Passionate about conserving and enhancing the environment
About us
At Land Use Consultants (LUC), we are dedicated to conserving, protecting and enhancing the environment. We are specialists in planning, design, ecology and management. Our creative design process uses pioneering methodologies and the latest technology, and is underpinned by our values: sustainability, independence and quality.
With over 40 years’ experience, LUC takes a holistic view of our precious landscape, considering its history, culture and community. Being independent, we offer sound, impartial advice, keeping the environment, and people’s relationship with it, at the heart of all our work.
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Our Story
One of the UK’s first specialist environmental consultancies, LUC was founded in 1966 by conservationist, author and former head of the Nature Conservancy Council, Max Nicholson.
In 1965, Max organised a conference for conservation specialists, government and business representatives to meet and discuss how, collectively, they could manage our countryside better. The delegates identified huge demand for professional environmental advice and looked towards Max to fill this gap in the market.
Max took the plunge and created Land Use Consultants, persuading colleagues John Herbert and Clifford Tandy to join him.
In 1973, Mark Lintell joined the company and his benchmark for sustainability set standards for others to follow.
Now with over 100 professionally qualified staff, Land Use Consultants has offices in Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow and London.
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An Ethical Consultancy
LUC is driven by environmental focus. This company ethos is evident throughout our teams who are all committed, principled environmentalists.
Our approach considers sustainability, quality and innovation. Helping to mitigate and adapt to the threat of climate change is a priority running throughout our work.
Advising on the bigger picture, LUC has a reputation for going beyond the brief and solves problems based on the most sustainable option.
An independent company, LUC is employee owned and managed. Often invited onto steering committees and stakeholder groups, we debate issues in a reasonable and intelligent way, giving a straightforward unbiased view.
Our clients are both UK and overseas organisations and include central, devolved, regional and local government, public sector agencies, regulatory bodies, private sector companies and the third sector.
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Our Aims
- We provide an informed, diligent, independent and honest service to all our clients.
- We pride ourselves on our holistic approach to environmental issues.
- We strive for design innovation and excellence, to improve the quality of life.
- We aspire to be carbon neutral by 2012.