Applied professional course
Landscape Framework and Open-Space Planning
Set an open-space hierarchy and landscape framework that meets real needs, with typologies, quantities and maintenance defined.
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Written course content
Client-style brief
A 30-hectare urban extension has an approved development quantum but no coherent landscape structure. The brief is a landscape and open-space framework that sets the character areas, the open-space hierarchy, the street and boundary treatments and the long-term management basis, before detailed design begins.
Professional scenario
Synthetic urban-extension pack: site survey with existing trees, hedgerows and field boundaries, topography, a viewpoint set, an adjoining settlement edge, a concept development layout and a synthetic open-space standards table.
Planning problem
Open space is often left as the space between buildings: fragmented, unmanaged and unloved. The professional problem is to design a landscape framework that structures the development, meets standards with usable space and can realistically be maintained.
Learning objectives
- Read landscape character, existing structure and views as design determinants.
- Set an open-space hierarchy that meets standards with usable, accessible space.
- Design a green structure that shapes the development rather than fills its gaps.
- Specify streets, boundaries, edges and planting principles at framework level.
- Establish a management and stewardship basis that is deliverable.
Modules and lessons
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Module 1
Module 1 — Landscape reading and structure
Understand the existing landscape well enough to keep what matters.
Reading field pattern, boundary type, tree cover, topography and settlement edge as a character description; distinguishing character from condition; and identifying what should be reinforced rather than erased.
Practical exercise: Write a character description for the site and its edge and mark the elements that must be retained.
Checkpoint: Every retention decision is justified by character, ecology, amenity or screening value.
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Reading a tree survey, root protection and canopy constraints in principle, hedgerow value and connectivity, and the difference between retaining a tree and retaining it in a condition where it will survive.
Practical exercise: Map retention constraints from the teaching survey and test the concept layout against them.
Checkpoint: Retained trees have usable space around them, not just a symbol on a plan.
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Identifying views into and out of the site, assessing the settlement edge and the new edge being created, ridge lines and skyline sensitivity, and using views to locate open space and height.
Practical exercise: Analyse six viewpoints and derive three landscape design responses from the analysis.
Checkpoint: Each design response is traceable to a specific viewpoint finding.
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Example data: Synthetic tree, hedgerow and field-boundary survey, topography, viewpoint set and a teaching character-area description.
Module output: Landscape appraisal plan with retained structure and view analysis.
Module 2
Module 2 — Open-space hierarchy and green structure
Design the open-space system rather than count its area.
From doorstep space to neighbourhood park, matching typology to catchment and function, distributing space so every home is served, and avoiding the single large park that leaves half the site unserved.
Practical exercise: Design the open-space hierarchy and test walking access from every part of the layout.
Checkpoint: Every dwelling area meets the stated walking-distance standard for each space type.
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Shape, gradient, aspect, tree cover and usable area; why residual and awkward land should not count towards standards; natural surveillance, active frontage onto space and safety by design.
Practical exercise: Audit the proposed spaces for usability and overlooking and remove non-qualifying land from the compliance calculation.
Checkpoint: The compliance figure counts only usable, overlooked, accessible space.
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Using corridors, avenues, edges and green links to define character areas and movement; coordinating the green structure with drainage and green infrastructure work; and making the structure legible on the ground.
Practical exercise: Draw the green structure plan defining character areas and green links across the site.
Checkpoint: The green structure organises the layout rather than occupying leftover parcels.
Video lesson: Not recorded — written lesson above
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Example data: Synthetic open-space standards table, concept development layout and an Ideeplan-owned space-typology and quality checklist.
Module output: Open-space hierarchy plan with a compliance and quality schedule.
Module 3
Module 3 — Specification, delivery and management
Set framework-level standards and a realistic long-term stewardship model.
Street tree strategy and the space trees need below ground, boundary hierarchy from public to private, treatment of rear edges and rural interfaces, and specifying by typology rather than by individual location.
Practical exercise: Define four street typologies and three boundary typologies with sections and written rules.
Checkpoint: Every street and boundary in the layout is assigned to a defined typology.
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Species-selection principles rather than species lists, structural diversity, habitat value, shade and cooling, resilience to changing conditions, and establishment requirements.
Practical exercise: Write planting principles for each landscape typology with an establishment and replacement requirement.
Checkpoint: Principles are written as testable requirements, not aspirations.
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Delivering landscape early enough to establish, temporary treatment of future phases, adoption against private management against community stewardship, cost bands and the risk of designing space nobody will fund.
