Define

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We’re an ambitious team of planners, urban designers, architects and landscape architects with a dynamic and collaborative approach that unlocks the full potential of our projects. Our creative response to each site is inspired by its context in order to shape and realise exemplary communities and landscapes. Places with rich identities that respond to the needs of our changing society and the fight against climate change.

Define advises both public and private sector clients in respect of the planning, assessment and design of the built environment. We seek to meet the ambitions and expectations of the client body through the promotion and creation of inspirational places to live and work.

In short we:

• Plan, direct, promote and manage development through the planning system, providing cogent and robust strategy advice and a focus for key stakeholder negotiations;
• Design streets, spaces and landscapes within the urban environment, and influence the form of built development through the preparation of development masterplans and codes; and
• Assess development through the iterative environmental impact assessment process, with a specialism in landscape and visual assessment, urban design audits and socio-economic assessments.

Define has a reputation for making the planning system work: "adding value" by unlocking planning consents on constrained sites with our proactive and creative approach. Our project portfolio includes urban residential and mixed-use regeneration schemes, sustainable urban extensions and major infrastructure proposals, as well as universities and hospitals, commercial proposals, and leisure related schemes

Legal: Public Inquiries

Local & Strategic Planning: Development Briefs

Local & Strategic Planning: Local Plans

Local & Strategic Planning: Development Plan Monitoring

Countryside & Environment: Renewable Energy Sources

Countryside & Environment: AONB (Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty)

Conservation: Historic Towns / Sites

Conservation: World Heritage Sites

Agriculture: Estates

Business: Business and Science Parks

Business: Change of Use

Business: Lawful Development Certificates

Countryside & Environment: Environmental Impact Assessments

Countryside & Environment: Strategic Environmental Appraisals

Countryside & Environment: Environmental Statements

Countryside & Environment: National Parks

Countryside & Environment: Visual Impact Assessments

Design: Masterplanning

Design: Urban Design

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Public Participation

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Schools / Community Buildings

Health Planning: Crematoriums

Health Planning: Hospital

Housing: Applications

Housing: Residential Developments

Industrial: Light Industry

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Expert Witness

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Planning Gain

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Section 106 Agreements

Local & Strategic Planning: Development Plan Representation

Local & Strategic Planning: EIP (Examination in Public)

Local & Strategic Planning: Sub-regional Planning

Research: Site Appraisals

Retail: Motorway Service Areas

Retail: Shops

Tourism & Leisure: Parks

Tourism & Leisure: Playing Fields

Tourism & Leisure: Public Houses

Urban Regeneration: Brownfield Sites

Countryside & Environment: Country Parks

Economic Development: Development Strategies

Economic Development: Feasibility Studies

Agriculture: Planning & Development

Agriculture: Development Applications

Marine: Spatial planning

Enforcement: Appeals

Local & Strategic Planning: Statements of Community Involvement

Local & Strategic Planning: Core Strategies

Employment: City Centre Tall Buildings

Employment: Distribution and Warehousing

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Community and Stakeholder Consultation Events

Conservation: Design Layout

Countryside & Environment: Green Belt

Industrial: Site Design Layout

Local & Strategic Planning: Area Development Frameworks

Local & Strategic Planning: Planning Strategies

Urban Regeneration: Waterfront Sites

Urban Regeneration: Design

Business: Offices

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Neighbourhood Development Plans

Conservation: Characterisation Studies

Conservation: Townscape Impact Analysis

Local Authority Services: Development Management

Urban Regeneration: Rural & Village Schemes

Urban Regeneration: Housing Estate Masterplans