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General Description

WYG is an established global management and technical consultancy who have helped shape the world’s landscapes, societies and economies for over 50 years. As an award-winning consultancy, our people combine global experience with local knowledge to deliver technical excellence on every project.

As part of the WYG Group, the Planning & Environment team consists of circ. 150 experienced professionals and is one of the top ten consultancies in the UK planning market. We provide innovative, practical and cost-effective solutions that help our clients make informed investment decisions and gain successful outcomes from the planning system. We have a wealth of experience in providing services to a diverse cross-section of clients including government bodies, local authorities, housebuilders, commercial and retail developers and private individuals.

Our multi-disciplinary approach and our ability to apply the breadth of our skills to complex projects, particularly in urban regeneration and environmental assessment, is what marks us out from our competitors. Our experts have the knowledge and skills that enable them to balance stakeholder, environmental and sustainability needs and deliver innovative solutions for our clients. We undertake major commissions, including planning application submissions for both development and changes of use including urban extensions, town centre redevelopment and new uses on previously developed land, including former mineral extraction sites.

This experience, and the wide range of projects, keep our planning team at the forefront of emerging planning, development and design issues.

Main Planning Services

• Advice on town planning requirements, policy analysis, preliminary site appraisals
• Technical analysis of planning issues, advice on obtaining planning permission, main hurdles involved and a strategy for dealing with them
• Monitoring and making representations on development plans
• Agents for planning applications and appeals including preparation of supporting material and written evidence
• Negotiations with regulatory authorities in the development control process
• Provision of expert evidence at public inquiries, tribunals and court cases
• Listed Building and Conservation Area consent applications
• Retail studies of town centres and proposals
• Coordination of technical inputs to major regeneration proposals
• Preparation of environmental assessments
• Masterplanning and development briefs
• Urban design
• Landscape architecture
• Specialist mineral planning services
• Transport planning.