O'Neill Associates

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Main planning services

O’Neill Associates are a team of experienced planners providing specialist advice on a wide range of planning and development issues. We adopt a comprehensive and creative approach to any project, and we aim to contribute to the formulation of proposals, identify key issues and develop a planning strategy based on the ambitions of our client.

Services include:

• Assessing the development potential of land or buildings
• Supporting the preparation and Examination of Local Plans
• Providing clients with advice on Development Plan issues
• Preparation of spatial plans
• Co-ordinating partnership working
• Preparing and submitting comprehensive applications for proposals
• Preparing and submitting appeals that enhance chances of success
• Submitting representations on clients behalf
• Advising on and negotiating Section 106 agreements

Recent projects

Science Museum Group - O'Neill Associates have been awarded a 5-year contract by the Science Museum Group to provide planning consultancy services for the Group’s Vision 2025 Programme, which involves the £55.3m transformation of the National Railway Museum in York and Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham.

Roman Quarter, York – The Practice led a team of consultants in obtaining planning permission for an 11-storey building on Rougier Street containing 250 apartments and a world-class Roman themed visitor attraction in a double basement. The scheme will also include re-opening of an ancient thoroughfare, Tanner Street.

Gas Works, Heworth Green – O'Neill Associates secured a suite of planning approvals to facilitate the decontamination and redevelopment of the former gas works site on Heworth Green. This included a package of enabling works along with outline planning consent for the construction of 607 homes.

Hotel developments – The Practice secured planning permissions for a series of new hotels including the 143-bed Hampton by Hilton on Piccadilly, 112 bed spaces at Moxy on Peasholme Green, a 64-bed independent hotel on historic Micklegate and a 100-bed extension to The Grand - York’s only 5-star hotel

Cocoa West, York - O’Neill Associates secured outline planning permission to redevelop the former Rowntree’s factory site for up to 425 new homes. This followed an earlier permission to convert old factory buildings to create 279 new flats – a combined 704 new units across the site

*University of York - *O’Neill Associates secured outline planning consent for a major University expansion following a six week public inquiry. We are now involved in obtaining reserved matters approval to facilitate the continuing development, including infrastructure schemes and academic buildings.

*Local Plans *– We have been involved in a number of local plan examinations, most recently for the York Local Plan where we are representing a number of Higher Education clients in addition to housebuilders, commercial developers and charities.

Local & Strategic Planning: Community Plans

Local & Strategic Planning: Development Plan Representation

Local & Strategic Planning: EIP (Examination in Public)

Local & Strategic Planning: Green Belt

Local & Strategic Planning: Sub-regional Planning

Local & Strategic Planning: Transport Plans

Local & Strategic Planning: Development Briefs

Local & Strategic Planning: Local Plans

Local & Strategic Planning: Development Plan Monitoring

Local & Strategic Planning: Core Strategies

Local & Strategic Planning: Area Development Frameworks

Local & Strategic Planning: Planning Strategies

Local & Strategic Planning: Duty to Cooperate

Conservation: Ancient Monuments

Conservation: Conservation Areas

Conservation: Historic Towns / Sites

Conservation: Listed Buildings

Conservation: Rural Conservation

Conservation: Urban Conservation

Legal: Licensed Access to the Bar

Legal: Public Inquiries

Legal: Appeals

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

Countryside & Environment: Environmental Impact Assessments

Countryside & Environment: National Parks

Countryside & Environment: Rural Regeneration

Countryside & Environment: Rights of Way

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

Countryside & Environment: Visual Impact Assessments

Countryside & Environment: Green Belt

Agriculture: Planning & Development

Agriculture: Agricultural Developments

Agriculture: Barn Conversions

Agriculture: Diversification

Agriculture: Estates

Agriculture: Farms

Agriculture: Horticulture

Agriculture: Small Holdings

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

Business: Offices

Design: Crime Prevention Design

Design: Urban Design

Economic Development: Viability Assessment

Economic Development: Development Strategies

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Public Participation

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Schools / Community Buildings

Health Planning: Hospital

Health Planning: Nursing Homes

Housing: Affordable Housing

Housing: Appeals

Housing: Applications

Housing: Boundaries / Curtilage

Housing: Car Parking

Housing: Housing Needs Studies

Housing: House Extensions

Housing: Objections

Housing: Residential Developments

Housing: Social Housing

Housing: Viability Assessments

Housing: Housing Design Layout

Industrial: Light Industry

Industrial: Service Industry

Industrial: Telecommunications

Industrial: Mobile Phone Masts

Industrial: Technological Industry

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Expert Witness

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Planning Gain

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Section 106 Agreements

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Affordable Housing Viability

Probity: Elected Member Training

Research: Feasibility Studies

Research: Land Availabiltiy Studies

Research: Research / Surveys

Research: Site Appraisals

Retail: Advertisements / Canopies / Blinds

Retail: Car Boot Sales

Retail: Change of Use

Retail: Out of Town Sites

Retail: Retail Impact Studies

Retail: Shops

Retail: Town Centres

Tourism & Leisure: Caravan Parks / Camping Sites

Tourism & Leisure: Cinemas

Tourism & Leisure: Guest Houses / B&B

Tourism & Leisure: Fast Food / Take Away Outlets

Tourism & Leisure: Health Clubs

Tourism & Leisure: Hotels

Tourism & Leisure: Parks

Tourism & Leisure: Playing Fields

Tourism & Leisure: Public Houses

Tourism & Leisure: Rambling

Tourism & Leisure: Restaurants

Tourism & Leisure: Stadiums

Tourism & Leisure: Swimming Baths

Transport: Car Parks

Transport: Cycle Ways

Urban Regeneration: Brownfield Sites

Urban Regeneration: Town & City Centre Revitalisation Schemes

Local Authority Services: Local Plan Making

Marine: Spatial planning

Enforcement: Investigation

Enforcement: Appeals

Enforcement: Remedial Action

Employment: Distribution and Warehousing

Employment: Offices

Infrastructure: Infrastructure Planning for Local Plans

Infrastructure: Duty to Cooperate