News analysis

Seasoned arboriculturist Karen O'Shea will lead environmental planning firm’s new arboriculture service, helping clients manage tree-related issues in their development projects.

LUC is committed to growth — but not at any cost. Managing director Jon Grantham tells the story of the firm’s distinctive, mission-driven ethos and employee-owned structure.

New renewable energy developer will help deliver government target of generating more than a gigawatt of locally-owned energy by 2030.

Mandatory BNG requirements in English planning will lead to a huge call for consultants, with firms already struggling to meet demand.

The autumn statement has been largely good news for SME environmental consultancies. But fears of an economic downturn threaten their prospects for 2023.

COP27 is being heralded as the COP of implementation. Ahead of the meeting, Environment Analyst explores the prospects and hopes for environmental and sustainability consulting leaders.

British consulting firm added 30 new staff, increased turnover and narrowed its median gender pay gap.

Environmental design and planning firm attributes its ongoing success to a diversity of clients and services — and employee ownership. Managing director Jon Grantham spoke with Environment Analyst.

The adoption of design codes in the planning system will offer great opportunities for consultancies, argues LUC’s Philip Smith

Environmental consultancy, LUC, has placed tackling climate change and biodiversity loss at the heart of its new strategy

Landscape design and planning consultancy LUC has won a contract to produce a new Renewable Energy Landscape Sensitivity Assessment for Cornwall.

The environmental planning consultancy is recruiting again in spite of COVID-19, with the digital side of business performing particularly strongly of late, according to MD Jon Grantham

LUC suspends all field work, whilst other firms review on an individual basis if onsite work is deemed ‘essential’ given government restrictions to stem coronavirus transmission

MD Jon Grantham explains why LUC's shareholders have handed over their shares to employees and empowered them to scrutinise business decisions

London-headquartered environmental consultancy LUC has become a fully employee-owned business following the creation of an employee ownership trust (EOT). The move was motivated by a desire to secure its long-term independence by transferring...

Research points to a growing capacity crisis within local authorities and an increasing need for external support

LUC has reported "satisfactory" growth in both revenue and operating profits in the year ending 31 December 2017. Revenue grew by 5.3% to reach £8.8m, placing the firm just outside the UK’s top 30 environmental consultancies according to market...

Councils across the country are increasingly looking to the greenbelt to deliver housing.

Interactive map reveals ares of County Mayo most impacted by light pollution.

London-headquartered ecological and landscape consultancy LUC has been appointed by Eden District Council to design the Penrith Vision masterplan in Cumbria. The 120-strong firm will call on experts in landscape design, GIS, planning, ecology and...

Two contracts in Leicestershire and Chichester to build evidence base for landscape protection

Environmental consultancy LUC has been appointed by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to produce a landscape character and sensitivity assessment for its ten constituent areas.

Environmental consultancy LUC has helped the London Borough of Tower Hamlets update its local plan which has entered the final phase of consultation

Environmental consultancy LUC has been appointed by Transforming the Trent Valley landscape partnership to develop a spatial strategy for the restoration of the River Trent. The firm’s GIS team will build a comprehensive atlas of the project area and...

London-headquartered environmental consultancy LUC reported turnover growth of 11.6% to £8.3m for the year ending 31 December 2016, according to the latest accounts filed at Companies House. The firm reported an operating margin of 3.7% - equivalent...

EA investigates the fastest growing work area in UK environmental consultancy of the last ten years, exploring the market conditions, drivers and service innovations which have conspired to produce a threefold increase in demand for ecology and land management services.

Ecology and landscape consultancy LUC has published a ten-point guidance document to prepare clients for changes to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive on 16 May. It identifies ten key changes which professionals and clients should...

Ecology and landscape consultancy LUC has helped local authorities in Manchester approve a plan that will see 227,000 homes built in the city over the next 20 years. Its Greater Manchester green belt study evaluated the performance of the green belt...

Progress in 2015 paves way for strong 50th anniversary year. Director Jeremy Owen discusses LUC’s key strengths and opportunities, and why he advises enviro SMEs to ‘hold their nerve and continue to invest’ following the Brexit vote

London-headquartered consultancy LUC has been awarded a raft of contracts in recent weeks across its core disciplines of ecology, landscape planning and environmental impact assessment. The 110-strong firm has been appointed by Braintree District...