What epd landscape does

epd Landscape Architects Environmental Planning & Design is a UK-based B2B consultancy providing landscape architecture, landscape planning, and urban design services. The firm operates as the design division of Glendale Countryside — the parent group alongside Glendale Horticulture, Glendale Civic Trees, and Parkwood Holdings — which gives it a structurally differentiated position in the market: it can package design alongside implementation and long-term maintenance through sister companies. The firm employs five chartered and trainee landscape architects led by Director John Nuttall CMLI, with combined experience exceeding 40 years, and is headquartered in Chorley, Lancashire.

The company's service portfolio spans three pillars. Landscape Architecture covers site appraisals, detailed design, construction documentation, and implementation oversight. Landscape Planning delivers technical assessments including Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA), Landscape and Visual Appraisals (LVA), Townscape and Visual Impact Assessments (TVIA), Landscape Character Assessments, and expert witness work, plus a newer specialised Battery Energy Storage Scheme (BESS) appraisal line. Urban Design provides spatial and regional masterplans, public realm strategies, and tourism-focused mixed-use masterplans supported by GIS expertise. Notable projects include the Brooklands Milton Keynes urban extension (2,000+ homes, 12+ year engagement), the Alconbury Weald Enterprise Campus (5,000 homes, 15-year phased), Lincolnshire Police Memorial Garden, Liverpool FC's AXA Training Centre, and multiple commercial warehouse schemes for Gazeley and DHL.

Commercially, epd generates project-based professional services fees across the full project lifecycle from inception through RIBA Stage 6 handover and closeout. The go-to-market is sales-led B2B: it pursues work through direct commissions, design competitions, and invited tenders with both public sector clients (district, parish and borough councils across England, Scotland and Wales) and private sector clients (residential developers such as Places for People and Urban & Civic, commercial logistics operators, leisure operators including Parkwood Outdoors, and sports bodies including Liverpool FC). Pricing is bespoke and quote-based per engagement rather than rate-card based, and no public pricing exists. The company was previously known as Roger Griffiths Associates and is privately held under Glendale Countryside with no external institutional capital.

Name

epd landscape

Legal name

epd Landscape Architects Environmental Planning & Design

Website

https://epdlandscape.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

epd Landscape Architects is a UK-based B2B landscape architecture, landscape planning, and urban design consultancy. Operating as the design division of Glendale Countryside, it serves public sector councils, residential developers, and commercial clients with services spanning site appraisal, planning assessments, detailed design, and construction supervision.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Chorley

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Consultancy Services: epd generates revenue through fees for landscape architecture, landscape planning, and urban design consultancy services. Projects range from site appraisals and assessments through to detailed design, planning applications, construction supervision, and post-construction aftercare. Services are billed on a project basis across the full project lifecycle from inception through RIBA Stage 6 (handover and closeout).

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

epd provides landscape architecture, landscape planning, urban design and environmental design consultancy services to public sector clients (local councils, government bodies) and private developers. Services span the full project lifecycle from initial site appraisal, planning applications, and Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments through to detailed design, construction supervision, and post-construction aftercare. As the design division of Glendale Countryside, the firm combines consultancy with practical implementation and maintenance capabilities.

Product overview

epd Landscape is a multidisciplinary landscape architecture consultancy providing integrated services across three core areas: Landscape Architecture, Landscape Planning, and Urban Design. The company operates as part of Glendale Countryside and offers a full project lifecycle service from initial site appraisal through detailed design, planning applications, construction documentation, and implementation supervision. Their portfolio spans diverse project types including large-scale residential developments (such as the 2,000+ home Brooklands project), country parks, public realm improvements, commercial distribution warehouses, play areas, biodiversity enhancement schemes, and heritage landscapes. Their planning services include Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA), Landscape Character Assessments, Townscape and Visual Impact Assessments (TVIA), and expert witness testimony. The consultancy employs approximately 40 years of combined team experience and is registered with the Landscape Institute.

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Products and services

• Landscape Architecture Full-service landscape architecture covering site appraisals, design, construction documentation, and implementation oversight for projects ranging from residential gardens to large-scale public spaces, delivered for public sector and private developer clients.
• Landscape Planning Planning consultancy including Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments (LVIA), Landscape Character Assessments, Townscape and Visual Impact Assessments (TVIA), and expert witness services for planning inquiries.
• Urban Design Urban design services including spatial masterplans, regional masterplans, tourism-focused and mixed-use masterplans, public realm strategies, and GIS expertise.
• Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) Systematic evaluation of the potential impacts of proposed developments on landscape and visual character, identifying mitigation measures to minimise adverse effects.
• Landscape and Visual Appraisal (LVA) Review of land sensitivity to development from a landscape and visual perspective to inform a sensitive approach to development and site representation stages for Local Plans.
• Townscape and Visual Impact Assessment (TVIA) Evaluation of landscape visual effects within urban settings, identifying measures to mitigate adverse impacts and maximise green space in developments.
• Landscape Character Assessment Systematic identification and description of distinct landscape features to inform planning and management decisions, guiding sustainable development.
• Battery Storage Landscape and Visual Appraisal Landscape and Visual Appraisals for Battery Energy Storage Schemes (BESS) following GLVIA3 guidelines, assessing effects on landscape character and visual receptors.
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Production of landscape scoping reports, LVIA as part of Environmental Statements, collaboration with environmental consultants, and mitigation workshops.
• Site Supervision Construction-phase oversight and contract administration ensuring quality installation and defect management during landscape implementation.
• Community Consultation Stakeholder engagement and public consultation services to gather community input and shape project designs.