Practical exercise: Produce a phasing plan and a management plan assigning each space to a stewardship model with a cost band.
Checkpoint: No space is proposed without an identified management route and cost band.
Video lesson: Not recorded — written lesson above
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Example data: Ideeplan-owned street and boundary typology sheets, a planting-principles template and a synthetic management-cost band table.
Module output: Landscape framework document with typologies, phasing and a management plan.
Project brief
A synthetic 30-hectare urban extension with an approved development quantum and an existing field and hedgerow structure.
Your role: Planner leading the landscape and open-space framework within a masterplanning team.
Information available
- Synthetic tree, hedgerow and boundary survey with topography.
- Viewpoint set and settlement-edge context.
- Concept development layout and open-space standards table.
- Ideeplan-owned typology, planting and management templates.
Required analysis
- Character and retention appraisal.
- Tree and hedgerow constraint testing against the layout.
- Viewpoint analysis and design response.
- Open-space hierarchy, access and usability audit.
- Stewardship model and cost-band assignment.
Required outputs
- Landscape appraisal plan.
- Open-space hierarchy plan with compliance and quality schedule.
- Green structure plan defining character areas.
- Street, boundary and planting typology sheets.
- Phasing plan and management plan.
Presentation standard: Framework-level drawings with typologies rather than detailed planting design, all standards tested and shown, and every space assigned a management route.
Marking criteria
- Landscape reading: Retention and design responses are justified by appraisal findings.
- Standards with quality: Compliance counts only usable, accessible, overlooked space.
- Structural role: The green structure organises the development rather than filling leftover land.
- Specification clarity: Typologies are defined and assigned across the whole layout.
- Deliverability: Every space has a stewardship model, cost band and phasing position.
Quality-assurance checklist
- Every retained tree has workable space around it in the layout.
- Walking-distance access is tested from every residential parcel.
- Residual and unusable land is excluded from compliance figures.
- Every street and boundary is assigned to a defined typology.
- Local open-space standards, tree protection rules, adoption requirements and planting regulations are confirmed with the relevant authority before design is fixed.
Common mistakes and correction tasks
- Counting a steep, unoverlooked strip towards open-space provision. Correction: Remove it from the calculation, restate compliance and find qualifying space elsewhere.
- Retaining a mature tree with a road and driveway inside its root zone. Correction: Revise the layout to give the tree usable space or record the loss honestly with mitigation.
- Providing one large park at the site edge and calling standards met. Correction: Test walking access from every parcel and add distributed doorstep and local spaces.
- Proposing intensive planting with no identified management funding. Correction: Assign a stewardship model and cost band, or simplify the specification to match the funding available.
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Practical resources
Resources for this course
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Practical project brief
Sets the professional situation, the role the learner takes and what must be produced.
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- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
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- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Landscape and open-space framework: appraisal, hierarchy plan, typologies, phasing and management plan
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- 9 — One brief governs the whole course: every lesson exercise contributes to the same final deliverable.
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- A synthetic 30-hectare urban extension with an approved development quantum and an existing field and hedgerow structure.
- Your role: Planner leading the landscape and open-space framework within a masterplanning team.
- Available information: Synthetic tree, hedgerow and boundary survey with topography.
- Available information: Viewpoint set and settlement-edge context.
- Available information: Concept development layout and open-space standards table.
- Available information: Ideeplan-owned typology, planting and management templates.
- Required analysis: Character and retention appraisal.
- Required analysis: Tree and hedgerow constraint testing against the layout.
- Required analysis: Viewpoint analysis and design response.
- Required analysis: Open-space hierarchy, access and usability audit.
- Required analysis: Stewardship model and cost-band assignment.
Resource file not yet available. The written instructions on this page are complete and can be followed without any download, account, enrolment or payment.
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Client-style instruction and problem statement
Gives the learner the instruction as a practitioner would receive it, and names the problem to be solved.
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- Draft
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- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
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- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Landscape and open-space framework: appraisal, hierarchy plan, typologies, phasing and management plan
- Lessons supported
- 9 — Scenario framing applies to every lesson in the course.
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Synthetic urban-extension pack: site survey with existing trees, hedgerows and field boundaries, topography, a viewpoint set, an adjoining settlement edge, a concept development layout and a synthetic open-space standards table.
Open space is often left as the space between buildings: fragmented, unmanaged and unloved. The professional problem is to design a landscape framework that structures the development, meets standards with usable space and can realistically be maintained.
