Development Briefs and Master Planning

Masterplanning is a useful process to guide the short and longer term strategic planning requirements for a site or area.  Working with appointed specialist teams, we are actively involved in preparing masterplans for the phased development of a range of sites.  This work has involved inputting to the preparation of local and strategic plans for the comprehensive development of large green field and previously developed land.  Built into this process includes addressing key social, environmental and economic considerations with effective community and stakeholder engagement taking place, to ensure successful developments are achieved.

We often use the agreed layout and development principles set out in our masterplans as a framework for considering and providing certainty for subsequent planning applications. This approach has been effective in guiding development control plans for major hospitals and securing optimum development schemes for commercial and residential developments.

For both major and smaller sites, we are also able to prepare development briefs and obtain local planning authority endorsement as supplementary planning guidance and documents.