MPD Built Environment Consultants Limited

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At MPD Built Environment Consultants, we aim to provide a comprehensive, friendly, and cost-effective planning consultancy service. Specialising in planning appeals and permission relating to both residential and commercial developments, we help land owners and developers to realise the development potential of their land by adopting a commercially focus approach to maximise value for our clients. With a wealth of experience to draw on, we offer an informed, straightforward route through the often confusing and complex world of the planning system. From our office based in Newton-le-Willows, we operate throughout the North West, Yorkshire, and the Midlands

Having spent more than 30 years working in the profession, we have built up an extensive network of contacts within local authorities, town planning, and other related professions and the development industry as a whole. We also work closely with surveyors, architects, and estate agents and other property professionals to deliver a full range of services, covering:

• Planning Advice and Appraisals - Possible Land Uses and Potential
• Planning Applications - Formulation, Statements, or Responses to Consultation Letters
• Planning Refusals - What to Do Next
• Planning Appeals - Appealing to the Planning Inspectorate
• Architectural Design Services
• Development Plan Responses
• All Development Control Issues
• Planning Enforcement Problems
• Plan drawing and architectural design services

Over the years we have worked with major developers, house-builders, businesses, and individuals who want to extend their properties. We have appeared at public inquiries and informal hearings, as well as preparing numerous written representation appeals and presenting proposals to planning committees. At MPD, we have a clear view of the development process and our strong negotiators are able to forge productive relationships to deliver tangible results for you.

Our staff have experience in urban and rural planning, ranging from the release of greenbelt land for major sustainable urban extensions, to redevelopment of heavily contaminated brownfield urban sites. We have worked on a variety of projects, from small housing extensions, up to major housing sites of several thousand units. Our team also boast experience delivering commercial, industrial, retail, and leisure schemes, as well as the future schools programme. Working with listed buildings and within conservation areas to deliver schemes, has also featured heavily in our previous work.

Local & Strategic Planning: Community Plans

Local & Strategic Planning: Development Plan Representation

Local & Strategic Planning: Green Belt

Local & Strategic Planning: Development Briefs

Local & Strategic Planning: Local Plans

Local & Strategic Planning: Statements of Community Involvement

Local & Strategic Planning: Area Development Frameworks

Local & Strategic Planning: Planning Strategies

Local & Strategic Planning: Sustainability Statements

Local & Strategic Planning: Development Plan - Viability Assessments

Conservation: Design Layout

Conservation: Characterisation Studies

Conservation: Townscape Impact Analysis

Conservation: Ancient Monuments

Conservation: Conservation Areas

Conservation: Historic Building Restoration

Conservation: Historic Towns / Sites

Conservation: Listed Buildings

Conservation: Rural Conservation

Conservation: Urban Conservation

Conservation: World Heritage Sites

Legal: Appeals

Legal: Covenants

Legal: Public Inquiries

Countryside & Environment: Green Belt

Countryside & Environment: Code for Sustainable Homes

Countryside & Environment: Rural Regeneration

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

Countryside & Environment: Tree Preservation Orders

Countryside & Environment: Visual Impact Assessments

Countryside & Environment: Wind Farms

Agriculture: Agricultural Developments

Agriculture: Barn Conversions

Agriculture: Diversification

Agriculture: Estates

Agriculture: Farms

Agriculture: Horticulture

Agriculture: Liveries

Agriculture: Small Holdings

Agriculture: Option Agreements

Agriculture: Development Viabilities

Agriculture: Development Applications

Business: Offices

Business: Advertisements / Canopies / Blinds

Business: Business and Science Parks

Business: Change of Use

Business: Car Parking / Access

Business: Enforcement

Business: Extensions / Alterations of Premises

Business: Lawful Development Certificates

Business: New Premises

Business: Working from Home

Design: Crime Prevention Design

Design: Design Layout

Design: Architecture

Design: Implementation

Design: Masterplanning

Design: Urban Design

Design: Characterisation Studies

Design: Townscape Impact Analysis

Design: Tall Buildings

Economic Development: Viability Assessment

Economic Development: Funding Advice

Economic Development: Development Strategies

Economic Development: Funding Applications

Economic Development: Feasibility Studies

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Community and Stakeholder Consultation Events