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Module 1 learner worksheet — Module 1 — Landscape reading and structure
Lists the practical steps the learner carries out in this module, in order.
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- Written worksheet shown on this page
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- Draft
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- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Landscape appraisal plan with retained structure and view analysis.
- Lessons supported
- 3 — Supports the 3 lessons in module 1, which build one shared output.
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- Character, pattern and sense of place — Write a character description for the site and its edge and mark the elements that must be retained.
- Existing trees, hedgerows and constraints on layout — Map retention constraints from the teaching survey and test the concept layout against them.
- Views, edges and visual sensitivity — Analyse six viewpoints and derive three landscape design responses from the analysis.
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Module 2 learner worksheet — Module 2 — Open-space hierarchy and green structure
Lists the practical steps the learner carries out in this module, in order.
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- Written worksheet shown on this page
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- Draft
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- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
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- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Open-space hierarchy plan with a compliance and quality schedule.
- Lessons supported
- 3 — Supports the 3 lessons in module 2, which build one shared output.
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- Hierarchy, typology and distribution — Design the open-space hierarchy and test walking access from every part of the layout.
- Usability, overlooking and quality standards — Audit the proposed spaces for usability and overlooking and remove non-qualifying land from the compliance calculation.
- Green structure as development framework — Draw the green structure plan defining character areas and green links across the site.
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Module 3 learner worksheet — Module 3 — Specification, delivery and management
Lists the practical steps the learner carries out in this module, in order.
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- Draft
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- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
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- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Landscape framework document with typologies, phasing and a management plan.
- Lessons supported
- 3 — Supports the 3 lessons in module 3, which build one shared output.
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- Streets, boundaries and edge treatments — Define four street typologies and three boundary typologies with sections and written rules.
- Planting principles, biodiversity and climate response — Write planting principles for each landscape typology with an establishment and replacement requirement.
- Phasing, management and stewardship — Produce a phasing plan and a management plan assigning each space to a stewardship model with a cost band.
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Task checklist
Confirms every required piece of work has been produced before submission.
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- Checklist
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- Written checklist shown on this page
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- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
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- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Landscape and open-space framework: appraisal, hierarchy plan, typologies, phasing and management plan
- Lessons supported
- 9 — A single task checklist tracks progress across all modules.
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- Landscape appraisal plan.
- Open-space hierarchy plan with compliance and quality schedule.
- Green structure plan defining character areas.
- Street, boundary and planting typology sheets.
- Phasing plan and management plan.
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Example data and drawing base
Synthetic tree, hedgerow and field-boundary survey, topography, viewpoint set and a teaching character-area description. GIS exercises are planned around plain, checkable formats: CSV and clearly labelled local-grid JSON on the named grid IDP-LOCAL-GRID. GeoJSON is not used for local-grid training data because the format asserts WGS 84 degrees. No QGIS project file, GeoPackage or raster file is claimed.
- Resource type
- GIS exercise pack
- Format
- CSV and local-grid JSON (planned) — no GeoJSON, QGIS project, GeoPackage or raster file is claimed
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- Planned
- Data classification
- Synthetic demonstration data
- Licence or ownership
- Synthetic demonstration material prepared by Ideeplan Consult. No client file, personal information, private agency document or unreleased project drawing is used.
- Related deliverable
- Landscape and open-space framework: appraisal, hierarchy plan, typologies, phasing and management plan
- Lessons supported
- 9 — One demonstration data base is used by every lesson so results stay comparable.
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Demonstration data item What it contains and how it is used Data ownership and licence Synthetic training data prepared and owned by Ideeplan Consult. It is fictional: it is not a real client project, a real site or a real location, and it must not be presented as one. Free to study on this page; redistribution is not permitted. Module 1 input — Module 1 — Landscape reading and structure Synthetic tree, hedgerow and field-boundary survey, topography, viewpoint set and a teaching character-area description. Module 2 input — Module 2 — Open-space hierarchy and green structure Synthetic open-space standards table, concept development layout and an Ideeplan-owned space-typology and quality checklist. Module 3 input — Module 3 — Specification, delivery and management Ideeplan-owned street and boundary typology sheets, a planting-principles template and a synthetic management-cost band table. Lawful sourcing where real data is substituted Where a learner substitutes real data, use only openly licensed or lawfully obtained sources, record the publisher, dataset title, version and access date, and cite them in the final deliverable. Do not use restricted, confidential or personal data. Resource file not yet available. The written instructions on this page are complete and can be followed without any download, account, enrolment or payment.
