Local Plan Inquiry
The Client
A company in Essex owning a substantial area of land.
The Case
Our client sought a commercial designation for a substantial area of land within the local plan. The Deposit Draft Plan included the large site within a revised “strategic land designation” and contained other designations designed to protect the site from any form of development whatsoever. The case was pursued by the planning team within our consultancy. Our consultancy supplied the advocacy services and the planning expertise together with the landscape evidence in support of the clients’ formal objections to the Local Plan. Our consultancy was responsible for the preparation and lodging of the detailed objections at the Deposit stage and we pursued vigorous arguments in support of a commercial designation and also in support of a residential designation.
The Outcome
We were successful in persuading the Inspector to re-examine the Council’s approach to the formulation of the Draft policies in the Plan.