Roach Planning

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*Roach Planning is a commercially-minded planning consultancy practice based in Teignmouth, Devon, working across South West England. *

*The company provides expert planning advice to its clients, promoting their development projects and land, and obtaining planning permissions. *

We help developers, businesses and private clients navigate the planning system.

Roach Planning is run by Ian Roach, a Chartered Town Planner and Chartered Environmentalist with over 20 years' experience in planning and development, both in consultancy and client side. The team also includes Jenna George, Principal Planning Consultant, and Ben Naughton, Assistant Planning Consultant.

We advise on whether or not projects are likely to obtain planning permission.

We submit planning applications to local Councils and negotiate with them on our clients' behalf.

We submit appeals to The Planning Inspectorate.

Services are tailored for each commission - small or large - depending on the client’s requirements, the location, the characteristics of the site, the nature of the development, the applicable planning policies and local politics. A full list of our services is provided below.

Services include the following.

Planning

• Expert Witness
• Planning policy review and strategy advice
• Pre-application meetings
• Planning statements
• Application forms
• Design advice informed by planning and environmental risk assessment
• Critical review of consultants’ scope, drawings and reports
• Section 106 agreement negotiation and CIL
• Planning committees
• Discharge of conditions and Section 106 obligations
• Appeal management

Land Promotion

• Planning appraisals to assess development potential
• Local Plan representations
• Neighbourhood Development Plan representations
• SHLAA/HELAA representations

Stakeholder Engagement

• Stakeholder mapping and engagement strategy
• Local planning authority liaison (planning agent)
• Political lobbying
• Designing, arranging and attending public consultations and exhibitions
• Statements of community involvement
• Media relations

Environmental

• Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
• Screening Opinions
• Scoping Opinions
• Environmental Statements
• Sub-EIA environmental appraisals
• Construction environmental management plans

Project Management

• Co-ordination of design and consultant teams to programme and budget

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Legal: Public Inquiries

Countryside & Environment: Renewable Energy Sources

Business: Business and Science Parks

Business: Change of Use

Business: New Premises

Countryside & Environment: Environmental Impact Assessments

Countryside & Environment: Environmental Statements

Housing: Housing Design Layout

Design: Masterplanning

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Public Participation

Housing: Affordable Housing

Housing: Appeals

Housing: Applications

Housing: Residential Developments

Housing: Social Housing

Industrial: Heavy Industry

Industrial: Light Industry

Industrial: Waste Disposal

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Expert Witness

Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Section 106 Agreements

Research: Feasibility Studies

Research: Research / Surveys

Research: Site Appraisals

Retail: Town Centres

Urban Regeneration: Brownfield Sites

Minerals & Waste: Waste Disposal

Minerals & Waste: Waste Recycling

Minerals & Waste: Incineration

Agriculture: Planning & Development

Marine: Ports

Renewable Energy: Solar Power

Renewable Energy: Geothermal

Local & Strategic Planning: Statements of Community Involvement

Employment: City Centre Tall Buildings

Employment: Distribution and Warehousing

Neighbourhood & Community Planning: Community and Stakeholder Consultation Events

Industrial: Site Design Layout

Local & Strategic Planning: Planning Strategies

Urban Regeneration: Waterfront Sites

Design: Design Layout

Design: Tall Buildings

Research: Environmental Impact Assessment