What 2B Landscape Consultancy does

2B Landscape Consultancy Ltd is a privately held UK professional services firm founded in 1998 and headquartered in North Cave, Brough (East Yorkshire). It is a Landscape Institute (LI) Registered Practice of Chartered Landscape Architects and is described as the only LI Registered Practice in East Yorkshire. The firm is led by Managing Director Bill Blackledge, who sits on the LI Technical Committee, helped review GLVIA3 and chaired the working group that produced LI TGN 06/19 'Visual Representation of Development Proposals' (published 17 September 2019).

The practice delivers four interdependent service pillars: Landscape Design (including Sustainable Drainage/SuDS, Natural Flood Management/NFM, Green Infrastructure, Masterplanning and Urban Design); Visualisation (3D Modelling + BIM using Vectorworks Landmark and SketchUp, photomontage, 360-degree panoramas, and renewables-specific animated visualisations); Assessment (Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment/LVIA, Landscape and Visual Appraisal, Townscape and Landscape Character Assessment, Environmental Colour Assessment using the Natural Colour System, Zones of Theoretical Visibility/ZTV and Geographical Information Systems/GIS); and Tender + Contract Management (NBS Landscape specifications, Bills of Quantities, secure online tender portals, contract administration and site inspection). Its technology stack combines GIS, BIM-compliant 3D modelling, drone and pole-mounted photography, panoramic capture, and bespoke ZTV methodologies such as multi-point heat-mapping used on Network Rail's Great Western electrification.

Go-to-market is sales-led B2B consultancy, won via tender, direct commission and relationship-based selling to public authorities, utility companies, contractors, developers and community organisations across the UK (with selected international commissions in Greece and China). Pricing is quote-based per project; standalone ZTVs and visualisations are offered at fixed prices when supplied with national grid coordinates and target heights. Primary customer segments are Energy, Public Authority, Development and Residential, with secondary segments in Community, Education, Healthcare, Heritage, Transport and Garden Design. Single-project contract values have reached approximately £500k (Hull City Council Garths regeneration) and approximately £1m (National Grid South Humber Bank mitigation planting, split across three concurrent contracts).

Name

2B Landscape Consultancy

Legal name

2B Landscape Consultancy Ltd

Website

https://2bconsultancy.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

2B Landscape Consultancy Ltd is a Yorkshire-based, Landscape Institute Registered Practice of Chartered Landscape Architects providing LVIA, 3D visualisation, sustainable drainage, NFM and masterplanning services to UK public authorities, utility companies, contractors, developers and community organisations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brough

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional landscape architecture consultancy: Fee-based professional services across landscape design, LVIA, visualisation (photomontage, panoramas, 3D/BIM, ZTV), environmental colour assessment, masterplanning, SuDS/NFM design and contract management. Projects range from small commissions to multi-year, multi-million-pound engagements (e.g., £1m South Humber Bank mitigation planting, ~£500k Hull housing regeneration).
2. Tender and contract management services: Standalone landscape tender production, contract administration, valuations, site inspection and certificates, including the management of installation works and multiple concurrent contracts (e.g., three simultaneous mitigation planting contracts).
3. Standalone ZTV and visualisation products: Standalone ZTVs and visualisations provided at fixed prices where coordinates and target heights are supplied (e.g., wind turbine ZTVs), in addition to LVIAs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

2B Landscape Consultancy delivers chartered landscape architecture professional services across four pillars: Landscape Design (SuDS, Natural Flood Management, Green Infrastructure, Master Planning, Urban Design), Visualisation (3D/BIM, Photomontage, Panoramas, Renewables Visualisation), Assessment (LVIA, Environmental Colour Assessment, ZTV, GIS) and Tender + Contract Management. Engagements are project-based, typically won by tender or direct commission from UK utilities, highways and local authorities, developers and community groups, with deliverables including planning application evidence, photomontages, public inquiry proofs of evidence, and landscape tender/contract administration.

Product overview

2B Landscape Consultancy Ltd is a Yorkshire-based LI Registered Practice of Chartered Landscape Architects (established 1998), organised as a single consultancy offering four core service pillars: Landscape Design (including Sustainable Drainage/SuDS, Natural Flood Management/NFM, Green Infrastructure, Master Planning and Urban Design), Visualisation (3D Modelling + BIM, Photomontage, Panoramas and Renewables Visualisation), Assessment (Landscape + Visual Impact Assessment/LVIA, Environmental Colour Assessment/ECA, Zones of Theoretical Visibility/ZTV and Geographical Information Systems/GIS) and Tender + Contract Management. These services are interdependent within projects: GIS, ZTV and ECA typically feed LVIA evidence; 3D modelling underpins photomontages, panoramas and renewables visualisations; and design, tender and contract services deliver the built outcome from those assessments. 2B positions itself as a provider of professional consultancy rather than a packaged SaaS product, with Bill Blackledge's role on the Landscape Institute Technical Committee informing its visualisation and LVIA practice in line with GLVIA3 and LI TGN 06/19.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Design Core landscape design service covering detail design through masterplanning and sustainable drainage, integrating nature-based solutions such as SuDS and Natural Flood Management (NFM) for climate and biodiversity mitigation. Delivered by Chartered Landscape Architects for public authorities, utilities, developers and community groups across the UK.
• Visualisation Landscape visualisation service combining 3D modelling, photomontage, panoramas and renewables-specific visualisation, supporting LVIA, planning applications and public consultation. Outputs are produced in accordance with GLVIA3 and LI TGN 06/19.
• Landscape, Visual and Environmental Assessment Assessment services including Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA), Landscape and Visual Appraisal (LVA), Townscape Character Assessment (TCA), Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Colour Assessment (ECA), supporting EIA, planning applications and Proofs of Evidence at Public Inquiries.
• Tender and Contract Management Production of landscape tender documents, Bills of Quantities, NBS Landscape specifications, form of contract, cost estimates, site inspection and contract administration through to certification, including management of multiple concurrent installation contracts.

