Planning

Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design
High quality design is integral to good planning. Tibbalds’ expertise in bringing planning and design together guides complex development proposals smoothly through the planning process. We deliver planning permissions for clients along with good quality places for people to live and work in. Our planning team is design trained and works for both public and private sectors, giving us a detailed understanding of issues affecting design, planning and development from all perspectives. Positive negotiation of planning applications is a key part of our success.
tibbalds.co.uk

CgMs
CgMs Heritage (now part of the RPS Group plc) provides specialist and independent consultancy advice to clients in the combined disciplines of archaeology, historic buildings. conservation and associated environmental issues.
www.cgms.co.uk

ELG Planning
ELG Planning is an award-winning town planning consultancy offer a full range of town planning services to clients, of all shapes and sizes throughout the UK. Key services include: site assessments; the coordination, preparation and submission of planning applications; planning and enforcement appeal; heritage assessments; and development plan representations.
elgplanning.co.uk

Land Use Consultants
LUC offers a full suite of planning services, from strategic growth options studies to development management for planning projects. We are industry leaders in Sustainability Appraisal/SEA, EIA, Green Belt studies, and heritage impact assessments. We undertake site appraisals, provide expert witness services for planning appeals, and discharge of planning conditions.
landuse.co.uk

LDA Design
Deliverable, sustainable and successful projects never happen by accident. Delivering great places requires absolute clarity about objectives, commerciality, opportunities and risks. It requires creative and strategic thinking, purposeful interaction between planning, design and environmental specialisms and, above all, strong planning leadership. That is the basis of LDA Design’s Development Planning offer.
www.lda-design.co.uk

Lichfields
From project inception to completion, we provide effective leadership to navigate through the planning application and appeals processes, combining our technical know-how with local knowledge and contacts. Whatever the scale, sector or type of project, we will tailor our services to suit, resourcing applications with our experienced people.
lichfields.uk

MD2 Consulting Ltd
We provide planning services covering a plethora of different areas including regeneration, project management, land management, land procurement for housing and development, industry and leisure, planning policy and development management. We have undertaken EIA, feasibility, development management, appeals and major applications and infrastructure projects e.g. SSTC New Wear Bridge, Sunderland.
md2.org.uk

Steven Abbott Associates LLP
An independent town planning consultancy delivering diverse specialist advice based on experience and values combined with 30 years of expertise and knowledge. We under-take complex high profile projects nationwide spanning a range of commercial, residential and city centre schemes on behalf of developers, investors and land owners, tailoring our services to suit each and every scheme.
abbott-associates.co.uk

Temple
Temple’s team comprises specialist Development, Land Use and Infrastructure Planners, with a track record of success at all stages of the planning system. Working with private and public sector clients we minimise planning risk to deliver viable schemes which benefit all parties, not least the end user. We are known for our work in optimising good placemaking and appropriate housing delivery to maximise development returns for our public sector clients in order to release much needed revenue. Our experience includes major Town and Country Planning Act submissions, Development Consent Orders, Transport and Works Act Orders and Hybrid Bills.
templegroup.co.uk

The Environment Partnership
TEP’s planning team includes staff who are MRTPI and CMLI qualified. We have wide-ranging experience on a diverse mix of residential and mixed use schemes, working with housebuilders, developers, public bodies, local and county authorities We provide strategic advice on site appraisals, planning proposals, manage consultations, prepare applications for planning consent and provide expert evidence on planning issues at public inquiries and appeals. TEP has particular expertise in planning applications which may have significant effects on the environment. We anticipate and mitigate risks of delivering planning for challenging sites working closely with other technical specialist as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
tep.uk