Services: Highbury Planning Consultants

Planning Applications and Consents (including major infrastructure)

Outline Planning application preparation and all related documentation
S106 negotiations and the securing of consents
Consents Planning Strategy preparation
Planning applications and consents, particularly for major infrastructure projects
Development Appraisals

Sustainable Plan Making

Local Development Framework (LDF), ‘Core Strategies’ and ‘Area Action Plans’ (AAPs), preparation
Preparation of Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs)
Town Centre Masterplans, Strategies and Frameworks
Development and Regeneration Frameworks for areas and cities/towns
Sustainable community planning
Urban/Settlement Extension planning
International regional and urban planning
Stakeholder and community consultation
Eco Town studies

Public Sector Projects and Studies

Development Growth Option Studies
Evidence preparation for LDFs, such as Employment Land Reviews, Housing Capacity studies, PPG 17 Open Space Assessments
Baseline studies
Regeneration studies and Neighbourhood Renewal Strategies
Planning feasibility studies
Preparation of Briefs for consultancy services
Sub Region studies

Leading and Managing Multi-disciplinary, Complex Projects

Highbury Planning Consultants primarily provides professional services in four principal areas:

Provision of advice for and undertaking of the preparation of major and/or complex planning applications leading to obtaining successful consent in a timely manner. In particular, the securing of major infrastructure planning consents, including setting up, directing and managing of teams. Here, HPC look to apply significant past experience on the Channel Tunnel, High Speed 1 and other major consents projects to obtain planning consent
The undertaking all planning aspects of sustainable plan making – the preparation of masterplans, Local Development Frameworks (Core Strategies, AAPs and SPDs) and Regeneration Frameworks for all planning geographies – sub regions, local authority areas, specific areas and town centres
The undertaking of planning projects/studies for public sector bodies (including Government departments, local authorities, national agencies, RPBs and RDAs, UDCs, URCs, NDCs and groups of public bodies)
Leading and managing complex, multi-disciplinary projects or teams (including bidding and brief preparation) for development projects and studies for public and private sector clients. This includes ‘interim management’ roles.