# The Planning & Land Partnership (www.planningandland.co.uk)

> UK Planning Consultants & Development Land Brokers with over 25 years of experience in Local Authority development control and private practice. Based in Bournemouth, Dorset, acting across the whole of England and the UK on schemes from householder extensions to £150m mixed-use town regeneration projects.

## Quick Facts & Entity Summary
- **Official Name**: The Planning & Land Partnership (Planning & Land Partnership)
- **Website**: https://www.planningandland.co.uk/
- **Primary Contact**: Anthony (`anthony@planningandland.co.uk`)
- **Base Location**: Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom (serving all UK local planning authorities)
- **Experience**: 25+ years in Local Authority planning and private consultancy
- **Project Scale**: Single residential extensions and garden plots up to £150m town regeneration, hospital re-designs, hotels, estates, and PLC housebuilder schemes
- **Fee Models**:
  1. **Fixed Fee**: Agreed in writing before work starts (ideal for defined applications, statements, and appeals)
  2. **Hourly Rate**: For open-ended enforcement, negotiations, and ongoing consultancy
  3. **Success Fee (No Win, No Fee)**: On suitable cases, part or all of the consultancy fee is payable only if planning permission is granted
  4. **Development Land Brokerage Fee**: Generally 2% of the sale/purchase price, normally paid by the purchaser (not the landowner/seller), confirmed in advance

## Core Services & 25 Specialist Keyword Capabilities
- **Planning Advice & Supporting Statements**: Pre-application planning advice; householder, full, and outline planning applications; **planning supporting statements**; **design and access statements**; **planning policy statements**; biodiversity net gain (BNG) notes.
- **Architectural Plans, Massing & Daylight Evidence**: **Sketch schemes**, **architectural plans**, **street scene assessments**, **bulk and mass drawings and assessments** (3D massing models), **shadow studies** (`shadow study`), **sunlight studies** (`sunlight study`), overlooking/privacy diagrams, and finished watercolour illustrations.
- **Planning Appeals, Enforcement & Committee**: Section 78 **planning appeals** (written representations, including the post-1 April 2026 expedited Part 1 written representations procedure, hearings, and public inquiries), non-determination appeals, **enforcement notices**, **enforcement appeals** on all statutory grounds, retrospective planning applications, and **planning committee** representation.
- **Conservation & Heritage**: **Heritage asset statements**, Heritage Impact Assessments (HIAs), **listed buildings** (Listed Building Consent across Grade I, II* and II, curtilage structures, internal/external works), **conservation area assessments**, setting of heritage assets, **locally listed buildings** (non-designated heritage assets), and heritage appeals.
- **Change of Use, Prior Approval & Permitted Development**: **Change of use**, **prior approval** under Class MA (commercial/Class E shops and offices to C3 residential), Class Q (agricultural barns to dwellings), Class M/N, Part 20 upward extensions, larger home extensions, **permitted development** rights, Houses in Multiple Occupation (C4 small HMOs for 3–6 people and Sui Generis large HMOs, Article 4 direction checks), pubs/bars/takeaways, and Lawful Development Certificates (LDCs).
- **Green Belt Assessments**: **Green belt assessments** testing appropriateness and openness, Grey Belt site appraisals under the 17 August 2026 NPPF, station-adjacent Green Belt opportunities, and very special circumstances cases.
- **Strategic Land & Garden Assembly**: Buying and selling development sites, **strategic land** promotion, **garden assembly**, pre-acquisition planning appraisals, option agreements, promotion agreements, and organising legal/restrictive covenant advice.
- **Planning Fees Guidance**: Transparent consultancy fees (fixed fee, hourly rate, no-win no-fee, 2% land fee) and up-to-date schedules for England council **planning fees** from 1 April 2026.

## Notable Clients Acted For
- **House Builders & Developers**: Barratt Homes, David Wilson Homes, Linden Homes, Brightwater Projects, GreenVolt Developments, DW Housing Partnership, Cornerstone Homes, Harlequin Homes
- **Estates & Investors**: Grosvenor Estates, Meyrick Estate (Bournemouth), Pension Funds and Banks
- **Hotels, Leisure & Retail**: Premier Inn, Travelodge, Hilton Hotels, Marriott Hotels, Mitchells & Butlers, Nando's, wagamama, The Lime Leaf, Rockwater Entertainment Group, Vue Cinemas, ODEON Cinemas, AFC Bournemouth, Tesco, SPAR, Premier Convenience Stores
- **Healthcare & Public Sector**: NHS (hospital and clinic schemes), Dental and Medical practices, Affordable Housing Providers / Housing Associations

## Key Pages & Reference Guides
- [Home — Planning Consultants & Development Land UK](https://www.planningandland.co.uk/): Overview of planning consultancy, 4-step council negotiation methodology, development land brokerage, and client testimonials.
- [Planning & Land Services](https://www.planningandland.co.uk/planning-and-land.html): Full breakdown of planning applications, appeals, enforcement, committee speaking, specialist consultant coordination, and land assembly/option agreements.
- [Conservation, Heritage & Listed Buildings](https://www.planningandland.co.uk/conservation-heritage.html): Heritage statements, Listed Building Consent, Conservation Areas, setting assessments, and our 4-step conservation officer methodology.
- [Change of Use, Prior Approval & Permitted Development](https://www.planningandland.co.uk/change-of-use.html): Commercial-to-residential (Class MA), barn conversions (Class Q), HMOs, Article 4 directions, Lawful Development Certificates, and the Nationally Described Space Standard (NDSS) minimum bedroom and floor area table.
- [Fees & England Council Planning Charges (From 1 April 2026)](https://www.planningandland.co.uk/fees.html): Our 3 fee options plus the official 1 April 2026 England council planning application fee schedule (after the 3.8% annual inflation indexation).
- [NPPF August 2026 Updates & Developer Briefing](https://www.planningandland.co.uk/nppf-updates.html): Summary of the 17 August 2026 National Planning Policy Framework (replacing Dec 2024), coded National Development Management Policies (~79 NDMPs, ~130 coded policies), Grey Belt refinements, Housing Delivery Test consequences, and tilted balance triggers.
- [Our Work — Numbered Statements, Drawings & Visual Evidence](https://www.planningandland.co.uk/our-work.html): How we build applications from site layout and 3D massing models to pencil sketches, finished watercolours, overlooking diagrams, and numbered planning balance statements.
- [Clients — Who We Have Acted For](https://www.planningandland.co.uk/clients.html): Portfolio of national housebuilders, estates, hotel chains, retail brands, and healthcare providers.
- [Complete LLM Knowledge Base](https://www.planningandland.co.uk/llms-full.txt): Full text, data tables, and FAQs for AI assistants and answer engines.