Strategic Planning – What we can do

30th August 2017

Find out how to maximise the potential of your land and property assets by promotion at the right time and in the most effective way.

We have a range of planners who specialise in this field and are experienced in working on a wide variety of projects involving land and sites of all scales.  They apply their planning knowledge and negotiation skills to maximise site potential and deliver desired results.

Our team have achieved success on a range of levels and are currently promoting sites across the country from the earliest stages through to planning applications to deliver allocations or specialist sites.

We use our established relationships with Local Authorities and in depth knowledge of their housing, employment and leisure requirements and the progress on their development plans, to help us to achieve success on your behalf – ensuring the right strategy, in the right place and at the right time.

For example, there are sites around the country now that are being developed or now provide homes, jobs or leisure amenities because of entering the plan making process at the right time. Take Holt Lane here in Hook.

Promotion of the site at the right time and with an innovative approach to technical problems raised in the past, has led to a successful housing and public park area for Hook, which has assisted in meeting the need for alternative natural space to relieve pressure on the European protected areas of the lowland heaths in the District.

The site was allocated in a draft plan, protected through the examination and then an application made at the right time to deliver the houses and park. Close work with LPA and Parish has created a successful adjunct to Hook close to employment areas and the centre.

Our strategic planning services include the following – we can recommend the best strategy and the right timing for you through our bespoke service

• Assessment of land and/or property portfolios,
• Planning appraisals which offer clear realistic advice on site development potential and timescales,
• Advice on when to promote your land and sites and how, through:
  • Monitoring decisions made through planning appeals and through the courts.
  • Monitoring of development plans including housing need and housing land supply,
  • HELAA (Housing and Employment Land Availability Assessments) Submissions,
  • Preparing local and/or Neighbourhood Plan representations at all stages including attending examinations,
  • Advice on technical matters and commissioning and managing consultations from all disciplines
• Developing promotional material and advising and formulating and implementing public and council member consultation exercises,
• Monitoring and advising you when to act and progress a planning application,
• Standalone 5-year housing land supply analysis; from individual authority through to providing written and verbal evidence for appeals.

For more information to see how we could help you, please contact:

Liz Alexander – lalexander@bell-cornwell.co.uk – 01256 766673

Alexia Kemp – akemp@bell-cornwell.co.uk – 01256 766673