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Analysis and calculation template
Structures the analysis so assumptions are visible and checkable. Any figures used in a template are teaching assumptions, not market evidence. Local costs, policies, standards and valuation assumptions must be independently confirmed before any of this is applied to a real project.
- Resource type
- Suitability matrix
- Format
- CSV matrix (planned)
- Status
- Planned
- Data classification
- Synthetic demonstration data
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Landscape and open-space framework: appraisal, hierarchy plan, typologies, phasing and management plan
- Lessons supported
- 9 — The same analysis structure is completed progressively through the course.
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- Record every assumption on its own labelled row, with the source or reason beside it.
- Module 1 working section — Landscape appraisal plan with retained structure and view analysis.
- Module 2 working section — Open-space hierarchy plan with a compliance and quality schedule.
- Module 3 working section — Landscape framework document with typologies, phasing and a management plan.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Landscape appraisal plan.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Open-space hierarchy plan with compliance and quality schedule.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Green structure plan defining character areas.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Street, boundary and planting typology sheets.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Phasing plan and management plan.
- Check row: totals, units and areas reconcile before the result is carried into the deliverable.
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Final deliverable template
Sets the expected structure and presentation standard for Landscape and open-space framework: appraisal, hierarchy plan, typologies, phasing and management plan.
- Resource type
- Site plan base
- Format
- PDF and DXF (planned)
- Status
- Planned
- Data classification
- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Landscape and open-space framework: appraisal, hierarchy plan, typologies, phasing and management plan
- Lessons supported
- 9 — The final deliverable draws on every module output.
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- Final named deliverable — Landscape and open-space framework: appraisal, hierarchy plan, typologies, phasing and management plan
- Section 1 — Landscape appraisal plan with retained structure and view analysis.
- Section 2 — Open-space hierarchy plan with a compliance and quality schedule.
- Section 3 — Landscape framework document with typologies, phasing and a management plan.
- Must be present — Landscape appraisal plan.
- Must be present — Open-space hierarchy plan with compliance and quality schedule.
- Must be present — Green structure plan defining character areas.
- Must be present — Street, boundary and planting typology sheets.
- Must be present — Phasing plan and management plan.
- Presentation and submission standard — Framework-level drawings with typologies rather than detailed planting design, all standards tested and shown, and every space assigned a management route.
- Sources and citations: list every dataset, publisher, version and access date used, and state clearly where synthetic Ideeplan training data was used.
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Quality-control checklist
Professional checks to run before the work is treated as finished.
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- Checklist
- Format
- Written checklist shown on this page
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- Draft
- Data classification
- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
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- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Landscape and open-space framework: appraisal, hierarchy plan, typologies, phasing and management plan
- Lessons supported
- 9 — Quality control is applied to the whole submission, not to a single lesson.
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- Every retained tree has workable space around it in the layout.
- Walking-distance access is tested from every residential parcel.
- Residual and unusable land is excluded from compliance figures.
- Every street and boundary is assigned to a defined typology.
- Local open-space standards, tree protection rules, adoption requirements and planting regulations are confirmed with the relevant authority before design is fixed.
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Marking and review rubric
States what a satisfactory professional standard looks like for each criterion.
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- Marking rubric
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- Data classification
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- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Landscape and open-space framework: appraisal, hierarchy plan, typologies, phasing and management plan
- Lessons supported
- 9 — One rubric reviews the final deliverable produced across all modules.
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Criterion Satisfactory standard Landscape reading Retention and design responses are justified by appraisal findings. Standards with quality Compliance counts only usable, accessible, overlooked space. Structural role The green structure organises the development rather than filling leftover land. Specification clarity Typologies are defined and assigned across the whole layout. Deliverability Every space has a stewardship model, cost band and phasing position. Resource file not yet available. The written instructions on this page are complete and can be followed without any download, account, enrolment or payment.
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Correction-task sheet
Common professional mistakes and the correction the learner practises.
- Resource type
- Correction-task sheet
- Format
- Written task sheet shown on this page
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- Draft
- Data classification
- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Landscape and open-space framework: appraisal, hierarchy plan, typologies, phasing and management plan
- Lessons supported
- 9 — Correction tasks address mistakes that can appear anywhere in the course.
