This is why we start by understanding our clients' goals and then develop creative planning strategies for a wide variety of projects. This approach works, as demonstrated by our 97% approval rate on planning applications and, when asked, our clients have told us that they would use us again – and they do.
Our team of Planning Consultants, who are either MRTPI Chartered Town Planners or working towards, liaise closely with our market experts across the firm, to ensure that the advice we give combines professional planning expertise with a deep understanding of regional and national trends, as well as local market sensitivities.
Our core planning services includes:
- Undertaking due diligence and feasibility analysis
- Preparing planning constraints reports and land appraisals
- Developing planning strategies to reflect clients' goals
- Managing every stage of the planning application process
- Liaising with Local Authority teams and statutory consultees
- Advising on the planning requirements associated with Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
- Preparing pre-application submissions
- Coordinating and hosting public consultation events
- Preparing and managing planning applications and appeals
- Submitting Local Plan and Neighbourhood Plan representations
- Advising on Section 106 and the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
- Providing Expert Witness at Planning Inquiries and Local Plan Examinations in Public
- Discharging and variation of conditions, listed building and scheduled monument consent applications
- Resolving enforcement matters
- Environmental Impact Assessments
Our multisector experience includes:
- Agriculture and Equestrian
- Commercial Development of all scales
- Education including school and higher education projects
- Healthcare
- Utilities and Infrastructure including site extensions, new projects/sites and linear schemes (eg pipelines, oil, electricity, gas and fibre)
- Mixed-use schemes
- Sustainable energy including onshore wind, ground mounted solar, hydrogen, battery storage amongst others
- Residential development of all scales from barn conversions to urban extensions and new settlements
- Rural development including diversification schemes, leisure and estate management
We focus on providing a bespoke service to ensure that every client receives a tailored plan which combines expert advice with robust imaginative strategies, designed to realise their specific objectives.
Our team’s primary goals are to ensure that clients:
- Achieve their strategic goals
- Maximise the value of their assets
- Access creative planning solutions to complex development challenges
- Meet their Social Value commitments
- Are able to optimise their Net Zero plans
To find out how we can help your organisation meet your planning goals please call Sarah DeRenzy-Tomson today, or complete our enquiry form and we will get straight back to you.
The team works closely with other specialist teams across the firm to ensure that clients benefit from integrated and holistic property advice – one team, one plan, one goal.
