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Preparing a planning application is becoming more and more complicated as Councils require more and more information to support proposals. Applications that might have been dealt with through a simple set of forms, plans and a letter 5 years ago may now require a large suite of accompanying documents. Even the simple planning form that used to be only 4 pages long is now 10 pages long. Outline applications for which an Ordnance Survey extract ,until recently, have sufficed as a plan now require far more detail. This is further complicated as the supporting document requirements of all Councils now differ.
Walsingham Planning carefully assess what is needed for any particular proposal and work with a wide range of other experts to put together the strongest possible packages to support our proposals, such as:
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 Acoustics Experts
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Arboriculturalists
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Archaeologists
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Ecologists
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Highways and drainage engineers
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Hydrologists
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Landscape Architects
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Lighting experts
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Public Relations advisors
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Specialist surveyors, e.g. for Valuations or Rights of Light cases
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Sustainability & Energy Efficiency experts,
These are all in addition to the usual partners in any scheme of the client, architect, project manager and quantity surveyor.
When it comes to taking legal advice, for an appeal or to seek guidance on an obscure point of law, we are able to instruct most planning barristers.
An essential part of the Walsingham Planning role is to ensure that the extent of involvement of other experts is strictly limited until our client can be reassured that any investment in additional expertise is justified in relation to the chances of success and the stage in the process.
Examples include:
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New hotel Bournemouth needed arboricultural, ecological, highways, hydrological and legal input in addition to architectural and planning expertise
Walsingham Planning can put together these teams of experts as necessary, using trusted partners from previous experience or alongside experts appointed by others in the team.
We can lead the team or we can simply play the role as best fits the circumstances of individual cases.
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