wrexham industrial estate access roads
Date: January 2012

TACP are working closely with Wrexham County Borough Council, the Countryside Council for Wales and Birse Civils in developing Great Crested Newt mitigation proposals for the above scheme. The proposals include the restoration of eight ponds currently in poor condition and the creation of three new ponds. Hibernacula creation and vegetation management will further enhance the measures.

malvern hills district council - "route to the hills" project
Date: January 2012

TACP are members of a team appointed by Malvern Hills District Council to develop a Stage 1 Heritage Lottery Fund bid for the implementation of a strategic access strategy.  The project is concerned with establishing and developing a signposted route from Great Malvern town centre up onto the adjacent Malvern Hills.  The study will review existing information and draw this together with new ideas to build upon the underlying heritage value of Malvern.  Particular reference will be made to the town’s development as a Spa Town in the nineteenth century and its importance as a gateway to the wider landscape.

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CLWYDIAN RANGE AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY
Date: January 2012

The Welsh Government has recently (November 2011) announced an extension to the Clwydian Range AONB to include the Dee Valley around Llangollen. This is the first change to an AONB for over twenty five years. TACP undertook one of the assessment studies for the proposed extension. This tested the proposals against the updated LANDMAP data for the area within the context of the definition of "natural beauty" used by the Countryside Council for Wales. The study identified a number of areas warranting consideration for inclusion within the AONB which have been confirmed in this new designation.

Countryside council for wales - landmap term commission
Date: January 2012

TACP have been appointed by the Countryside Council for Wales as topic specialist for the Visual and Sensory and Landscape Habitats LANDMAP layers under their new term commission. TACP have also been appointed to the Quality Assurance Panel for the Landscape Habitats topic layer.

Those appointments continue TACP involvement in LANDMAP since its inception in the original development of LANDMAP in 1996, which now includes an all-Wales database for the five evaluated landscape topics within LANDMAP - Geological Landscapes, Landscape Habitats, Visual and Sensory, Historic and Cultural Landscapes.

candida diamond, cmli
Date: January 2012

TACP are delighted to announce that Candida Diamond has been successful in securing her Chartership of the Landscape Institute.