The combination of our network of offices across the UK, our in house planning expertise, our extensive contacts in the wider planning and development community, and our integration with other in house and external professional services, enables us to offer expert knowledge, locally, in relation to all aspects of Development Planning. This can be as a single service or a part of a wider Property Solutions package.

Our main Development Planning services are as follows:

• Planning Applications
  Preparation and submission of planning applications, including supporting materials. Negotiations with the Planning Authority, and negotiating legal agreements. Preparing and submitting objections to planning applications

• Development Plan Submissions
  Assessing Structure Plans and Local Development Plans. Advising on submissions and objections, including the Public Inquiry Stage

• Development Schemes
  Preparation and assessment of development schemes through to the outline planning application stage. Providing land use planning advice for detailed development schemes

• Expert Witness
  Provision of planning expert witness services, including case co-ordination as well as written and verbal evidence in support of your position

• Advisory Work
  Providing innovative and dynamic advice or research on any aspect of property asset management, land use, development, or environmental planning

• Project Management
  Advising on the briefing, selection and management of specialist environmental, engineering or design consultancy services with the objective of delivering innovative and cost effective design and infrastructure solutions

• Land Sales
  Provision of advice on CPOs or wayleaves, the provision of a planning input to valuation advice, and advising on legal agreements

• Rail and Transportation
  Advice and access to expertise on all aspects of infrastructure, transportation, rail and airport developments

• Rural Practice
  Provision of planning and related advice on diversification, development or land management projects

Recent projects have included major urban expansions in Perth and Fife, the Beauly to Denny power line upgrade, wind farm projects, residential  developments, Development Plan submissions, leisure and tourism projects, preparation of planning briefs, commercial developments, and the provision of planning and property advice to specialized lending services and to Receivers.

Our client portfolio includes major developers, rail companies, land owners, local development companies, petroleum companies, Councils, Enterprise Companies, major Estates, individual property owners, farmers, and the main commercial lending banks.