Developed over a 12-month period, the masterplan was shaped through close collaboration with Forestry England staff, volunteers, visitors and stakeholders. Our landscape architects, managers, ecologists and GIS specialists worked together to create a technically robust, integrated plan, presented in a clear, engaging and accessible digital format.
Particular thanks are due to Dan Luscombe, Curator, and Emma Bacon, Nursery Supervisor, whose insight and commitment helped bring the vision for Bedgebury to life. The resulting masterplan is now actively shaping decision-making on site and can be viewed on the Forestry England website.
This project forms part of a wider body of work supporting the stewardship of nationally important landscapes. Our ongoing collaboration with Forestry England continued into 2024–25 with the preparation of the Thetford Forest Resilience Plan, setting out how the UK’s largest lowland forest can adapt over the next 50 years to climate change, biodiversity loss, pests, disease and increasing pressures.
In 2025, we were proud to win the Landscape & Parks Management Award at the Landscape Institute Awards, with judges describing the Bedgebury masterplan as “a benchmark in the presentation of a management plan – innovative, forward-thinking and digitally immersive”.
