Felstone features in May’s Quarry Management
Felstone Consulting Limited’s Director, Simon Higson, features in May’s Quarry Management. Simon has summarised his recent paper to the 2024 Extractive Industries Geology (EIG) conference in Hull. His article reviews a sample of 97 biological [...]
Visit to Lee Valley Regional Park
We visited the Lee Valley Regional Park recently to explore the extensive wetland habitats which have developed on and around a series of former gravel workings. Designated for their biological interest both nationally (Turnford and [...]
Visit to Dogsthorpe Star Pit
Our Landscape Architects have been out and about collecting ideas and inspiration for our project work. Dogsthorpe Star Pit (pictured) was notified as a SSSI in 1993 due to its biological interest associated with the [...]
Thank You and End of Year Highlights
A huge thank you to our team of landscape consultants, clients and suppliers who have supported us throughout 2024. We’ve loved working on planning permissions for new minerals and commercial projects, developing large-scale nature-rich restoration [...]
Presentation of ‘Landscape and Visual Considerations’ guidance
We’ve just finished presenting ‘Landscape and Visual Considerations’ guidance to The Institute of Quarrying Midlands. This follows on from similar presentations to IQ Derbyshire and IQ Yorkshire branches, as part of Health and Safety CPD [...]
Nature Recovery session EIG Conference
Felstone Consulting Limited’s Director Simon Higson presented at the Nature Recovery session EIG Conference in September. Our review of biological SSSIs for evidence of mineral extraction identified more than 77 biological SSSI sites on former [...]
Felstone features in February’s Quarry Management
Author of the updated ‘Landscape and Visual Considerations’ guidance for the Institute of Quarrying, Felstone Consulting Limited’s Director, Simon Higson, said that “The updated guide aims to provide an aide-memoir about how negative impacts can [...]
Thank You and End of Year Highlights
A huge thank you to our team of landscape consultants, clients and suppliers who have supported us this year. Some highlights include helping to secure planning permissions for new solar projects, developing several large-scale wetland [...]
Proud to be a Registered Practice with the Landscape Institute
We’ve got some exciting news to share… Felstone Consulting Limited is now a Registered Practice with Landscape Institute!
