Landscape By Design Limited

What Landscape By Design Limited does

Landscape By Design Limited (LBD) is a professional landscape architecture consultancy established in 1997 and headquartered at The Studio, 52 Grove Avenue, Moseley, Birmingham. The firm operates as a private limited company with 1-10 employees and provides landscape architecture, design consultancy, and project management services across public and private sector developments, with a geographic focus on the English Midlands including Birmingham, Coventry, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire, plus select projects in Nottinghamshire and London.

LBD's service offering covers the full project lifecycle from masterplanning and concept design through detailed design, planning applications, tender services, and contract administration to site monitoring visits through construction. The practice operates across ten-plus verticals: public realm and urban spaces, residential development (social and private housing), industrial and commercial schemes, healthcare, education, retail, sport and leisure, law courts, roads, parks and open space, water management including SUDS, play areas, woodlands, and private gardens. Survey work includes BS 5837:2012 tree surveys, Phase 1 habitat surveys, biodiversity net gain assessments, and topographical surveys. Core technology comprises traditional hand sketching combined with landscape design software and CAD tools.

The firm operates a sales-led, direct-engagement go-to-market, generating business through direct client approach, referrals, and competitive tenders, primarily as part of multi-disciplinary design teams alongside architectural firms (Broadway Malyan, Corstorphine and Wright, BDP Birmingham, TP Bennett among others) and developers. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed; clients are instructed to email project requirements for a tailored proposal. LBD has been a member of the Landscape Institute for over two decades and is led by Principal Landscape Architect John Cutts, who personally runs projects from inception through to completion on site. Notable clients include Asda, Tesco, Persimmon Homes, Taylor Wimpey, Accord Housing Group, East Staffordshire Borough Council, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, and Coventry University. The firm's largest disclosed contract is the £1 million+ Stratford-upon-Avon College landscape refurbishment completed in Autumn 2023.

Name

Landscape By Design Limited

Legal name

Landscape By Design Ltd

Website

https://landscapebydesign.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Landscape By Design Limited is a Birmingham-based landscape architecture consultancy, founded 1997, serving public and private sector clients across the UK Midlands with masterplanning, detailed design, and survey services spanning residential, commercial, healthcare, education, and public realm sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Landscape Architecture Services

NAICS

Landscape Architectural Services (541320)

akta.pro primary industry

Landscape Architecture & Site Design (BPAHAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

Keywords

• Landscape architecture services
• Landscape design consultancy
• Masterplanning services
• Environmental landscape design
• Urban realm design

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Landscape Architecture Consultancy Services: Professional consultancy fees for landscape architecture services including: masterplanning, concept design, detailed design, tree surveys, phase-one habitat surveys, Japanese knotweed walkovers, planning drawings, bill of quantities, tender services, contract management and administration, and site monitoring visits through construction phases.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Landscape By Design is a professional landscape architecture consultancy delivering creative landscape design solutions for public open space, public realm, industrial and commercial schemes, residential developments, healthcare, education, retail, sport and leisure, law and order, and transport projects. Services cover the full project lifecycle from masterplanning and concept design through detailed design, planning applications, surveys, bill of quantities, tender services, contract administration and site monitoring visits during construction.

Product overview

Landscape By Design Limited is a professional landscape architecture consultancy established in 1997, providing creative landscape design solutions as a unified service offering. The company operates as a single consultancy rather than a platform-with-modules architecture, delivering comprehensive landscape architecture services across multiple specialized sectors including urban spaces, offices and roof gardens, residential, industrial, retail, sport and leisure, education, healthcare, law courts, roads, parks, water management, play areas, and woodlands. The core service encompasses full landscape design from concept through to completion, supported by landscape surveying capabilities. The company also offers private garden design services alongside its commercial portfolio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Landscape Architecture Services Comprehensive professional landscape architecture consultancy delivering creative design solutions from masterplanning and concept design through detailed design, planning applications, bill of quantities, tender services, contract administration and site monitoring visits, for clients including developers, PLCs, contractors, councils, house builders, consultants, community groups and private estates.
• Landscape Surveys

