Planning Appraisals and Pre-Application Enquiry

Do you have a site and want to understand its potential, or need advice on how to achieve a development aspiration? Our experienced planning team can review your land or property to assess how to unlock development value. We regularly provide a high-level planning appraisal to report on the potential options, risks, and a planning strategy to get the most out of your site.

Our assessments take into account a wide range of potential planning considerations including:

• Site context and access;
• Planning history;
• Local and national planning policy, including emerging policy;
• Land designations (including landscape, heritage, and flood risk matters);
• Housing, affordable housing, and economic need;
• Permitted development;
• Planning obligations and CIL;
• Application validation requirements; and
• Relevant ‘planning material considerations’.

We also prepare and manage formal pre-application enquiries to Local Planning Authorities to help identify and address, at an early stage any issues or risks, that may otherwise have been unforeseen without prior formal engagement. Please get in contact with us via the contact details provided below if you want to discuss your options.