services

The Services

The Practice offers services on a wide range of planning, development and environmental matters. An impartial and independent approach is adopted and simple effective explanations to planning situations are offered. The Partners act as a bridge between interested parties, helping to clarify underlying issues by establishing relevant facts and interpreting each party’s concerns.

Planning situations are diagnosed to assess the nature and scale of the problem that may have to be tackled and suggestions are made as to the way in which the work should proceed and as to any other expertise that may be required.

The key issues involved in a planning situation and the items that are decisive in choosing between different courses of action are explained.

Regular services provided by the Partners include:-

Preliminary planning advice relating to development proposals
Submission of planning applications
Appeals against refusal of planning permission
Development Plan representations at Local Plan Inquiries or Examinations in Public
Site appraisals and development feasibility studies
Development and design briefs
Enforcement Notices and Certificates of Lawfulness
Land availability studies

The Partners work closely with Members of the Bar, Solicitors, Architects, Engineers, Surveyors, Arboriculturalists and other allied Professions, often being part of a multi-disciplinary team. In view of the changes in the rules governing practice by Members of the Bar, the Partners are now able to instruct Barristers directly, often advising also upon the most appropriate Barrister to assist in resolving a particular planning problem.

A thorough working knowledge of Central Government advice contained in Guidance Notes and Circulars is maintained, as is current planning practice relating to all forms of development.