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Planning for Real & Trade

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Public Participation

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Schools / Community Buildings

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Village/Town Appraisals

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Village Design Statements

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Neighbourhood Development Orders

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Independent Assessor

Health Planning: Cemeteries

Health Planning: Crematoriums

Health Planning: Health Centres

Health Planning: Hospices

Health Planning: Hospital

Health Planning: Nursing Homes

Health Planning: BREEAM Assessments

Housing: Eco-Homes Assessments

Housing: Code for Sustainable Homes

Housing: Housing Design Layout

Housing: Affordable Housing

Housing: Appeals

Housing: Applications

Housing: Boundaries / Curtilage

Housing: Car Parking

Housing: House Extensions

Housing: Light Issues

Housing: Objections

Housing: Residential Developments

Housing: Social Housing

Housing: Viability Assessments

Industrial: Heavy Industry

Industrial: Light Industry

Industrial: Pollution (Air, Water, Noise)

Industrial: Service Industry

Industrial: Telecommunications

Industrial: Mobile Phone Masts

Industrial: Technological Industry

Industrial: Utilities

Industrial: Waste Disposal

Industrial: Site Design Layout

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Contractual Disputes

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Expert Witness

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Mediation

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Planning Gain

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Section 106 Agreements

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Affordable Housing Viability

Probity: Professional Misconduct Investigation

Probity: Elected Member Training

Overseas: European Planning Systems

Overseas: Other Planning Systems

Research: Private Sector Stock Condition Surveys

Research: Empty Homes Surveys

Research: Viability and Planning Assessments and Inquiries

Research: Feasibility Studies

Research: Land Availabiltiy Studies

Research: Site Appraisals

Research: Environmental Impact Assessment

Retail: Advertisements / Canopies / Blinds

Retail: Car Boot Sales

Retail: Change of Use

Retail: Factory Outlet Centres

Retail: Markets

Retail: Motorway Service Areas

Retail: Out of Town Sites

Retail: Retail Impact Studies

Retail: Supermarkets

Retail: Town Centre Management

Retail: Site Design Layout

Tourism & Leisure: Sport & Recreational Strategies

Tourism & Leisure: Amusement Centres

Tourism & Leisure: Caravan Parks / Camping Sites

Tourism & Leisure: Golf Courses

Tourism & Leisure: Guest Houses / B&B

Tourism & Leisure: Family Entertainment Centres

Tourism & Leisure: Fast Food / Take Away Outlets

Tourism & Leisure: Health Clubs

Tourism & Leisure: Hotels

Tourism & Leisure: Marinas

Tourism & Leisure: Parks

Tourism & Leisure: Public Houses

Tourism & Leisure: Restaurants

Tourism & Leisure: Stadiums

Tourism & Leisure: Tourism

Urban Regeneration: Blight

Urban Regeneration: Brownfield Sites

Urban Regeneration: Compulsory Purchases

Urban Regeneration: European Funding

Urban Regeneration: PPP (Public & Private Partnerships)

Urban Regeneration: Waterfront Sites

Urban Regeneration: Design

Urban Regeneration: Town & City Centre Revitalisation Schemes

Urban Regeneration: Housing Estate Masterplans

Local Authority Services: Development Management

Local Authority Services: Local Plan Making

Local Authority Services: Contracted Out Services

Marine: Spatial planning

Marine: Conservation

Marine: Land use

Enforcement: Investigation

Enforcement: Appeals

Enforcement: Remedial Action

Enforcement: Prosecution

Renewable Energy: Wind Power

Renewable Energy: Solar Power

Renewable Energy: BREEAM

Renewable Energy: Biomass

Renewable Energy: Energy Efficiency

Employment: City Centre Tall Buildings

Employment: Distribution and Warehousing

Employment: Offices

Infrastructure: Schools Planning