Town Planning

Our planning consultants undertake town planning appraisals, applications and appeals for mainly, but not exclusively, residential development projects.  

Clients have ranged from large commercial organizations (such as Lifecare NHS Trust), developers or investors, house builders, educational providers and faith organisations (such as Exeter College, Oxford or the London City Mission) as well as individual home owners.

Services include the following:

•  Town Planning appraisals.  The appraisal study would typically include an assessment of development restrictions and requirements in relevant planning policy and guidance and the preparation of an outline design layout to illustrate the development concept.
• Site measured surveys and preparation of existing site and building plans, elevations and the street scene.
• Architectural design for new development
• Planning applications
• Design and Access Statements
• Parking surveys (often required to support planning applications)
• Transport Statements
• Noise Impact Assessments (to support planning applications)
• Town Planning Appeals

• Obtaining planning permission (at appeal) for the creation of 8 flats in an extra storey to a mansion block of flats in a Conservation Area in Lambeth.
• Planning permission (at appeal) for the erection of 5 houses on former church land in Bromley.
• A successful planning appeal in Bromley to create 2 new flats in an additional storey on a Victorian building.  
• Planning permission for 13 new flats in an extra storey on a block of flats in Sutton.
• Planning permission for 4,500 sqft of light industrial buildings on a former garage site in Croydon.  
• Design scheme and future planning application for a "backland" rear garden development for 5 new flats in a Conservation Area in Croydon.
• Planning permission for the conversion of a ground floor flat, including large "wrap around" extension in a Conservation Area in Twickenham.