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Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy not only carries out work on behalf of landowners and developers, but also on behalf of public sector clients. In recent months Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy has secured contracts with two Local Authorities, providing them with specialised planning advice. From a private sector perspective, Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy provides specialist town and country planning advice...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy provides specialist town and country planning advice to landowners, householders and developer's throughout Staffordshire and the Midlands. We can provide advice on all aspects of the planning system, from initial site appraisals, pre-application discussions through to the submission of applications and processing of appeals. We can also assist if you are involved in an Enforcement...
The Housing Minister Grant Shapps has recently confimed that Government plans to release disuse public land for housing development are moving forward. Strategies have been put in place by the departments of Defence, Transport, Health and Environment and Rural Affairs setting out how their formerly used land can be used to deliver over 50,000 new houses. This is in addition to...
If you have been refused planning permission, you are entitled to lodge an appeal with the Planning Inspectorate. However this must be undertaken within a prescribed timetable, which is usually 6 months, or 12 weeks in the case of household development. Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy can advise you on the Council's reasons for refusal and discuss the likelihood or...
In his speech to the Conservation Party Conference, the Prime Minister has defended the emerging changes to the planning system. In his speech he said: Our businesses need the space to grow - literally. That's one of the reasons we're reforming our planning system. It's hard to blame local people for opposing developments when they get none of the benefits....
Many people will now be familiar with the ongoing situation at Dale Farm near Basildon, where the Council is trying to secure the removal of a group of Travellers who have established a site there without planning consent. The Planning Portal has recently reported that the Travellers had sought to get the scaffold entrance gateway listed as they considered it...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy can provide advice and assistance at every stage of the planning process, from initial site appraisals, pre-application advice, through to the submission of applications, appeals and discharge of planning conditions. Following the initial site appraisal pre-application advice with the Local Authority is strongly recommended as it represents an opportunity to discuss the key planning issues...
In circumstances where complex legal issues are under consideration it can sometimes be beneficial to secure the advice of a specialist planning Barrister. This is particularly relevant where an appeal is to be determined by a Public Inquiry or you are seeking a Judicial Review of a Council's decision. As Professional Planning Consultants, Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy is able to instruct...
The preparation of a Local Development Framework by a Local Authority represents an opportunity for local land owners and developers to put forward parcels of land for allocation within the Council's Site Allocations Document. Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy can assist landowners in making representations to the Local Authority with the aim of having that land allocated within the resultant...
Enforcement Notices are used by Local Authorities to take action against unlawful use of land or development. If you have undertaken works or are carrying out a use without first securing planning permisson then you run the risk of enforcement action being taken to remedy the breach of planning control. If you are served with an Enforcement Notice you only have...
