Services

Planning Applications

I will support and guide you through the entire process, from initial feasibility to full planning approval.

This includes submitting pre apps and negotiating with planning authorities. I can also produce the following documents to support your planning application.

• Planning Statements
• Design and Access statements
• Heritage Statements
• Transport Statements
• Construction Management Plans
• Affordable Housing Statements
• Statement of Community involvement

I can work with your appointed architect, but I also have my own great contacts with a range of consultants. They can help with:

• Drawings
• 3d visuals
• Tree surveys
• Transport assessments
• Parking surveys
• Daylight and sunlight assessments
• Affordable housing viability
• Flood risk assessments/SuD’s
• Energy reports
• Environmental surveys
• Bio-diversity reports
• Conservation and listed building appraisals
• Legal advice/case law opinion.

I can project manage your planning application, oversee its submission, and liaise with the officers during determination. Post planning, I can help clear /remove conditions and sort out any Community Infrastructure Obligations.

I am happy to be appointed at any point during the planning process. I often bring a fresh perspective to what may appear to be an intractable problem.

Planning Appeals

If you have been refused planning, please contact me for a free appraisal.

I will review the decision and tell you if an appeal is going to be viable. If the council’s concerns are robust, I will tell you. However, I can often also suggest solutions to overcome the council’s reasons for refusal.

My rates for appeals are competitive. Householder appeals start at £550.00. Commercial appeals start at £650.00.

If you submit an appeal, I will:

1. Give you advice as to which type of the appeal is appropriate.
2. Write a robust statement of case. This will consider the site and its surroundings, planning history, precedents, an assessment against planning policy and an evaluation of the council’s reasons for refusal.
3. I will tell you whether there are any reasonable grounds for costs.
4. Submit the appeal statement and all the necessary supporting documentation.
5. I will keep you updated about the progress of the appeal.
6. I will also give you a timescale for the appeal.
7. If required, I will review the Inspector’s decision and provide post appeal advice.

Site Appraisals

Do you own, or are you thinking of buying a building or a plot of land to develop? I can tell you whether this is going to be a sound investment.

Producing drawings is the most expensive part of the planning process. However, they are often done by non-planning professionals. Sometimes, they do not fully consider all the planning constraints and issues that a planning officer is likely to raise when they determine the application.

I can identify everything from the outset. An appraisal will eliminate doubt and avoid costly and time-consuming mistakes. It will inform the scale and design of the development, ensure the development meets any necessary planning requirements.

I can also outline procedures, timescales, and the likely costs for a planning submission.