profile
Founded in 2005 and based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, Seidel Planning & Design, Ltd. is a multi-faceted landscape architecture and land use planning firm successfully serving clients in a variety of markets throughout Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. Our team is dedicated to providing unparalleled personalized service, and committed to achieving our client’s land solutions with:
- land use planning & land development consulting
- landscape architecture design services
- zoning & land use ordinance interpretation
- development feasibility studies
- expert land use planning testimony & representation at public meetings & hearings
Seidel Planning has proven experience providing solutions within a variety of markets and across a wide spectrum of project types. Our team has earned recognition as industry leaders and continually gains respect for the comprehensive land solutions we provide. This gives us the confidence and energy to continually seek challenges enabling us to develop a commanding knowledge of accepted planning practices and development regulations, establish strong relationships with municipal agencies and professionals, and understand the fundamental building and engineering practices necessary for project success.
services
The Seidel Planning team provides a wealth of expertise in all phases of commercial, residential, landscape architecture, recreation, renewable energy and telecommunications planning. We are consistently collaborating with clients and professionals throughout the design process to maintain the highest level of design integrity and satisfaction that can be provided.
Land Use Planning
Seidel Planning & Design’s land use planning services identify opportunities in zoning and development regulations providing design solutions which respect the land, meet community needs, and achieve project goals for a variety of markets. Regardless of the project type or industry, Seidel Planning provides our diverse clientele with:
- development & redevelopment feasibility studies
- zoning / land use ordinance review, interpretation
- market & demographic inventories / assessments
- expert land use planning testimony
- vehicular circulation, parking, & loading studies
- campus wayfinding signage
- master development & comprehensive plans
- open space & recreational plan development
- due diligence research & investigation
- yield analyses
- fiscal & environmental impact studies & analyses
- GIS research
Landscape Architecture
Landscape architecture is the art of reimagining an area as a space. Whether your area is a campus, pedestrian plaza, commercial center, or intimate backyard retreat, we value the landscape and appreciate the true beauty that can occur when the natural and man-made environment blend seamlessly together. Let Seidel Planning’s landscape architects develop a vision for your space with:
- corporate master planning
- site design
- woodland inventories & analysis
- landscape design & specifications
- site lighting design
- implementation of storm water best management practices (BMP’s)
- environmental & landscape restoration
- environmental impact studies, assessments, & statements
- streetscape & hardscape design
- directional & way finding signage
Design Services
Achieving the vision for your project can’t always be accomplished with the same graphic solution. Seidel Planning provides a diverse knowledge and experience with the latest design technology, tailoring the most appropriate graphic solution required to depict an understanding of the project regardless of the audience with:
- site plan renderings
- photographic simulations
- 3D site models
- viewshed analyses
- construction documentation
- site analyses & concept plans
- balloon tests
- geographic cross-sections, elevations, & profiles
- GIS technology
- aerial photography exhibits & overlay maps
experience
Our clients warrant a personalized approach to their business and projects. No two projects are alike… neither is our strategy for project success.
Having been qualified as experts in land use planning and landscape architecture by hundreds of jurisdictions throughout the mid-atlantic region including Delaware, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, Seidel Planning demonstrates diversity in industries and geographic regions. Our past experience provides us with a roadmap for project success to achieve our client’s land solutions.