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- Counting a steep, unoverlooked strip towards open-space provision. — Remove it from the calculation, restate compliance and find qualifying space elsewhere.
- Retaining a mature tree with a road and driveway inside its root zone. — Revise the layout to give the tree usable space or record the loss honestly with mitigation.
- Providing one large park at the site edge and calling standards met. — Test walking access from every parcel and add distributed doorstep and local spaces.
- Proposing intensive planting with no identified management funding. — Assign a stewardship model and cost band, or simplify the specification to match the funding available.
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Submission guidance
How the finished work should be assembled and presented for professional review.
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- Checklist
- Format
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- Draft
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- Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
- Licence or ownership
- Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
- Related deliverable
- Landscape and open-space framework: appraisal, hierarchy plan, typologies, phasing and management plan
- Lessons supported
- 9 — Submission guidance covers the single final deliverable.
- Access
- No account required — written preview is public
Framework-level drawings with typologies rather than detailed planting design, all standards tested and shown, and every space assigned a management route.
Resource file not yet available. The written instructions on this page are complete and can be followed without any download, account, enrolment or payment.
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Video lessons for this course
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- The exact software name, version, operating system and relevant workspace are stated on screen and in the lesson notes, as read from the recorded session.
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- The real cursor, tool selection, commands, settings and the resulting output are visible.
- Capture is 16:9 and readable at 720p, with clear, unhurried cursor movement; the screen stays clear enough for learners to follow.
- The view zooms in whenever text, settings, coordinates or field values would otherwise be hard to read.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software.
- Useful keyboard shortcuts are shown alongside the menu path, never instead of it.
- Differences between software versions or operating systems are stated wherever the interface may display differently.
- Steps are numbered on screen, with callouts pointing at the actual control being used.
- Any annotation is added only after recording and must never alter or misrepresent the software interface.
- Captions and a complete transcript are produced before professional review.
- Any presenter window stays small, is positioned clear of technical content, and is hidden on mobile widths and on dense technical screens.
Interface visibility on every recording
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning of every demonstration, with the application identity and exact version clearly visible.
- The relevant menu bar, ribbon, toolbar or toolbox stays visible while each step is explained; the interface context is never cropped away.
- Layers, properties, project browser or data panels are shown wherever applicable.
- The command line, status bar or coordinate/CRS information is shown wherever relevant.
- Real cursor movement and visible clicks are captured, with visible cursor highlighting or click indicators.
- The selected tool and its effect are visible, and complete dialog boxes and settings are shown whenever one is opened.
- The resulting drawing, map, model or output is shown in the recording.
- Zoom is used only when necessary for small text or settings, always retaining enough context to identify the application and tool in use.
- The standard applies to every software course and is verified before any video is marked recorded or approved; if the required authentic interface is not visible, the lesson remains “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
Never used
- Generic website mockups standing in for a software workspace.
- Simulated, redrawn, reconstructed or redesigned replica interfaces for any software.
- AI-generated software screens, panels, dialogs or map canvases.
- Generic illustrations replacing the real interface.
- Unverified screenshots taken from any source other than the recorded session.
- Fake video players, placeholder thumbnails or invented durations.
- Invented menus, tool names, command names, dialog options or keyboard shortcuts.
- Hiding important controls or covering them with a presenter window.
- Annotations that alter or misrepresent the recorded software interface.
- Claiming or implying that a simulated screen is an authentic software demonstration.
QGIS — what the recording must show
Exact QGIS version to be stated from the recorded session. Operating system to be stated from the recorded session; menu positions and file dialogs differ between systems.
- 1.Project CRS: Project Properties, the CRS tab and the selected coordinate reference system.
- 2.Layer loading: the Data Source Manager or Browser panel and the layer added to the canvas.
- 3.Layer properties: the Layer Properties dialog and each tab used in the lesson.
- 4.Symbology: the Symbology tab with the real renderer, classes and colour settings.
- 5.Attribute tables: the attribute table, field values, selection and expression use.
- 6.Processing tools: the Processing Toolbox with the tool searched and opened by its real name.
- 7.Analysis settings: every parameter in the tool dialog, including output location.
- 8.Map layout: the Print Layout window, page setup and map item.
- 9.Legend, scale and north arrow: each item added from the real layout toolbar.
- 10.Export and quality checks: the export dialog settings and a check of the exported file.
