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Put your planning consultancy and property needs in good hands
At Paris Smith LLP we strive to be the catalyst to help organisations achieve the realisation of inspirational planning projects which deliver long-lasting place improvements and prize open significant economic and social benefits, writes Janet May of the planning consultancy team which has recently been shortlisted for the prestigious national 2016 Planning and Placemaking Awards
We are an original and forward thinking planning consultancy uniquely anchored within the property and planning department of a leading regional law firm. This enables us to provide exceptional value for money through our combined offering of planning consultancy with additional planning law and property support whenever required.
With offices in two prestigious South Coast locations in the heart of Winchester and Southampton, our property and planning department can offer a wide range of advice including in relation to commercial property; residential conveyancing; property development; property finance; acquisition of property portfolios; sale of property portfolios; property management; retail; leisure; construction; public sector; leasehold enfranchisement and landlord and tenant. Our firm also provides dispute resolution advice to a range of commercial, institutional and private clients.
We find that individual clients, companies, charities, local authorities and statutory undertakers distinguish us from many other planning consultancies and property departments because of the value we are able to add to their projects and through our ability to offer swift, solid, reliable and insightful advice which draws upon our extensive experience and the multiple areas of expertise we are able to utilise.
Paris Smith’s planning consultancy is trusted by both developers and local authorities
Importantly for our clients, we are trusted and procured by both developers and the public sector. We also have a deep appreciation of the economic and political landscape in which their investment and development decisions are being made. Amongst our team of expert planning consultants and planning lawyers we have previous experience of having worked around the highest echelons of local and national politics. We are consequently able to closely follow debates and committees in parliament and town halls and understand how small changes in the political narrative coming from Westminster and local government will impact on our clients.
Effective stakeholder engagement is now increasingly important to achieving successful planning outcomes
Since the introduction of the Localism Act, the Government has wished to see greater engagement between developers and communities in the interests of positive planning.
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Indeed, the growing importance of developers properly engaging with communities early on in the planning process cannot be overstated because it helps avoid there being a perceived lack of transparency with local communities which can lead to unnecessary objections.
For parties interested in developing land – and also for individuals and communities wishing to object to the developing of land – there is now therefore a very clear and present danger to their interests if they are not aware of all stages of the planning process and constructively engaged with them.
The shifting political and planning landscape has created the conditions for a potential watershed moment of opportunity for developers and private and public sector landowners
Another noticeable trend we have identified has been the strengthening of the Government’s narrative towards developing public sector land. We believe this change has the potential to represent a watershed moment of opportunity for any investor, developer or public sector landowner having the vision to help the Government in its aim of regenerating under-used areas of the public estate in a way that also improves local areas, stimulates economic growth and facilitates improvements in public sector service delivery.
Planning consultancy advice can help add real value to development schemes and local communities
Interested parties looking to develop private or public land should always consider the merits of
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instructing an experienced team of planning and planning law experts at an early stage in their projects.
Through being procured early on in the process to make policy representations to local authorities in relation to emerging local plans, planning consultants will also then be ready to act on future instructions to help guide projects forward through all stages of the planning system from pre-application discussions right through to submission of planning applications; stakeholder engagement; section 106 and community infrastructure levy negotiations; and planning committee representations.
For any assistance with your planning consultancy requirements contact Janet May, Alan Sayle, Ruth Harding, Nick Hollands or Peter Kershaw in the Paris Smith planning consultancy team. Contact details for all departments, including property and planning, can be found on the Paris Smith website.
Details:
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