Craggatak – Recent Projects


Recent Projects

Green accreditation – EU Eco-Flower Application
Produced topic papers to support the sustainable management
of the Ennerdale and Black Sail Youth Hostels (exploring the
introduction of renewable technologies into the wild landscape of
the Lake District National Park) and direct an application for the
European Union sustainable accommodation award, Eco-Flower.
For: Youth Hostel Association
		Expert witness report special qualities of protected landscapes
		Reviewed and validated the process developed to gather evidence on
		the special qualities of the landscape adjoining the Clwydian Range
		AONB as a part of the wider investigation into the criteria to designate
		landscapes in Wales.
		*For:* Pathfinder Project Partnership (Denbighshire County Council, Wrexham
		Borough Council, Countryside Council for Wales)

		North Devon AONB Local Distinctiveness Design Guidance project plan
			Prepared and tested an action plan to enable the North Devon AONB
			Unit to raise local awareness of design issues and the quality of
			building design within the area; and influence the planning system
			through Supplementary Planning Documents.
			For: Devon County Council

	Review of governance arrangements			Review of Evidence: Participation in Outdoor
	for the North Wessex Downs Area of			Recreation by Welsh Assembly Government priority
	Outstanding Natural Beauty			groups
	As a part of a ‘Fit for Purpose’ study, reviewed			As a subcontractor to OPENspace Consulting, undertook
	the strengths and weaknesses of the current			the research mapping and gaps analysis; and drafted the
governance structure for the North Wessex Downs AONB and				report, in collaboration with Catherine Ward Thompson.
summarised potential alternatives, assessing their strengths				Undertook a descriptive systematic review of
and weaknesses.				evidence on participation in outdoor recreation
For: Council of Partners				by segments of the population that
				are under-represented at present.
				For: OPENspace Consulting
				(Countryside Council for Wales
				contract)
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