No authentic software recording or screenshot exists yet. Every software lesson remains “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
Real professional classroom experience — every lesson
Applies to every future Academy lesson, software-based or not. The finished lesson presents as authentic professional training, professionally narrated and screen-led: video + written guide + supporting data + practical task + quality checklist + final named deliverable.
Lesson structure
- 1.Professional introduction.
- 2.Realistic project situation.
- 3.Learner role within that situation.
- 4.Problem statement.
- 5.Learning objectives.
- 6.Required software and data.
- 7.Step-by-step demonstration.
- 8.Explanation of the professional reasoning behind each action.
- 9.Practical learner task.
- 10.Checkpoint or pause activity.
- 11.Common mistake and its correction.
- 12.Quality-control review.
- 13.Final recap.
- 14.Named learner deliverable.
Video requirements
- Professional narration that is clear, natural and paced for instruction, synchronised with the screen action.
- Authentic screen recording from the actual software, with visible menus, tools, panels, commands, settings and outputs.
- Natural cursor movement and deliberate pacing, with a clear explanation of why each action is taken.
- Realistic corrections and troubleshooting shown, not edited away.
- Clear 16:9 screen capture.
- Captions and a complete transcript.
- Chapter titles and lesson sections.
- A small presenter window only where useful; it never covers technical content and is hidden on mobile or dense technical screens.
Never produced as a lesson
- Automated slideshows.
- Generic screen tours.
- Silent software demonstrations.
- Marketing videos presented as lessons.
- AI-avatar presentations.
- Simulated software tutorials.
- Fast montages without explanation.
- An invented tutor, instructor identity, voice, recording, thumbnail or completion status.
Lessons use only synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned examples. No confidential client information is used.
No genuine professional recording exists yet. Until one does, every lesson remains “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.” Enrolment, payments, certificates and protected learner access stay disabled during this production stage.
Professional narration and screen-first production
- Every Academy lesson is planned as a professionally narrated, screen-led practical lesson with captions and a complete transcript.
- No AI avatar, virtual presenter or artificial talking head is used, and no named person is imitated. No lesson is described as human-narrated, instructor-led by a named person or personally presented unless that is factually true.
- No instructor identity is published until a real, named professional has recorded and approved the lesson.
- Recordings are screen-first: the GIS view, planning drawing, AutoCAD or Revit workspace or document remains the main subject of the frame.
- Any presenter picture-in-picture normally occupies about 8–10% of the frame, never covers technical content, and is reduced or hidden on small screens.
- The Principal Consultant portrait is reserved for approved introductions and conclusions. It is never used as a repeated course thumbnail, and the Academy remains company-first.
No lesson has been recorded and no narration has been produced. Scripts exist as production plans only, and every lesson video status remains “Not recorded”.
Demonstration material is synthetic, publicly licensed or owned by Ideeplan Consult. No confidential client file, unauthorised agency dataset or private project information is used.
Methods are jurisdiction-neutral. Learners must confirm local laws, policies and technical standards before applying them to a real project.
A production plan describes how a lesson would be recorded. It is not a recording, and it does not create an enrolment, account, payment or reserved place.
9 lesson production plans · suggested recording time about 90 minutes in total (a planning estimate, not a recorded duration) · every lesson video status: Not recorded.
Lesson 1 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Character, pattern and sense of place
- Learning objective
- Reading field pattern, boundary type, tree cover, topography and settlement edge as a character description; distinguishing character from condition; and identifying what should be reinforced rather than erased.
- Narration focus
- Understand the existing landscape well enough to keep what matters.
- Screen action
- Write a character description for the site and its edge and mark the elements that must be retained.
- Required software
- QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor
- Example data
- Synthetic tree, hedgerow and field-boundary survey, topography, viewpoint set and a teaching character-area description.
- Expected learner output
- Every retention decision is justified by character, ecology, amenity or screening value.
- Suggested length
- About 8 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Reading field pattern, boundary type, tree cover, topography and settlement edge as a character description; distinguishing character from condition; and identifying what should be reinforced rather than erased.
- 2.Write a character description for the site and its edge and mark the elements that must be retained.
- 3.Every retention decision is justified by character, ecology, amenity or screening value.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 2 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Existing trees, hedgerows and constraints on layout
- Learning objective
- Reading a tree survey, root protection and canopy constraints in principle, hedgerow value and connectivity, and the difference between retaining a tree and retaining it in a condition where it will survive.
- Narration focus
- Understand the existing landscape well enough to keep what matters.
- Screen action
- Map retention constraints from the teaching survey and test the concept layout against them.