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Glendale CountrysidecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlendale Countryside is the parent company of epd. epd operates as the design division of Glendale Countryside, providing landscape architecture, landscape planning, and urban design services. This relationship enables epd to offer inspirational, flexible, and sustainable solutions ranging from initial designs to project implementation and maintenance, closely tied to Glendale Horticulture, Glendale Civic Trees, and Parkwood Holdings.
• Parkwood OutdoorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParkwood Outdoors operates leisure venues including Dolygaer Outdoor Activity Centre in the Brecon Beacons National Park. epd provides planning and landscape consultancy services for Parkwood Outdoors' development projects, working together on accommodation pods and facility improvements.
• Design with NatureminorStrategic or Co-development Partnerepd collaborated with Design with Nature to develop a comprehensive Signage Strategy for Riverside Park in Stratford. Design with Nature led the project while epd provided landscape architecture expertise for the interpretation boards and wayfinding design.
• Brecon Beacons National Park AuthorityminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBrecon Beacons National Park Authority is the local planning authority for Dolygaer Outdoor Activity Centre. epd worked with the authority to secure planning permission and Lawful Development Certificate for accommodation pods and associated works.
• Urban & CiviccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUrban & Civic is the developer client for Alconbury Weald, described as a high quality low carbon Enterprise Campus. epd was involved from an early stage on this major development on a disused airfield, providing Green Infrastructure Strategy and landscape design services.
• Gazeley UK LtdcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerGazeley UK Ltd is a logistics and warehouse developer. epd has worked with Gazeley on multiple commercial distribution projects including Magna Park Lutterworth, G-Park Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and continues to provide ongoing design and maintenance services.
• DHL RE (UK) LtdminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDHL RE (UK) Ltd commissioned epd via Lysander Associates to conduct Landscape and Visual Appraisal and landscape design for a proposed warehouse distribution building at Milton Keynes. epd is involved through all project stages from inception to closeout.
• David Lock AssociatesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDavid Lock Associates is a masterplanning consultancy. epd collaborated closely with David Lock Associates on the Rugby Radio Station masterplan for the 473-hectare sustainable urban extension.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Gillespies: London-headquartered landscape architecture, urban design and environmental consultancy working on UK and international masterplans, public realm, and residential developments. Directly comparable to epd in scale, sector coverage, and competition-led positioning.
• Land Use Consultants (LUC): Major UK planning, landscape and environmental design consultancy with deep LVIA, EIA, and masterplanning capability. Overlaps substantially with epd's planning-led services and shares the same public-sector and developer client segments.
• Grant Associates: Bristol-based landscape architecture practice delivering masterplans, public realm and ecological landscape design across the UK. Comparable to epd in focus on landscape-led sustainable development and large residential/mixed-use commissions.
• LDA Design: UK-based landscape architecture, urban design and masterplanning consultancy with a similar multi-disciplinary practice spanning LVIA, public realm, and large-scale residential and infrastructure projects. Closely comparable in service mix, project scale, and public/private client base to epd.
• Tyler Grange: UK landscape planning and environmental consultancy specialising in LVIA, ecology and arboriculture for development projects. A closer mid-sized peer to epd given shared emphasis on planning-stage landscape assessment work.

Broad incumbents

• SLR Consulting: Global environmental and advisory consultancy with a substantial UK landscape architecture and EIA practice. Competes with epd for LVIA and planning work but operates at much greater scale and across many adjacent environmental disciplines.
• WSP: Global professional services firm with a UK landscape architecture, urban design and environmental planning capability embedded within its wider property and infrastructure portfolio. A broader incumbent competing on similar developer and public-sector briefs.
• Arup: Global engineering and design consultancy with UK landscape architecture, urban design and masterplanning teams. Competes for large masterplans and infrastructure-linked landscape work as part of a much broader multidisciplinary offering.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering, management and development consultancy with UK landscape, environment and masterplanning capability. Overlaps with epd on development-led landscape design as part of a much larger infrastructure-focused practice.
• BDP (Building Design Partnership): Major UK architecture and multidisciplinary design practice with integrated landscape architecture, urban design and masterplanning teams. A broader incumbent that competes with epd on residential, public realm and campus-scale commissions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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