Our Services
Comprehensive planning services
Hudson Planning offers a bespoke planning service, individually tailored to each project and client in order to increase the chance of success.
We can advise you from the early stages of your development proposal as to whether planning permission is required, and how to go about securing it if needed. If you need planning permission, we can thoroughly review the site and location you are considering to see if there are any environmental or planning concerns. We can also provide expert advice on the design or layout of any development to ensure that you have the best chance of obtaining planning consent.
Our comprehensive and professional planning service extends across multiple sectors and clients. Please contact us for further information.
Details of Different Services
Site Appraisals, Feasibility Studies and Preliminary Assessments
- We can review a number of sites letting you know which one is most likley to obtain planning permission.
Planning Applications
- preparing and submitting application forms and legal notices
- preparing the planning statements
- preparing the design and access statements
- co-ordinating any other assessments required by the planning authority
- post submission management of the application, including dealing with any issues that arise through
- statutory and public consultation
- includes household, full, outline, variation and temporary planning applications
Pre-Applications Advice and Consultations
- co-ordinating pre application consultations with the local planning authority, highways authority, environment agency and other consultees
- ensuring that at the pre- application stage any assessments advised by consulates are reasonable, and any necessary mitigation measures are built into the proposal
Planning Law Advice
- Instructing solicitors and counsel
Planning Policy and Development Plans
- Site promotions in emerging development plans
- Written representation on development plan policy
- Planning policy research for development plan background papers
- Drafting development and local plan policy
- Monitoring development plans
- Attending examinations in public, and preparing responses on behalf of a client
Planning Appeals
- preparing appeal statements
- householder, written representations, informal hearing, public inquiry
- expert witness
Public Consultation and Community Engagement
- including meetings, public exhibitions and newsletters
Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs)
- including screening and scoping, as well as preparing an Environmental Statement and Non-Technical Summary
- managing the EIA process and team
Preparing written representations letters
- on behalf of individuals or businesses in opposition or support of planning applications
Other
- Listed Building Consent, Conservation Area Consent, Scheduled Ancient Monument Consent
- Certificates of Existing and/or Lawful Use and Development
- Prior notification letters and approvals
- Prior notification letters
- Section 106 Agreements
- Planning Conditions - Variation of condition applications and discharge of conditions
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