Quantifiable outcome

• Appeal success at Tetford, Lincolnshire Wolds AONB - small housing site appeal granted after 2B provided balanced Landscape and Visual Appraisal and written evidence
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers29 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Slow The Flow (Calderdale)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner2B co-leads and supports Slow The Flow: Calderdale, a community-led group working on Natural Flood Management (NFM) and Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in the Calder Valley. Amanda McDermott (2B) is a founder member. The relationship produced joint knowledge outputs including the NFM Techniques guide, 'You Can Slow The Flow' urban SuDS project, river surveys, opportunities mapping and the rain garden planters at Hebden Bridge Town Hall.
• West Wolds Slow The FlowflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner2B co-authored the 'An Introduction to Natural Flood Management (NFM) Techniques' guidance document with West Wolds Slow The Flow (and Slow The Flow Calderdale). West Wolds Slow The Flow's PDF is hosted on its website. The collaboration is part of Bill, Liz and Amanda's voluntary work that won the Susdrain 2022 Outstanding Team award.
• Humber Forest (formerly HEYWoods)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner2B has worked with Humber Forest (part of the wider Northern Forest initiative) since 2006, including developing the Northern Forest strategy for the Humber region, joint publications on Ash Dieback resilience, and supporting tree-planting in East Riding.
• North Lincolnshire Woodland Trust (NLWT)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner2B team member Hannah helped to set up the North Lincolnshire Woodland Trust. The Trust aims to expand woodland and natural flood management in North Lincolnshire, where flooding is frequent and tree coverage limited. 2B contributes landscape architecture expertise to the Trust.
• Sharps RedmoreminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAcoustic specialists engaged by 2B to establish size and performance ratings for an acoustic fence in a residential project adjacent to the A63.
• Terrain Geotechnical ConsultantsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStuart Bradshaw of Terrain Geotechnical Consultants teamed up with 2B's Amanda McDermott on a Slow The Flow project to evaluate and map NFM/SuDS opportunities around Mytholmroyd in the Calder valley.
• Landscape Institute (LI) Technical CommitteeflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerBill Blackledge is a member of the Landscape Institute's Technical Committee, has reviewed GLVIA3 and led production of LI TGN 06/19 'Visual Representation of Development Proposals' (published 17 September 2019). 2B has also been involved in LI CPD days and Digital Practice Day speaking.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Terrain Geotechnical Consultants: Geotechnical consultancy that 2B has partnered with on Slow The Flow NFM/SuDS opportunities mapping around Mytholmroyd; adjacent rather than competitive, but operates in 2B's geography and project ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Re-Form Landscape Architecture: Smaller UK landscape architecture practice with overlapping interests in LVIA, urban design and visualisation for development and infrastructure clients; comparable service mix at a more compact scale than 2B.

Direct peers

• Randall Thorp: Mid-size UK landscape architecture practice delivering LVIA, urban design, public realm and visualisation for local authorities and developers; comparable in scale, geographic focus and service pillars to 2B.
• FPCR Environment and Design Ltd: UK-based chartered landscape architecture and environmental design practice of comparable mid-size profile, offering LVIA, masterplanning, SuDS, ecological and design services to public authorities, developers and infrastructure clients - directly comparable to 2B's service mix and customer segments.
• Plincke Landscape: UK landscape architecture and urban design practice working across LVIA, public realm and masterplanning for public sector and developer clients; comparable service offering and project types to 2B.
• Churchman Thornhill Finch (CTF): Independent UK landscape architecture consultancy covering LVIA, design and masterplanning for public and private clients; similar mid-tier profile and chartered-practice positioning to 2B.

Broad incumbents

• LUC (Land Use Consultants): Larger UK environmental planning and landscape consultancy with a broad LVIA, EIA, masterplanning and design portfolio for public authorities and developers - overlaps directly with 2B's core services but at materially greater scale and geographic spread.
• WSP UK (Landscape Architecture): Large multidisciplinary engineering and environmental consultancy with a UK landscape architecture practice delivering LVIA, urban design and visualisation for infrastructure and development projects - comparable capability set, much larger scale.
• Stantec UK (incorporating Barton Willmore and LDA Design): Global multidisciplinary consultancy with major UK landscape architecture and planning practices (post-Barton Willmore and LDA Design acquisitions); competes with 2B on integrated infrastructure, energy and planning tenders.
• Design South East / Design Council (Design South East successor bodies): Established built-environment design and planning body delivering public realm, urban design and landscape guidance across the south/south-east of England; overlaps with 2B on public authority landscape and visualisation work at greater scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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