Services

Planning Consultants

Our planning team has the expertise to help you navigate the planning system on challenging and complex projects from greenfield sites and strategic land promotion to energy and other infrastructure projects, logistics and commercial, residential and mixed-use developments.

DWD’s planning team are privileged to work on some of the most interesting planning projects in the UK, from major low carbon and carbon capture power stations and solar farms to urban extensions and major regeneration projects. We advise our clients from early inception, scheme development and securing permission, through to amendments to permissions and discharge of planning conditions.

We are one of the leading teams in understanding the processes and nuances of decision-making authorities under the different UK consenting regimes, including DCO applications and Town and Country Planning. In collaboration with our property team, DWD’s expertise also enables us to advise on the viability and development economic aspects of planning.

Our clients see the value of having a strong planning consultancy on board from the outset, it helps to ensure that valuable due diligence is undertaken as well as understanding a site’s planning history, identifying any restrictive conditions, and undertaking important checks to spot any potential situations which would impact the future stages of a project.

Planning applications

Development Consent Order applications and examination management

Listed Building and Conservation Area consent applications

Section 36 and 37 Electricity Act applications and variations

Householder planning applications

Material (s73) and non-material amendments (s96a)

Applications for Prior Approval

Discharge of conditions and Section 106 obligations

Planning appeals (all procedures)

Expert witness

Planning and consenting strategies

Site appraisals

Planning due diligence for lenders/funders

Strategic land promotion

Local Plan and London Plan Representations

Green belt

Retail impact assessments

Affordable housing viability and strategy

S106 negotiation and advice

CIL strategy, negotiation and advice

Masterplanning for Garden Communities

Masterplanning for Estate Regeneration

Latest Experiences

Bradwell B

DWD are providing planning advice to EDF Energy and CGN in relation to their proposals for a new nuclear power station at Bradwell in Essex (Bradwell B). Bradwell B is identified in the National Policy Statement for Nuclear Power Generation as a potentially suitable site for a new nuclear power station. The first stage of public consultation on the proposals was carried out in Spring/Summer 2020.

Experience

Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal, Heathrow Airport

DWD has advised the Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT), part of Aberdeen Standard , on an air cargo warehouse of approximately 6,200 sq ms and ancillary office space on a site of 1.6 hectares at Heathrow Airport for occupation by Cathay Pacific.

Experience

Big Yellow Self Storage – various sites

DWD act as the sole planning agents for Big Yellow Self Storage Company Ltd. The planning team at DWD have acted on over 75 schemes for Big Yellow Self Storage, including some technically complex applications with significant issues relating to height, scale, massing, transport, noise and air quality.

Experience

Beaulieu Urban Extension, Chelmsford

DWD provides strategic planning, site assembly and valuation advice to Countryside Properties and L&Q to deliver a vibrant new district for Chelmsford set around the former King Henry VIII's Tudor Palace, and its estate parkland, the development is conceived as a series of individually designed neighbourhoods that connect to the wider landscape.

Experience

Our Planning Consultants team

Geoff Bullock

Joint Managing Director & Head of Planning

020 7489 4892

Barry Murphy

Director - Planning

020 7332 2116

Colin Turnbull

Director - Planning

020 7489 4897

Sarah Price

Director - Planning

020 7332 2111

Andrew Deller

Director - Planning

020 7332 2105

Emma Penson

Director - Planning & Valuation

020 7332 2115

Rob Booth

Director - Planning

020 7489 4830

Tabitha Knowles

Director - Planning

0207 3550 335

Charlie Merry

Associate Director - Planning

020 7355 0337

Harriet Cole

Associate Director - Planning

020 3327 4729

Jordan Martin

Associate Director - Planning

020 3327 4726

Laura Tinker

Associate Director - Planning

020 3327 6288

Robert Miller

Associate Director - Planning

020 7355 0339

Tom Watson

Associate Director - Planning

Aimee Whitehead

Associate - Planning

020 3327 6280

Anna Woodward

Associate - Planning

020 7489 4899

Chloe Desgrand

Associate - Planning

020 3327 6285

Chris Kirby

Associate - Planning

020 7332 2110

Connor Hall

Associate - Planning

020 3327 6284

Elisha Dunn

Associate - Planning

020 7355 0333

Louise Braine

Associate - Planning

020 3327 6281

Lucy Freeman

Associate - Planning

020 7489 4832

Nathan Cheung

Associate - Planning

020 7489 4890

Callum Cook

Senior Planner

020 3327 6285

Clare Bambury

Senior Planner

0207 489 4896

Dr Fae Mackay

Senior Planner

0207 489 1175

Gabriel Cooper

Senior Planner

020 7355 0338

Georgina Smith

Senior Planner

020 3327 6287

Michael Guy

Senior Planner

020 7355 0332

Ben Shaw

Planner

020 7489 4895

Emanuele Nardella

Planner

020 7236 0678

Ollie Williams

Planner

020 3327 4720

Isabella Tatchell-Pitman

Assistant Planner

0207 489 0213

Lindsay Blainey

Assistant Planner

020 7332 2117

Our Clients

We always provide exceptional quality advice and enjoy working with our clients has part of an integrated team – leading to long-standing relationships. By providing best in class advice, we create significant added value through understanding and delivering client objectives.

Sectors we work with

We work with businesses, charities, high net worth individuals and public sector organisations across a range of sectors to navigate the complexities of property and planning consultancy.