At Williams Gallagher we regularly prepare and submit the following types of application:
Full planning applications (including material and non-material amendments).
Outline planning applications & reserved matters submissions.
Hybrid planning applications.
Change of use applications.
Applications for Listed Building Consent.
Applications for Advertisement Consent.
Development Consent Orders.
Formal and informal pre-application submissions.
Planning applications to resolve planning enforcement matters.
Discharge of (and confirmation of compliance with) conditions.
Permitted development submissions and prior notification applications (across all schedules – agricultural, homeowner, commercial etc).
Certificates of Lawful Use & Development.
Variations to Section 106 Agreements.
Our planning application and appeal work includes:
Coordination of project teams and specialist advisors including architects, highways consultants, ecologists, drainage engineers, sustainability advisors, viability specialists and heritage consultants.
Preparation of justification statements, ranging from a simple letter for small, uncontentious applications through to full justification statements for more complex schemes.
Coordination and authoring of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA).
Coordinating public and community consultation including political stakeholder
mapping with trusted political relations advisors.Negotiating with local planning authorities, statutory authorities and key stakeholders throughout the planning process.
Ensuring conditions are scheduled appropriately to avoid development being frustrated by unnecessary conditions or conditions that impact inappropriately on the timing of project delivery.
Coordinating advice to prepare legal agreements.
Our work on planning appeals covers Written Representations, Hearings and Planning Inquiries and includes representing third parties who have obtained Rule 6 status.
We aim to avoid unnecessary and costly planning appeals through negotiating and securing satisfactory planning permissions. This involves preparing robust supporting evidence for each and every application as well as forging strong and lasting relationships with local planning authorities. We are also adept at working alongside experienced PR consultants to engage with the local community and key stakeholders to promote application proposals and to resolve disputes where necessary.
Where an appeal is unavoidable, we are able to prepare evidence, coordinate expert witness reports and appear as expert planning witnesses. We offer thorough and carefully prepared advice and have extensive experience of working with legal practices and chambers.