Published date: 26 March 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 23 April 2021, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Architectural, engineering and planning services - 71240000

  • Urban planning and landscape architectural services - 71400000

  • Environmental planning - 90712000

    • Urban environmental development planning - 90712100

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£30,000 to £40,000

Procurement reference

MT222379

Published date

26 March 2021

Closing date

23 April 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

19 May 2021

Contract end date

6 September 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council (NuLBC) is preparing a new Borough Local Plan to replace the existing Joint Core Spatial Strategy (with Stoke-on-Trent City Council). As part of the preparation of the evidence base to inform the new Local Plan, the Council is seeking to commission a new Landscape and Settlement Character Assessment. This involves preparing a full replacement of all previous landscape character assessment work undertaken in 2000 by Staffordshire County Council to support the previous Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Structure Plan (1996-2011).
This commission comprises three key components:
> Part 1: Prepare new Landscape and Settlement Character Assessments and associated works to include highlighting areas and features considered to have significant landscape sensitivity. This is to include a Landscape Sensitivity and Capacity Assessment- namely to assess the type and scale of development that might be able to be accommodated without compromising landscape character. This will replace all previous versions.
> Part 2: Prepare a Landscape Strategy for Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough.
> Part 3: Site Specific Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments.
The new study must be prepared in accordance with national policy guidance detailed in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), for example at Paragraphs 20, 127, 141-142, 149, 170-172 etc.; Planning Practice Guidance (PPG); Natural England approaches; and associated HM Government policy including 'A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment'.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Jemma March - Planning Policy Manager

Address

Castle House
Barracks Road
Newcastle-under-Lyme
ST5 1BL
England

Telephone

+44 1782717717

Email

jemma.march@newcastle-staffs.gov.uk

Website

http://www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk/