About Us
Circle Design Consultants is a collection of design and assessment professionals with a diverse range of skills and experience in all aspects of Landscape Architecture.
Core Team
Our core team includes the following members of staff.
Sitara Keppie - Director and Chartered Landscape Architect
Sitara has a broad range of experience with over twenty years experience both private and public sectors in the UK, and abroad. Before setting up Circle Design Consultants, Sitara worked with a number of environmental consultancies including ASH and RPS as Associate Director.
Recently Sitara has undertaken numerous landscape and visual impact assessments for onshore windfarm developments in the UK. She has also provided LVIAs for proposed power lines, waste treatment plants, sand and gravel quarries and hydro-electric power schemes.
Sitara also has extensive experience in masterplanning, detailed design and contract administration. Design projects have included restoration schemes for landfill sites; landscape design of the grounds for the Scottish Fire Services College and preparation of landscape input to numerous planning applications for retail developments.
In addition, Sitara has experience of giving evidence as an expert witness at Public Inquiry.
Danielle Pinner - Graduate Landscape Architect
Danielle is an associate member of the Landscape Institute and has experience of working in the heritage sector. Her strengths include: research and report preparation; organising and co-ordinating EIAs; conservation and restoration of historic landscapes and estates; and planting design.
Nimrod Kerem - Student Landscape Architect
Nimrod is in his 3rd year, training at Heriot Watt University and provides support to Sitara and Danielle.
Steve Pardue - Associate Director
The last three years has seen Steve travelling to the west coast of Scotland working on interpretation projects on Islands and small communities in Fort William and Oban. These projects include designing and managing the production of interpretation panels as well as writing management plans for Paths.
“My interest in social enterprises and community projects has brought me to the Blue Card Project. This is a project working with a group of adults with learning difficulties in a branding project. This involves design/art/writing/business development. The ultimate aim is to leave the project as a sustainable project with a suite of publicity material that the group can take forward and use to develop their business and their own skills.”
