Strategic site promotion

To maintain a reliable supply of land for development, to achieve the best value from development land and to secure future potential for the highest value use a site must be identified in the development plan. Under the plan-led system, planning application decisions are shaped by the development plan and inclusion in this is the key to unlocking your site’s full potential.

Through the development plan system sites must be promoted in accordance with the regulatory procedures and based on sound sustainable principles. Navigating this can prove complex.

With deep expertise in the planning system we help our clients tackle these complexities with confidence. By helping clients develop and execute a robust promotion strategy we can release development potential and maximise value.

Working on behalf of land promoters, house builders, operators, developers and landowners we help our clients to identify sites with future development potential and secure allocations, whether for residential, employment or any other use. We identify levels of need for development and promote our clients’ land as the preferred option for meeting that need.

We can ensure your site is promoted and given the best chance for allocation; for both specific uses and to achieve the maximum coverage with minimum constraint.

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Our proposals are shaped through our extensive understanding of the development plan system and our deep expertise is supported by our in-house, multi-disciplinary teams; helping us find robust solutions to any wider environmental concerns.

With over 50 years of experience in planning consultancy, we have an extensive portfolio of site allocations which have evolved from long-term strategic promotion. We have a thorough understanding of the procedural framework and a tactical approach to the Examination process, with many years’ experience of giving expert witness evidence.

RPS can be with you every step of the way from identifying areas of need, site identification, master planning, stakeholder consultation, local plan promotion, planning application, detailed architectural design, engineering and construction. Our holistic approach gives greater delivery, budget and programme certainty to add value and provide confidence at every stage.

Why RPS?

We are a fully independent consultancy; our only interest in the land is your interest.
We are a planning led consultancy with over 50 years of experience.
We are experts in strategic site promotion with an extensive track record and national coverage.
We lead multi-disciplinary, in-house teams of experts who can advise on every aspect of environmental effect on land.
We provide a personal service; our team is your team and always available.

Leading minds

INSIGHTS

Our planning experts share their insights

Growth drivers for the residential market in the North West: listen back to the webinar
- Cameron Austin-Fell
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In the first of a series of virtual breakfast briefings, RPS Planning Director Cameron Austin-Fell and Chris Young QC from No.5 Chambers delve into the factors driving growth in the North West’s residential market; and explore what might be in store for the road ahead.

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Why take your consultation virtual?
- Darren Parker
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- UK
Darren Parker, Operational Director for Planning, discusses some of the main benefits of virtual consultation and asks the question – why would we go back?

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The Environment Bill: What we do know
- Jacob Bonehill
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- UK
In the face of election uncertainty, Jacob Bonehill takes a look at what we do know about the Environment Bill – and what this might mean for development projects.

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