LHLA Projects - Louise Hooper Landscape Architect

Approach from the north through the orchard and wildflower meadow

This house is located within a historic wooded hamlet set in a fold of the Kent Downs AONB. The garden includes a Kentish Orchard, pleached lime walk, herbaceous and perennial planting.

Green Corridor Study, Dartford

Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) Green Infrastructure proposals for Green Corridor, Stone Neighbourhood Plan, Dartford, Kent

Stone Recreation Ground, Dartfor

Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) Green Infrastructure proposals for Green Corridor, Stone Neighbourhood Plan, Dartford, Kent

London Road M25 Stone

London Road, Stone, at the M25 over bridge. Air pollution from traffic emissions and an inhospitable public realm for pedestrians and cyclists emphasise the importance of this study.

Garden design & LVIA for Old Rectory

The Old Rectory, near Canterbury is Grade II listed, within a Conservation Area and the Kent Downs AONB.

University of Kent Masterplan

Aerial view of the University of Kent. We worked on Phase 1 of the Masterplan Framework with Studio Engleback, John Letherland, Birds Porchmouth Russam and Biodiversity by Design.

Planning Appeal, Sevenoaks, Kent

This shows an extract from the Townscape Assessment undertaken to support a successful planning appeal; it shows a zone of visual influence.

Planning Appeal in High Weald AONB

The site of a successful planning appeal against a refusal for farm diversification within the High Weald AONB.

Offham

Earthwrights built a wonderful bespoke timber playground on site using the retained trees and contours as an integral part of the play area.

Four Winds Farm Housing Development

Wire frames of the proposed development were constructed as part of the LVIA for this housing development on the edge of the High weald AONB.

Offices and Industrial Sites

3-Com, Singapore

Public Realm & Urban Regeneration

Star Hill to Sun Pier Waterfront, Chatham, Kent

Play and Sports Fields

Hawkenbury Park and Sports Facilities, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

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Project work is varied, often within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), National Parks or Conservation Areas and includes residential development, farm diversification, school grounds, play areas, new builds, private gardens, planning applications and appeals.

Recent and current projects include:

Successful planning appeal for a Paragraph 79 house with Charles Holland Architect near Dover, Kent, adjacent to a Grade II* listed building and within the Kent Downs AONB: LVIA and garden design;
Green Corridor Study for Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) for Stone Neighbourhood Plan, Dartford, Kent;
Planning permission for a solar array for farm diversification in High Weald AONB near Nutley, East Sussex;
Planning permission for a Grade II listed rectory with Panter Hudspith Architects near Canterbury, within a Conservation Area and within the Kent Downs AONB;
Phase I Masterplan Framework for the University of Kent with Studio Engleback and Biodiversity by Design
Successful planning appeals within a Conservation Area in Sevenoaks, Kent and within the High Weald AONB near Rye, East Sussex;
Ongoing landscape advice to Medway Unitary Authority on major planning applications;
Townscape assessment for residential association within Camden Park Conservation Area, Tunbridge Wells;
A new school playground on a steep slope with retained trees near Maidstone, Kent;
Residential development in Bexley, South London, Bidborough and Speldhurst, Kent within or adjacent to Ancient Woodland or High Weald AONB;
A large rain-water harvesting lake for a strawberry farm near Canterbury

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