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Landscape Character Assessment and Landscape Capacity/Sensitivity Studies

The project involves a three-stage consultancy engagement: a comprehensive landscape character assessment, follow-on landscape sensitivity and capacity studies focusing on development and renewable energy pressures, and a critical friend review of in-house locally important landscape assessments. Deliverables include GIS feature classes for ARC GIS PRO integration and illustrative PDF reports. The work requires technical expertise in landscape planning to ensure a robust evidence base for future growth and settlement development.

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Awarded value
£185k
As published
Published
18 September 2025
Awarded
22 August 2025
LUC
Contract length
16 months
Ends 31 December 2026

What the contract covers

Services contract

Provision of landscape character assessment and sensitivity studies to support local authority planning and development evidence base requirements.

  • A Landscape Character Assessment for North Yorkshire Council covering its entire geographic area, providing feature classes created through file geodatabases to enable the council to create interactive mapping for its website on ARC GIS PRO software and an illustrative PDF report in clickable format.
  • Separate follow-on Landscape Sensitivity/Capacity Studies informed by the Landscape Character Assessment, covering areas of development pressure and growth such as housing and development at the edge of settlements and renewable energy pressures in rural areas, with feature classes created through file geodatabases for interactive mapping on the council website using ARC GIS PRO software and an illustrative clickable PDF report.
  • Review of Locally Important Landscapes work resourced by the in-house team, acting as a critical friend to review the work and ensure it provides a robust evidence base.

Terms and requirements

Contract type
Services contract
Initial term
16 months
Contract dates
26 August 2025 to 31 December 2026
Certifications asked for
None stated
Suitable for SMEs
Yes
Category
Services
CPV codes
90713000

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North Yorkshire Council

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Cite this contract

Link
https://bidskim.com/tender/210317/landscape-character-assessment-and-landscape-capacity-sensitivity-studies
Buyer reference
20250918162103-104117
Open contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-a90063b9-66e3-4edd-9904-0815a638a2ae
Last checked
4 November 2026

North Yorkshire Council. Landscape Character Assessment and Landscape Capacity/Sensitivity Studies. Contract award, 18 September 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/210317/landscape-character-assessment-and-landscape-capacity-sensitivity-studies (accessed 4 November 2026).