About Us
A new choice but not newcomers
Abseline was formed by Mark Evans and Mary Fisher in early 2023 after 10 years of working together as a team at other landscape practices.
Mary Fisher
Partner
Mary has over 23 years’ experience as a landscape architect. She has co-authored IEMA guidance relating to the integration of design and EIA, and Landscape Institute guidance on the use of visualisations and contributed to guidance regarding residential visual amenity assessment.
Mary specialises in providing landscape and visual impact assessments and is an experienced expert witness, having provided support to Inquiry witnesses for many years and acted as an expert witness herself in relation to wind projects, roads, residential and commercial development and solar farms. Her assessment work includes many housing developments; solar farms; infrastructure projects and distribution sites; wind projects across the UK; and the Arcelor Mittal Orbit sculpture. Mary is currently a member of the Landscape Institute GLVIA Advisory Panel and the Scottish Renewables Onshore Wind Policy Group.
Mark Evans
Partner
Mark is a chartered landscape architect with over 12 years’ experience in landscape planning for large scale infrastructure. Mark’s experience is diverse, ranging from LVIA and feasibility studies for energy and infrastructure projects through to residential appraisal and masterplanning, public/stakeholder engagement and park design.
Mark specialises in providing landscape and visual impact assessments and design of landscape mitigation. He has extensive experience working throughout the UK, under different planning and legislative regimes, and has particular expertise working on sites within or adjacent to sensitive landscapes including National Parks, NSA’s and AONBs. His experience includes providing support to Inquiry witnesses over a number of years, preparation of written evidence and acting as an expert witness.
Ruth Knight
Technical Director
Ruth has over 23 years’ experience as a landscape architect, providing landscape planning and masterplanning advice at all stages in the planning process from feasibility to Public Inquiry/Examination.
Ruth’s assessment work covers a varied range of project types and scales, including residential developments from small infill sites to very large urban extensions; solar farms at both TCPA and DCO scale; wind projects across the UK; tall buildings; healthcare facilities; coastal defence projects across the UK and in Jersey and the Associated Developments for Sizewell C nuclear power station (for which Ruth also undertook assessments of effects on amenity and recreation, and lead the masterplanning).
Ruth has provided support to Inquiry witnesses for many years, including Public Inquiries, Local Plan Examinations and DCO Examinations, and acted as an expert witness herself in relation to a proposed hospital development.
