GLVIA
NEW Consultation February 2012
The consultation period on the revised GLVIA runs from February 15 to March 14. This page has full details on how to access the text and submit feedback.
Important – status of the text
The text is in consultation draft form and will undergo extensive review and revision following this consultation. The GLVIA 2nd edition remains in force as current guidance until the new edition is published, which is expected to be late 2012 or early 2013. Material in the consultation draft should not be taken as guidance, quoted, or used for the preparation of any documents or plans.
The consultation draft does not contain any appendices, case studies, diagrams, examples or illustrations. These are currently in preparation and will be included in the published text.
How to download the text
The consultation draft is available in PDF format and can be downloaded here.
Download the text (1.4mb)
Individual members - how to submit a response
Please use the online questionnaire below. There are several questions about each chapter. You do not need to answer questions about every chapter, and you may complete as few or as many questions on each chapter as you wish. The questions are also included in the consultation draft text, so you may like to make notes on these as you read though it, before completing the questionnaire.
If you do not want to complete the questions in one session, you can save your answers and return later.
The survey will close March 14th at midnight.
Practices, local authorities and agencies - how to submit a group response
Please compile feedback on behalf of a practice, local authority department, or government agency into a Word document – not a pdf. Please indicate which paragraph number/s your comments refer to. Anyone wishing to submit their comments using the online questionnaire instead of contributing to a group response may do so. We can only accept group responses in word format however, not individual responses.
Please email your response to Lesley Malone by midnight on March 14th.
Background
A revised edition of the Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (GLVIA) is currently in preparation. Published jointly by the Landscape Institute and IEMA, the 'blue book' is being updated to reflect current landscape thinking and practice as well as changes in the policy context and statutory framework.
The third edition, written by Prof. Carys Swanwick, will be published in late 2012/early 2013..
Proposed structure
Consultation with LI and IEMA members began with the launch of an online survey in November-December 2010 on the proposed chapter structure. A summary of the survey results, and the finalised structure, are below..
Outline of the chapters of the new edition
Comments submitted via the online survey
GLVIA Advisory Panel
The GLVIA Advisory Panel is responsible for leading the project and consists of LI and IEMA members. The group reports to Technical Committee and is assisted by a project co-ordinator from the LI Secretariat.
Advisory Panel members are:
Jeff Stevenson CMLI (chair)
Julian Francis CMLI
Mary O'Connor CMLI
Mark Turnbull FLI
Marc van Grieken CMLI
For further information, please contact Lesley Malone, Head of Knowledge Services.
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