Planning consultancy
At Carter Jonas, we recognise that achieving planning permission is more than just being policy compliant. It is about understanding a wider range of factors and applying them to reach a favourable outcome.
Our aim is to provide consistently expert and meaningful advice in order to tackle challenging planning issues and deliver enhanced value. Optimising the development potential of your site, and ensure the best outcome for clients. We pride ourselves in delivering a bespoke service to you, the client, based on an understanding of your individual needs.
Our services include:
- Site appraisals
- Local plan promotion/monitoring
- Planning applications
- Planning appeals
- Advice on section 106 and the community infrastructure levy (CIL)
- Environmental impact assessments
- Viability advice
- Pre-application advice
Our clients have been able to draw on our practical and considered planning advice, in order to guide them through periods of political change or economic uncertainty.
As part of a multi-disciplinary property business, we can offer a ‘joined-up’ or ‘complete development life-cycle’ service by working in collaboration with our development and masterplanning colleagues. In short, we can bring together the right expertise from across the firm to best suit your needs. We believe our considerable in-house commercial expertise sets us apart from conventional planning consultancies.
Sectors we provide planning consultancy advice within:
- Residential
- Office
- Industrial
- Retail & leisure
- Hotels
- Automotive & roadside
- Science & technology
- Healthcare
- Education
- Student
- Accommodation
- Alternative sectors
- Affordable housing
Case studies
We work with major landowners, institutions, public sector bodies, developers, occupiers, investors, retailers, sports clubs, schools, colleges and hospitals, as well as private individuals requiring our expertise in the planning application process. Operating at every scale in every sector, we offer a full spectrum of planning advice – from single house proposals through to major mixed-use regeneration schemes and long-term strategic land promotion.
Colin is a Partner and was appointed Head of Planning & Development Division in November 2020, he is based out of our Cambridge office. He has over 25 years’ experience of planning consultancy and has a broad sphere of work. He acts for a wide range of private, institutional and developer clients and has worked on significant planning applications and appeals.
Steven is Partner and Head of Planning Southern Region and is based in our Oxford office.
Latest news
- Carter Jonas Achieves Planning Consent for two new buildings at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
- Carter Jonas achieves planning consent for St Modwen
- Carter Jonas Achieves Planning Consent for Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Limited Partnership
- Carter Jonas Achieves Planning Consent for New, Flexible Employment Space at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
- Work starts on exciting new Cambridgeshire retail village
- Planning permission secured for residential development of up to 84 dwellings to south of Hitchin
- An update from the Oxford Planning Team
- Carter Jonas obtains resolution to grant planning permission for first autism-specific SEN School for the Borough of Barnet
- Nutrient neutrality advice issued by Natural England to a further 42 authorities in England