- Required software
- QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor
- Example data
- Synthetic tree, hedgerow and field-boundary survey, topography, viewpoint set and a teaching character-area description.
- Expected learner output
- Retained trees have usable space around them, not just a symbol on a plan.
- Suggested length
- About 10 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Reading a tree survey, root protection and canopy constraints in principle, hedgerow value and connectivity, and the difference between retaining a tree and retaining it in a condition where it will survive.
- 2.Map retention constraints from the teaching survey and test the concept layout against them.
- 3.Retained trees have usable space around them, not just a symbol on a plan.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 3 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Views, edges and visual sensitivity
- Learning objective
- Identifying views into and out of the site, assessing the settlement edge and the new edge being created, ridge lines and skyline sensitivity, and using views to locate open space and height.
- Narration focus
- Understand the existing landscape well enough to keep what matters.
- Screen action
- Analyse six viewpoints and derive three landscape design responses from the analysis.
- Required software
- QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor
- Example data
- Synthetic tree, hedgerow and field-boundary survey, topography, viewpoint set and a teaching character-area description.
- Expected learner output
- Each design response is traceable to a specific viewpoint finding.
- Suggested length
- About 12 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Identifying views into and out of the site, assessing the settlement edge and the new edge being created, ridge lines and skyline sensitivity, and using views to locate open space and height.
- 2.Analyse six viewpoints and derive three landscape design responses from the analysis.
- 3.Each design response is traceable to a specific viewpoint finding.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 4 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Hierarchy, typology and distribution
- Learning objective
- From doorstep space to neighbourhood park, matching typology to catchment and function, distributing space so every home is served, and avoiding the single large park that leaves half the site unserved.
- Narration focus
- Design the open-space system rather than count its area.
- Screen action
- Design the open-space hierarchy and test walking access from every part of the layout.
- Required software
- QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor
- Example data
- Synthetic open-space standards table, concept development layout and an Ideeplan-owned space-typology and quality checklist.
- Expected learner output
- Every dwelling area meets the stated walking-distance standard for each space type.
- Suggested length
- About 8 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.From doorstep space to neighbourhood park, matching typology to catchment and function, distributing space so every home is served, and avoiding the single large park that leaves half the site unserved.
- 2.Design the open-space hierarchy and test walking access from every part of the layout.
- 3.Every dwelling area meets the stated walking-distance standard for each space type.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 5 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Usability, overlooking and quality standards
- Learning objective
- Shape, gradient, aspect, tree cover and usable area; why residual and awkward land should not count towards standards; natural surveillance, active frontage onto space and safety by design.
- Narration focus
- Design the open-space system rather than count its area.
- Screen action
- Audit the proposed spaces for usability and overlooking and remove non-qualifying land from the compliance calculation.
- Required software
- QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor
- Example data
- Synthetic open-space standards table, concept development layout and an Ideeplan-owned space-typology and quality checklist.
- Expected learner output
- The compliance figure counts only usable, overlooked, accessible space.
- Suggested length
- About 10 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Shape, gradient, aspect, tree cover and usable area; why residual and awkward land should not count towards standards; natural surveillance, active frontage onto space and safety by design.
- 2.Audit the proposed spaces for usability and overlooking and remove non-qualifying land from the compliance calculation.
- 3.The compliance figure counts only usable, overlooked, accessible space.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 6 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Green structure as development framework
- Learning objective
- Using corridors, avenues, edges and green links to define character areas and movement; coordinating the green structure with drainage and green infrastructure work; and making the structure legible on the ground.
- Narration focus
- Design the open-space system rather than count its area.
- Screen action
- Draw the green structure plan defining character areas and green links across the site.
- Required software
- QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor
- Example data
- Synthetic open-space standards table, concept development layout and an Ideeplan-owned space-typology and quality checklist.
- Expected learner output
- The green structure organises the layout rather than occupying leftover parcels.
- Suggested length
- About 12 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Using corridors, avenues, edges and green links to define character areas and movement; coordinating the green structure with drainage and green infrastructure work; and making the structure legible on the ground.
- 2.Draw the green structure plan defining character areas and green links across the site.
- 3.The green structure organises the layout rather than occupying leftover parcels.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 7 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Streets, boundaries and edge treatments
- Learning objective
- Street tree strategy and the space trees need below ground, boundary hierarchy from public to private, treatment of rear edges and rural interfaces, and specifying by typology rather than by individual location.
