David Hickie Associates

About David Hickie Associates

We provide high quality practical advice and design solutions for all sizes of development projects. Specialising in Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIAs) and expert witness for planning appeals and HIgh Court cases - acting for both developers and Local Authorities. Dr David Hickie is a Chartered Landscape Architect and an international expert in the field of LVIA. He is a specialist in the field of landscape design, landscape planning and landscape ecology. He is also a Chartered Environmentalist and Full Member of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation. He was formerly Senior Landscape Architect for Warwickshire County Council, Head of Landscape and Ecology for Midlands Region, Environment Agency and Assistant Regional Director of English Heritage (now known as Historic England). He was a member of the Landscape Institute’s Working Group that developed the ‘Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (First Edition)’.