Ben Hunt Planning Ltd

Limited Company | www.huntplanning.co.uk

Agriculture

Barn Conversions, Development Applications, Diversification, Horticulture, Planning & Development

Business

Change of Use, Enforcement, Extensions / Alterations of Premises, Lawful Development Certificates, New Premises, Offices, Working from Home

Community Planning

Public Participation

Conservation

Conservation Areas, Ecology, Listed Buildings, Rural Conservation

Countryside & Environment

Coastal Planning, Environmental Impact Assessments, Environmental Statements, Rights of Way, Rural Regeneration, SSSI (Special Sites of Scientific Interest), Strategic Environmental Appraisals, Tree Preservation Orders

Design

Design Layout

Enforcement

Appeals, Remedial Action

Health Planning

Nursing Homes

Housing

Appeals, Applications, Boundaries / Curtilage, House Extensions, Objections, Residential Developments

Industrial

Minerals / Aggregates / Extraction, Mining, Oil & Gas, Pollution (Air, Water, Noise), Waste Disposal

Legal

Advocacy, Appeals, Direct Professional Access to the Bar, Public Inquiries

Marine

Land use, Ports, Spatial planning

Minerals & Waste

Coal Mining, Landfill, Mineral Local Plans, Minerals/Aggregates Extraction, Mining, Quarries, Waste Disposal, Waste Local Plans, Waste Recycling

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution

Expert Witness, Planning Gain, Section 106 Agreements

Renewable Energy

Anaerobic Digestion, Biomass

Research

Research / Surveys, Site Appraisals

Strategic Planning

Core Strategies, Development Plan Monitoring, Development Plan Representation, EIP (Examination in Public), Greenbelt, Local Development Frameworks, Local Plan Inquiries, Local Plans, Minerals Local Plans, Regional Planning, Statements of Community Involvement, Structure Plans, Unitary Development Plans, Waste Local Plans

Sustainability

Sustainability Appraisal

Tourism & Leisure

Playing Fields, Public Houses

Practice Overview

We offer a professional and impartial planning service to the private and public sectors. We tackle large and small planning issues with the overall aim to give prompt, high quality advice and value for money.

We try to resolve planning conflicts wherever possible, usually through discussion and negotiation. Where a more robust approach is needed, we are well equipped to test the planning system through appeals, examinations and inquiries.

Main Services

Our main services include:

Site appraisals for development; preparation of planning applications; Design & Access Statements; submission of appeals; expert witness and case co-ordination at public inquiries
Assistance with planning policy preparation, representations on local development framework and supplementary planning documents at the regional and local scale; appearance at examinations and inquiries
Expert witness in legal cases where planning expertise is needed
Enforcement and Certificate of Lawful Use/Development cases
Lodging objections to plans and applications; speaking at committees
Minerals and waste planning; Environmental Impact Assessment; nature conservation and the planning system; rural planning.

Commissions

Commissions include:

planning consultant for major quarry proposal in the East Midlands
planning application for 50 bed extension to Sherwood Grange Care Home, Edwinstowe
expert planning witness in commercial fraud trial
planning advice to secure permission for two developments of 13 flats each at Radcliffe on Trent & Linby, Nottinghamshire
preparation of evidence and appearance for Leicestershire County Council at the Longmoor opencast coal inquiry, and for Bedfordshire County Council at the Brogborough landfill public inquiry
co-ordination of Environmental Statements for the Gedling Access Road; and redevelopment of the former Gedling Colliery site for 1200 houses, 5ha of employment land, and associated primary school, community facilities and landscaping.