Rural Team
The commercial team is headed by David Keyte.
The rural team provides specialist planning advice to:
- Landowners of major rural estates.
- Farmers seeking alternative uses for their landholdings and buildings.
- Housebuilders and other developers considering development of land at the urban fringe.
- Other development in the open countryside.
Rural Team Services
Our core planning services include:
A planning assessment of the prospects of obtaining planning permission for the sought land uses as prescribed in an option on the land.
The planning strategy to maximise the prospects of obtaining the sought land use allocations, changes of use or other development.
Acting as the planning manager so as to lead the planning negotiations and to co-ordinate other specialist consultants.
Project management of the environmental impact assessment working other specialist consultants.
If necessary acting as the expert planning witness at planning appeal as well as directly instructing Counsel.
Working with our historic buildings and archaeology teams in the assessment of the impact of the development on the site’s heritage assets.
We undertake all applications that add value to clients – ranging from varying agricultural occupancy conditions enabling occupation of farm buildings for non agricultural uses, to large scale estate development strategies.
Key Rural Team Clients
Sundial Group
Hereford College of Technology
The Glympton Estate and John Ford Estates