- Narration focus
- Set framework-level standards and a realistic long-term stewardship model.
- Screen action
- Define four street typologies and three boundary typologies with sections and written rules.
- Required software
- QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor
- Example data
- Ideeplan-owned street and boundary typology sheets, a planting-principles template and a synthetic management-cost band table.
- Expected learner output
- Every street and boundary in the layout is assigned to a defined typology.
- Suggested length
- About 8 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Street tree strategy and the space trees need below ground, boundary hierarchy from public to private, treatment of rear edges and rural interfaces, and specifying by typology rather than by individual location.
- 2.Define four street typologies and three boundary typologies with sections and written rules.
- 3.Every street and boundary in the layout is assigned to a defined typology.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 8 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Planting principles, biodiversity and climate response
- Learning objective
- Species-selection principles rather than species lists, structural diversity, habitat value, shade and cooling, resilience to changing conditions, and establishment requirements.
- Narration focus
- Set framework-level standards and a realistic long-term stewardship model.
- Screen action
- Write planting principles for each landscape typology with an establishment and replacement requirement.
- Required software
- QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor
- Example data
- Ideeplan-owned street and boundary typology sheets, a planting-principles template and a synthetic management-cost band table.
- Expected learner output
- Principles are written as testable requirements, not aspirations.
- Suggested length
- About 10 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Species-selection principles rather than species lists, structural diversity, habitat value, shade and cooling, resilience to changing conditions, and establishment requirements.
- 2.Write planting principles for each landscape typology with an establishment and replacement requirement.
- 3.Principles are written as testable requirements, not aspirations.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 9 · Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.
Phasing, management and stewardship
- Learning objective
- Delivering landscape early enough to establish, temporary treatment of future phases, adoption against private management against community stewardship, cost bands and the risk of designing space nobody will fund.
- Narration focus
- Set framework-level standards and a realistic long-term stewardship model.
- Screen action
- Produce a phasing plan and a management plan assigning each space to a stewardship model with a cost band.
- Required software
- QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor
- Example data
- Ideeplan-owned street and boundary typology sheets, a planting-principles template and a synthetic management-cost band table.
- Expected learner output
- No space is proposed without an identified management route and cost band.
- Suggested length
- About 12 minutes (planning estimate)
- Captions and transcript
- Required before professional review
- Narration
- Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
- 1.Delivering landscape early enough to establish, temporary treatment of future phases, adoption against private management against community stewardship, cost bands and the risk of designing space nobody will fund.
- 2.Produce a phasing plan and a management plan assigning each space to a stewardship model with a cost band.
- 3.No space is proposed without an identified management route and cost band.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to QGIS, CAD or drawing software, Word processor, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- Capture is a genuine screen recording from the real application — no mockup, simulated interface, AI-generated screen or unverified screenshot.
- The exact software name, version and, where relevant, operating system are read from the recorded session and stated on screen.
- Menus, panels, toolbars, layer controls and the command line or log are visible and legible; the view zooms in wherever text, settings or coordinates would be hard to read.
- The full application interface is shown at the beginning; menus, tools and panels stay visible throughout and the interface context is never cropped away, with zoom retaining enough context to identify the application and tool.
- Real cursor movement with visible highlighting or click indicators is captured; the selected tool, its effect, complete dialogs and the resulting output are all shown.
- The exact command, menu path or tool name is shown as it appears in the software, with useful keyboard shortcuts alongside it and alternative locations explained for other versions.
- Numbered on-screen steps and callouts point at the real controls being used; no menu, tool or command is invented.
- Until an authentic recording exists the lesson reads: “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.”
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Course production standard
- Recordings are screen-first: the planning drawing, GIS view, AutoCAD or Revit workspace stays the main subject of the frame.
- Any presenter picture-in-picture normally occupies no more than about 8–10% of the frame and never covers maps, legends, drawings, dimensions or annotations.
- On mobile and on dense technical screens the presenter window is reduced further or hidden entirely.
- The Principal Consultant portrait is reserved for approved introductions, explanations and conclusions. It is not used as a generic thumbnail for every course.
- Narration is planned for professional human delivery. No AI narration, AI presenter or recorded lesson exists today.
No lesson has been recorded. Every lesson media status is “Not recorded”.
Any example data used in teaching is synthetic, publicly licensed or owned by Ideeplan Consult, and is clearly labelled as demonstration data. No client file, confidential document or unauthorised project material is used.
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