General advice on all aspects of the planning system including planning applications, appeals, strategic land promotion, discharge of conditions, CIL and s106 obligations, Permitted Development, Local Development Orders, and assessment of potential development opportunities.
Our highly professional team of planners determine the extent to which planning permission is achievable on a given project. Potential areas of concern that may affect successful development plans are raised, providing transparent advice and recommendations at every stage.
The identification of suitable land and property for future development or particular use.
Advice in relation to large and complex strategic land opportunities including submission of representations to the emerging plan process, preparation of written statements and attendance at examination hearings.
The process of gaining planning permission is complex. The wealth of experience that we have at CL Planning will support you through the stages of pre-application negotiation, application process and development implementation.
From the initial analysis of site constraints and opportunities to the preparation of masterplans, illustrative site layouts, and 3-D visualisations, CL Planning has the knowledge and expertise to prepare well-considered, creative and commercially viable development schemes.
Liaison with key stakeholders and local politicians, near-neighbor meetings, attendance and coordination of tailored public exhibitions and preparation of statements of community involvement.
CL Planning has the resources to draw together and lead a highly-skilled team of professionals from all disciplines crucial to the planning process. We have a great deal of experience in coordinating the activities of many organisations enabling us to tailor our services to meet your needs.
We are well placed to review the prospects of challenging the decisions of local planning authorities at appeal, using our wide-ranging experience from public inquiries, informal hearings, and written representations.
Preparation of draft heads of terms and negotiation of planning obligations to optimise the prospects of securing planning permission.
EIA screening and scoping opinions including preparation and coordination of Environmental Statements. HRA screening and guidance around appropriate assessment.
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Brett is a Chartered Town Planner with over 20 years experience and former regional Chairman of the Royal Town Planning Institute. He has worked within the public, consultancy and corporate sectors, including: Borough of Poole Council, Purbeck District Council & New Earth Solutions Group Ltd
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Giles is a chartered Town Planner with over 15 years experience. He has significant experience having been Enforcement Team Leader, Development Control Manger and then Development Manager for Christchurch and East Dorset Councils.
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John is a chartered town planner and urban designer with over 20 years experience in senior level local planning positions across a number of local authorities in addition to more recent experience with a national planning consultancy providing advice to large estates, developing masterplans and negotiating S.106 Agreements.
We work closely with Chapman Lily on a number of our projects and always appreciate the extreme amount of in-depth knowledge on planning and strategic developments that they bring to each of our consultations.
Thank you very much for helping us to get to this stage. I think we found you on the internet and it was such a change for us to find somebody to do a really good job . We really were very impressed with your knowledge and always prompt attention to our case,
I was amazed at how quickly you responded to all of my questions and you made us feel very confident that you would achieve for us the outcome we desired. You seemed to be very well- prepared with an argument for whatever obstacles the council might throw at us.
You were so pro-active on our behalf that I really felt you couldn’t have done anything any better for us.
Chapman Lily simply do what they say, on time and to budget. Great advice and management of our case. Total professionals. We are thrilled with the outcome.
I have worked with Giles Moir and the Chapman Lily Planning Team on various projects and in the past few years, they have obtained consent on a number of schemes in that time for our company UK Property Options Ltd.
The consents include a residential housing scheme and three roadside retail schemes including two Petrol Filling Stations with convenience stores and various drive-through offers. The sites have been located across the UK.
I have found the Chapman Lily Team to be very supportive and knowledgeable in carrying out planning reviews and taking the lead on our detailed planning applications.
I would have no hesitation in recommending Giles and Chapman Lily Planning for all your planning needs.
Giles and his team at Chapman Lily were professional and conscientious at all times. We had been tackling issues regarding lawful use of our land for a long while and not making much progress; however once we appointed Chapman Lily they brought their excellent expertise to the table, clarifying things, negotiating effectively and ultimately regularising our land use. They effectively lead us through some very trying times with patience and diligence to achieve a successful result. Giles was excellent; with an unpretentious manner and a calm unfazed air that comes from his years of experience, and the depth and breadth of his knowledge.
We have dealt with many planning agents over the years and Chapman Lily rank amongst the best we have worked with. We have an excellent working relationship with Chapman Lily and are so happy with the service that we have received that we have asked them to represent our company in a further major development project.
Chapman Lily Planning Ltd were instrumental in Mar-Key Group achieving a very good planning outcome with moving our manufacturing facility Throop, Bournemouth. Even though the site has an industrial application, it sits within an overall greenbelt area and joins a conservation area, which made the planning application quite complex. Brett Spiller and his team are very understanding both of the needs and requirements of the company, and of concerns of the local authority. As a company, Mar-Key Group has a very social outlook towards its staff and neighbours which was appreciated and helped considerably with the overall project.
Brett is a font of knowledge: an obvious industry expert. Have used on a number of occasions and definitely in safe hands. Would highly recommend
Bristol City Council has just announced it is inviting landowners to promote their land for potential future development under a ‘call for sites’. Commenting on this announcement, Steve Tapscott, senior planner at Chapman Lily, said that ‘this is one of the first stages in the Council’s local plan review process and is an important opportunity […]
Dorset Council has published the results of its “call for sites”, a key step in the preparation of any new Local Plan. The promoted sites fall into three broad categories, those suitable now, those suitable subject to policy change and those deemed unsuitable. Brett Spiller, Director at Chapman Lily Planning noted that “there are several […]
Simon Gallagher, the top civil servant in charge of Planning and Director of Planning at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, indicates in an interview on ‘Have I Got Planning News For You’, that there will be a further consultation exercise next year on key concepts in the White Paper, such as the […]
Some 18 months after it replaced six former local authorities and a decade after the former councils started sharing planning services, Dorset Council has confirmed that it is finally rolling out its single planning support service. The potential benefits to customers can derive from a single and hopefully consistent approach to pre-application advice, charging and […]
