How we can help you:
Our planning experts provide end-to-end support and advice to public authorities, infrastructure developers, property companies and landowners through the planning and policy development process, engaging with communities to deliver more inclusive and sustainable towns and cities.
Statutory consents
We guide clients through each stage of the planning process on some of the most complicated development projects – from district scale regeneration, complex sites and approvals for major infrastructure works.
We develop planning applications and permits, prepare and deliver appropriate approval strategies to support project delivery based on legislative requirements, technical constraints, project priorities and risks, and wider sustainability, engagement and social value demands.
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Business case development
Understanding the wider economic and social value benefits of urban development and appraising the cost-benefit analysis can shape the intended outcome of a project at the outset. Our approach helps to understand how urban interventions can maximise return on investment, demonstrate value to society, and improve overall city resilience.
Working with stakeholders, design colleagues and technical experts, we establish the wide economic benefits of urban development from diverse perspectives to make the case for investment, providing joined-up advice that makes complex projects work in practice.
Policy advice and development
Planning policy needs an understanding of governance, relationships and politics. We advise on regional and national policy, working with clients to make sense of the policy landscape and develop statutory – or legally-binding – national, regional and local government planning policies. This includes technical evidence research, legal documentation, zoning maps, environmental impact reports, public engagement and consultation, and developing best practice.
We also produce non-statutory policy – strategies, community-driven plans, frameworks, design guidelines – that help to steer development delivery, address evolving challenges to complement statutory guidance.
Research and evidence base development
Technical evidence provides the factual foundation of a well-informed, legally compliant plan that can deliver for the future needs of a community and inform where investment is prioritised. We deliver technical research to inform changes to statutory and non-statutory planning practice on behalf of local and national government, statutory agencies and professional bodies.