Max Your Chances of Planning Appeal Success: The Specifics of Written Representations
If you have had a planning application rejected, you may want to consider resubmitting if there is a genuine possibility of making changes to meet the requirements of...
Can an Independent Planning and Development Consultant Confirm Your Judgement?
Let’s begin by assuming that you have identified one or a number of potential development sites, and that you’ve already undertaken due diligence research.
Within this...
How to Ensure a Brownfield Site Has Potential
Let’s assume you have identified one or a number of urban/ brownfield sites that could offer development opportunity.
You now need to ensure each one is viable
Here’s...
What Should Be Included in Your Technical Land Assessment?
Undertaking an appropriate technical land assessment before site purchase and mobilisation is a critical part of any profitable development.
Here are some key things to...
How to Access Govt. Grants to Develop Brownfield Sites
Let’s start by looking at what grants are out there and who provides them.
The first thing to understand is, that there is no single, UK brownfield grant that developers...
The Benefits of Public Consultation
As a developer you’ll want to have the best possible relationships with local authorities, landowners and local residents near to (and possibly even occupying) the site...
Key Issues to Consider in Viability
Preparing a strong viability case to support your planning application is not a straightforward process and requires the right type of support. If you are considering...
5 Key Steps to Getting Your Planning Application Passed
Achieving planning consent is not just about what your scheme looks like, it is about a lot more. The context within which your application is submitted is incredibly...
‘Enabling Development’ – What is it?!
Recently I have been dealing with more cases for 'Enabling Development', either where it has been enforced by a Local Planning Authority to try and restrict development...