape engaged with young people from Catch 22 – a charity working with young people who find themselves in difficult situations – to develop a range of interpretive displays for Broadhurst Clough: a public green space in Moston, North Manchester. This involved facilitating a...
West Pennine Moors
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The West Pennine Moors is an area of ninety square miles of open countryside in Lancashire, comprising a patchwork of moorland, reservoirs, wooded cloughs and historic villages. The area contains a rich variety of natural and cultural heritage which is highly accessible to the...
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Countryscape produced a range of publicity materials to help promote Healey Nab Mountain Bike Trails: two challenging routes through mixed woodland (one red grade, one black) that were created by volunteers from the local biking community using funding from Lancashire County Council,...
Sefton Coast Partnership Working Group
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Countryscape was contracted to carry out landscape consultancy work in support of the Sefton Coast partnership. This involved developing and facilitating a series of community workshops, where local people were encouraged to think creatively about their landscape and share ideas for...
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Countryscape facilitated a workshop to help stakeholders discuss, clarify and reach consensus over the role of the Sefton Coast Partnership in developing an Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Plan for the area.
The Partnership has a key role to play in developing and...
University of Manchester
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EcoCities is an initiative led by the University of Manchester and funded by Bruntwood. It seeks to provide Manchester with its first 'blueprint' for an integrated climate change adaptation strategy (due 2011).
Countryscape was contracted to facilitate a workshop with...
Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)
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Countryscape was contracted by the Living Landscapes Project (University of Reading) to help facilitate a series of community workshops in Shropshire and Hampshire, as part of the CPRE Outreach Programme - a pilot project, aiming to engage local people in Landscape Character Assessment...
Friends of Blackley Forest
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Since 2007, Countryscape has worked closely with the Friends of Blackley Forest, helping the group to interpret and promote their Local Nature Reserve. The Blackley Forest, in North Manchester, has long been valued by the community – it was planted in 1953 as one of the country’s first...
Groundwork
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A project to interpret and promote the local heritage of Saint Michael’s Flags (a small public green space in Manchester), working in partnership with the local community. Countryscape was responsible for producing of a 20-page booklet and interactive CD-ROM; a series of outdoor...
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Clayton Vale Local Nature Reserve is an area of reclaimed “urban countryside” in North Manchester. The 57 hectare (140 acre) site consists of informal grasslands and wooded slopes, and is well used by the local community.
Clayton Vale is managed through the Medlock Valley...
Harpurhey Neighbourhood Project
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A project to interpret and promote the local heritage of the Moston Vale area of North Manchester, in partnership with the Harpurhey Neighbourhood Project, Groundwork and the local community. This work involved producing a 40-page booklet and interactive CD-ROM, together with...
Hampshire County Council
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Hampshire County Council, in conjunction with West Berkshire Council, have published a methodology for assessing inherent landscape sensitivity at a strategic level. The methodology, published in 2006, aims to respond to PPG1 and PPS7, which place emphasis on land use planning...
Havant Borough Council
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Countryscape designed and managed a consultation programme to engage local community groups in the Havant Borough Landscape Character Assessment (LCA). This work involved a three stage process: 1) development of a postal ‘Consultation Pack’ containing clearly worded instructions, maps...
Lancashire Wildlife Trust
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Countryscape produced a range of materials to assist the canvassing of Lancashire Wildlife Trust members for ideas about widening the types of communities who volunteer with the Trust, and to target those that have been under-represented in the past (e.g. minority ethnic groups, people...
High Peak Borough Council
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Countryscape worked with the Planning Co-operative on a Countryside Agency Demonstration Project, which aimed to translate the principles of the Derbyshire Landscape Character Assessment into criteria-based policies, forming a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD). The project was...
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Countryscape ran a series of workshops to inform development of the High Peak Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), making sure the document accounted for the views of stakeholders and local people. The first event was held at the start of the project and set out to discover how...
Tamar Valley AONB
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Countryscape developed a Sense of Place Strategy for the Tamar Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB): a protected landscape in the southwest of England, famous for its industrial heritage (for which it was awarded World Heritage Status in 2006).
The aim of the...
Oldham Council
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Countryscape facilitated the 'Construction Coordination in the Environment’ conference on behalf of Environmental Protection UK, supported by Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. The purpose of the event was to engage and consult with stakeholders regarding the development of local...
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Countryscape produced a range of communication materials in support of the Crompton Moor consultation project (2009), which sought to determine public opinion on the recreational use and future safeguarding of this important moorland landscape. The consultation itself was carried out...
Forestry Commission
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Newlands is a major, £59 million scheme set up to reclaim large areas of derelict and underused land across the North West and transform it into thriving community woodlands.
Countryscape produced an extensive range of communication materials for the consultation and reporting...
Scottish Natural Heritage
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Countryscape has produced a toolkit on behalf of Scottish Natural Heritage to encourage communities to get involved in the future of their landscape. The toolkit - called 'Talking About Our Place' - is fully self-led and designed to be used by community groups without the involvement...