Agnes Jones

Great news that the Holmlea Primary School Project has been shortlisted in The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) awards.

TGP worked alongside CCG (Scotland) Ltd and Anderson, Bell + Christie Architects to develop the landscape design and oversee the subsequent landscape construction works to completion. The external works incorporated raised lawns with feature walls created using red sandstone from old school.

TGP’s Newcastle Office have a had a busy start to the new year and are delighted to have helped secure planning permission for 59 new homes on the edge of Burnopfield, County Durham for Avant Homes. The layout included a large area of public open space with native woodland and woodland edge planting as well as specimen trees, native hedge planting and wildflower meadows to create a connected network of green spaces that build on, enhance and link into the existing green corridors and wider footpath network. This projects continues our work with Avant Homes and works will start on site in the coming weeks.

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Following on from their well received work for Redcar and Cleveland BC at Eston Town Square, TGP’s Newcastle Office have provided landscape design services from RIBA Work Stages 3 through 4 for RCBC at Fountain Street Car Park in Guisborough. The proposals looked to rationalise the levels and create a safe drop off point for coach passengers arriving in the town as well as a sitting area and collecting space for customers of the local café and people waiting for

coach pick up. The work will be implemented by RCBC’s own in house team.

TGP’s Newcastle Office had a busy end to 2020 which culminated in helping to secure planning permission for 82 new homes in Seaburn, Sunderland for Avant Homes. The layout included a large area of public open space which retained an existing block of woodland along the western boundary, added native woodland edge planting as well as specimen trees, native and ornamental hedge planting, ornamental shrub planting and wildflower meadows to create a connected network of green space that runs through the spine of the site and links into the existing green corridors and wider footpath network. The project, which also included a natural play area and social space as well as swales and a SUDs pond, is now on site.

Project completion has been achieved at Sylvania Way, in Clydebank town centre. TGP Landscape Architects were commissioned by West Dunbartonshire Council to produce public realm design proposals at the access the access to the Clyde Shopping Centre from Chalmers Street.
The design proposals introduced new public realm and landscape features as part of the pedestrianised improvements between Chalmers Street and Clyde Shopping Centre and funded by Scottish Government Town Centre Fund and West Dunbartonshire Council. The design includes new landscape islands with seating (Kinley) and paving (Hardscape) with embedded nautical heritage themes.
The project has resulted in a major improvement to the town centre, welcomed by shop owner’s and local community alike. Throughout the contract, TGP Landscape Architects in partnership with Civic Engineers have worked closely with the West Dunbartonshire Council and RJ McLeod (Contractors) Limited in the design and delivery of the project, to ensure that the final scheme is delivered to the highest quality and reflects the desires and aspirations of the local community.

TGP’s graduates Kit Bowen and Rashmi Pai Dongerkerry won the Hardscape Sponsor Accolade for their entry to the Landscape Institute competition ‘Transforming The Urban Landscape’ with a project entitled ‘Creating a Better Social and Ecological Future in Glasgow’, which looked at utilising unused spaces in close proximity to our Glasgow office in response to the current COVID climate. Out of a field of over 60 submissions in the professional category, it was wonderful for their efforts to be recognised!