Ian Houlston

Ian is a landscape architect and archaeologist and leads LDA Design’s Environmental Planning Service.  He is an expert in green infrastructure planning and design, landscape character assessment and landscape and visual impact assessment and advises on landscape strategies and masterplans for development in sensitive and protected landscapes.  He has developed national guidance for seascape and townscape character assessment for Natural England and the Landscape Institute and is regularly invited to speak on the topic of strategic landscape planning to students and professional audiences.