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully delivered £1 million+ Stratford-upon-Avon College landscape project completed in Autumn 2023
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles8 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Broadway MalyancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural firm collaborating on major urban space projects including Beorma Quarter-Digbeth, a 30-storey tower with public realm and roof garden scheme. LBD co-ordinated the detailed scheme from planning approval to tender stage and continues supporting the design team through construction.
• Corstorphine and WrightcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural partnership on multiple residential and commercial projects including Temple Point Birmingham (roof garden planting), Gulson Road Coventry apartments, Queen Victoria Road Coventry, and BT Exchange Solihull.
• BDP BirminghamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural firm for Waterway House Nottingham project - 191 apartments with public open space and roof terrace designs.
• TP BennettcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural firm for Willen House London project - external basement gardens and roof garden designs throughout stage 4 completion. Project managed by Gleeds.
• GleedsmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProject management firm working with LBD on Beorma Quarter-Digbeth and Willen House London projects, providing project management services alongside LBD's landscape architecture.
• Deeley Properties LtdmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional developer for whom LBD has worked on numerous industrial new build schemes in the Midlands including Swallow Business Park Coventry, assisting with landscape layouts, tree surveys and planting schemes.
• FIRAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLandscape architects for whom LBD produced concept designs and outline masterplans for School PFI projects including Crown Meadow First School and South Bromsgrove High School.
• G1 ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural firm collaborating on multiple retail projects including Asda Westbrook and Tesco Hednesford, where LBD provided planting plans and landscape advice.
• O'Brien ContractorsmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMain contractor for Stratford-upon-Avon College £1 million+ landscape project. LBD provided drawings and specification material for feasibility, planning, tender and construction stages.
• MGACmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProject managers for Stratford-upon-Avon College project, managing demolition and refurbishment works alongside LBD's landscape services.
• Associated ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitects for Stratford-upon-Avon College £1 million+ landscape project, working as part of multi-disciplinary team with LBD.
• St Modwen Developments LimitedmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDeveloper client for Tesco Hednesford superstore project, working with LBD on planting design for the large retail store.
• D5 ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural firm for ACMC Afro-Caribbean Millennium Centre Birmingham (FM Radio Station with landscaped courtyard) and Upper Gough Street Birmingham apartments.
• Rainier Developments LtdmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorClient for Waterway House Nottingham project and various residential schemes throughout the UK.
• Bournville ArchitectsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural firm who were design competition winners for Birmingham Rowing Club boathouse and clubhouse facility at Edgbaston Reservoir. LBD completed the masterplan for planning.
• HB ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural firm for 11 Arches House Rugby (ECL contractors HQ) and various Dunchurch housing sites for Parker Lake Homes.
• DW Wilson Property GroupminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDeveloper for Halesfield Point Telford industrial scheme where LBD created landscape scheme satisfying Council's biodiversity net gain requirements.
• Online ArchitectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitects for Magistrates Court Chesterfield project where LBD provided full landscape design including detailed hard and soft landscape areas.
• Feilden Clegg Bradley (under instruction from FIRA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural firm for Crown Meadow First School where LBD's Principal John Cutts worked on landscape masterplan as part of BAM PFI bid.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consultancy with landscape architecture and urban design capabilities. Competes for large-scale masterplanning, public realm, and environmental assessment projects where integrated multi-disciplinary capacity is valued.
• BDP (Building Design Partnership): Large multi-disciplinary UK design firm with a substantial landscape architecture practice. LBD has actually partnered with BDP Birmingham on Waterway House Nottingham, indicating an established working relationship in the same design ecosystem.
• Arup: Global engineering and design consultancy with a well-known landscape architecture practice covering masterplanning, urban design, and landscape planning. Competes for larger landscape commissions and offers broader integrated services.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering and development consultancy with landscape architecture within its built environment practice. Often retained by major developers and public sector clients for landscape inputs on housing, transport, and regeneration schemes.

Direct peers

• LDA Design: UK landscape and urban design consultancy working across masterplanning, landscape design, and environmental planning for public and private sector clients. Operates in the same professional services space with overlapping sector coverage.
• Farrer Huxley Associates: Smaller UK landscape architecture practice offering design, masterplanning, and environmental planning services. Closely comparable in scale and consultancy-led model, serving similar developer and public sector clients across the UK.
• Gillespies: Established UK landscape architecture practice with similar end-to-end services spanning masterplanning, detailed design, and contract administration. Significantly bigger in headcount but operates in the same sector verticals — public realm, residential, healthcare, education, retail — making it a like-for-like competitor on tenders.
• Allen Pyke Associates: Independent UK landscape architecture consultancy providing masterplanning, detailed design, and contract administration to public and private sector clients. Comparable mid-sized practice serving housing, education, healthcare, and public realm markets.
• Land Use Consultants: Major UK consultancy providing landscape architecture, masterplanning, environmental assessment, and ecology services. Direct overlap in masterplanning, landscape surveys, biodiversity, and planning services delivered to developers, councils, and infrastructure clients.
• Gross Max: UK landscape architecture consultancy offering masterplanning, urban design, public realm, and detailed landscape design services. Comparable service mix and client base (public sector, developers, universities, retail) and similar project-led professional services model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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