Realistic Assessment of a site’s development potential and the prospects and strategy for obtaining planning permission.
Engaging early with Planning Authority to negotiate and gauge reaction to the scheme.
Preparation and monitoring of planning applications, certificate of lawful development applications, Planning Statements, Design and Access Statements, negotiation of planning conditions and legal agreements.
Monitoring policy documents and making representations on Local Plans and National Planning Policy Statements.
Co-ordination of Sustainability checklists in support of planning applications.
Conservation Area and Listed Building Consents, Heritage Statements and analysis of the impact of a project in the wider context.
Co-ordination of inclusive public consultation for developments and preparation of Statement of Community Involvement.
We have a long established network of other professional disciplines to produce necessary supporting planning evidence such as ecological surveys, trees surveys, valuation reports and transportation studies.
Preparation and monitoring of planning and enforcement appeals, expert witness via written representations, informal hearings and public inquiries.
Act on behalf of local resident groups.