Development Planning
Whatever the nature of your development project, we’ll take care of the whole planning process on your behalf. From pre-application consultation and the submission and management of planning applications, sequential testing and S106 negotiations to appeals and inquiries, we’ve got every planning issue covered. Our multidisciplinary approach and local and national knowledge are valued by a wide range of clients, including educational institutions, private landowners, developers and local authorities.
We can help with:
- planning applications (residential, employment, rural, commercial, retail, leisure, minerals and waste, renewable energy)
- planning statements
- environmental impact assessments
- design and access statements
- appeals and inquiries
- sequential testing
- S106 negotiations
- community consultation
John GoodwinMRTPI
Partner
John is a Partner and head of the Planning Team in the firm's Harrogate office. John advises clients throughout the UK on a wide range of development proposals. In particular on development pro...
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John is a Partner and head of the Planning Team in the firm's Harrogate office. John advises clients throughout the UK on a wide range of development proposals. In particular on development proposals particularly in rural areas, estate diversification, leisure projects, hotels, commercial developments, close care retirement communities, alternative energy projects and educational establishments. John is experienced in strategic promotion of land and buildings though the planning system and is an expert witness at planning inquiries and development plan examinations. Outside of work, John spends his spare time with his family and indulges his keenness for old aeroplanes and land rovers.
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Case Study
The Planning Division secured permission for 230 new homes in Devizes...
Jargon Buster
Greenfield Land or SiteLand (or a defined site), usually farmland, that has not previously been built on.