Scope of Expertise
Lichfield Planning expertise covers a wide range of land uses and types of plans, including:

• Airport related and commercial development
• Housing Associations and private residential development
• Sports, education and community facilities
• Listed buildings and conservation areas
• Urban regeneration strategies
• Spatial Planning and integrated development strategies for
• Regional development strategies
• New Towns and urban extensions
• Town centres
• Training and capacity development for spatial planning skills and understanding

Range of Services
Project planning services, whether for the public or the private sector, may encompass any of the following components:

• Appreciation of the client’s aims and constraints
• Feasibility, Risk Assessment and mitigation strategies
• Public Consultation and Stakeholder Engagement
• Analysis of Planning history and Planning policies
• Briefing and coordination of related professionals, e.g. on transportation infrastructure, energy technologies
• Masterplanning and urban design
• Sustainability Appraisals
• Community Impacts Analysis
• Delivery mechanisms

In addition, for the Public Sector, we provide:

• Policy formulation
• Soundness tests
• Training for Council members
• Training in Integrated Spatial Planning techniques

For the private sector, we also:

• Monitor progress in the preparation and updating of Local Development Frameworks and associated  documents and making early representations
• Prepare Risk Assessment and management reports on preliminary project ideas
• Preparation of Planning Statements
• Coordinate of the Planning application inputs
• Negotiate Planning Conditions and Section 106 Agreements
• Advise on the discharge of Conditions
• Lodge Appeals and provide Expert Evidence