IDE Planning

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Nick Ide has over 40 years planning experience with 25 years in local government that has included working for Lancaster City Council, Three Rivers District Council in Hertfordshire, Rochester upon Medway Council in Kent and, latterly as Chief Planning Officer for Epsom and Ewell Borough Council in Surrey. This was followed by 9 years as head of planning at an estate agency in Tunbridge Wells before establishing IDE Planning in 2014. All this has provided extensive across-the-board planning and management experience.

Core values of the firm are a determination to simplify what can often become involved, and to be open and flexible in working towards agreed outcomes. The firm’s portfolio as set out on www.ideplanning.com is testament to the success of that approach.

The firm acts for private companies including farm estates, individuals e.g. with objections, public bodies and charities principally, but not exclusively, from within the south and south east of England including London.

Services include –

· providing preliminary planning advice;

· completing all types of planning application that includes dealing with enforcement issues;

· appeals;

· planning policy including land promotion;

· representing objectors to planning applications/site allocations.

Planning can be a maze. Whilst you do not have to be a planner, for example, to apply for planning permission or in seeking a land allocation in an emerging Plan, appointing a consultant can be the first step in making some sense of the regulations and the processes involved.

Legal: Public Inquiries

Conservation: Archaeology

Local & Strategic Planning: Development Briefs

Local & Strategic Planning: Local Plans

Local & Strategic Planning: Development Plan Monitoring

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

Conservation: Conservation Areas

Conservation: Ecology

Conservation: Historic Towns / Sites

Conservation: Listed Buildings

Conservation: Rural Conservation

Conservation: Urban Conservation

Agriculture: Agricultural Developments

Agriculture: Barn Conversions

Agriculture: Diversification

Agriculture: Estates

Agriculture: Farms

Agriculture: Horticulture

Agriculture: Liveries

Agriculture: Small Holdings

Business: Enforcement

Business: Extensions / Alterations of Premises

Business: Lawful Development Certificates

Business: New Premises

Countryside & Environment: Gypsy / Traveller Sites

Countryside & Environment: National Parks

Countryside & Environment: Rural Regeneration

Countryside & Environment: SSSI (Special Sites of Scientific Interest)

Countryside & Environment: Tree Preservation Orders

Design: Masterplanning

Health Planning: Cemeteries

Health Planning: Hospital

Housing: Applications

Housing: Boundaries / Curtilage

Housing: House Extensions

Housing: Objections

Housing: Residential Developments

Industrial: Heavy Industry

Industrial: Light Industry

Industrial: Service Industry

Industrial: Utilities

Legal: Appeals

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: Waste Local Plans

Research: Feasibility Studies

Research: Research / Surveys

Research: Site Appraisals

Retail: Change of Use

Retail: Shops

Retail: Town Centres

Tourism & Leisure: Caravan Parks / Camping Sites

Tourism & Leisure: Cinemas

Tourism & Leisure: Golf Courses

Tourism & Leisure: Guest Houses / B&B

Tourism & Leisure: Fast Food / Take Away Outlets

Tourism & Leisure: Theme Parks

Tourism & Leisure: Tourism

Transport: Car Parks

Transport: Traffic Management

Urban Regeneration: Brownfield Sites

Agriculture: Planning & Development

Agriculture: Development Applications

Marine: Spatial planning

Marine: Conservation

Enforcement: Investigation

Enforcement: Remedial Action

Local & Strategic Planning: Core Strategies

Employment: Distribution and Warehousing

Employment: Offices

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Community and Stakeholder Consultation Events

Countryside & Environment: Green Belt

Local & Strategic Planning: Planning Strategies

Transport: Travel Plans

Infrastructure: Schools Planning

Local Authority Services: Development Management

Local Authority Services: Local Plan Making

Urban Regeneration: Rural & Village Schemes