What We Do
Infrastructure and Energy Consenting
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Residential Planning Permission
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Commercial Planning Permission
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Mixed-Use
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Education and Community
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Affordable Housing Viability
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Minerals & Waste
Business Rates
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Business Rates Retail
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Business Rates Offices
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Business Rates Industrial
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Business Rates Energy
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Business Rates Development
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Business Rates Restaurants and Leisure
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Compulsory Purchase Orders and Site Assembly
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Lease Advisory
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Acquisition and Disposal
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Commercial Property Valuation
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Affordable Housing Viability
At DWD our planning consultant team provide advice across a diverse range of developments including urban development and large-scale energy and other infrastructure projects. We are expert in the processes and nuances of decision-making authorities under the different UK consenting regimes. In collaboration with our property team, DWD?s expertise enables us to advise on the viability and development economic aspects of planning.
Our planning consultant team offers a range of specialisms including infrastructure and energy, residential, commercial, mixed-use, education and community, affordable housing viability and minerals and waste.
Our property team?s expertise is deployed in the fields of lease advisory, business rates, acquisition, disposal and valuation across all property and infrastructure asset classes and sectors. Compulsory purchase and strategic land advice are specialist areas where we support developers, landowners and occupiers in a variety of scenarios. We are specialists in difficult or complex valuation situations such as ransom positions and rights of light.
Over the 35 years that DWD has been established we have gained a breadth of experience across the UK and as a result are well placed in dealing with Local Planning Authorities and other decision making bodies.
Whatever the size of a development project, or aspiration for sites when purchasing land or buildings, it will only be realised once planning permission is secured. Our planning consultant team?s work can range from assisting with smaller applications, such as discharging planning conditions and changing the use of individual units, to larger applications such as large power stations and urban extensions.
Having a strong planning consultancy on board from the outset can also ensure that valuable due diligence is undertaken. This involves understanding a site?s planning history and identifying any restrictive conditions, as well as undertaking important checks to spot any potential show-stoppers and helping to de-risk the future stages of a project.
The driving force behind our planning consultant team are our people who are either accredited by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) or the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Both of which are organisations who are responsible for shaping policy and setting the highest professional standards.
If you?re new to DWD please feel free to review our?Planning Project Case Studies?and take a look at?Our Team?below for an idea of our experience and how our planning consultant team can help you.