Expertise
We offer a full range of planning services to cover the entire lifecycle of your project.
Project Inception
- Land searches
- Initial site appraisals, including policy assessments
- Portfolio reviews to identify planning potential
- Formation of cohesive planning strategies
Planning Stage
- Pre-applications
- Planning applications
- Review of wider technical and environmental information
- Section 106 negotiations
- Discharge of conditions
- Section 73, Section 96a and Deeds of Variation
- Planning appeals
- Plan promotion
- Local Plan examinations
- Retrospective applications
- Enforcement matters
Wider Services
- Project management of consultant teams
- Stakeholder engagement
- Public exhibitions
We are well versed in ensuring we maximise the chances of success for your project. As the planning system can be turbulent, we often recommend a twin-tracked approach of plan promotion combined with a speculative planning application to optimise the timeframes for delivery. These two approaches are supported by other planning elements such as pre-application requests, stakeholder engagement and public exhibitions.
Communication is intrinsic to the planning process. We have fostered positive relationships with Local Planning Authorities and consultant teams to embed a joint working approach towards projects, with shared goals.
There is no one strategy for all sites, and we seek to discuss the approach with you at an early stage to understand your objectives and tailor the services to suit.