Specialist planning advice & representation unit

Planning

Negotiations with council officers, planning status reviews, applications for permission, appeals against refusals, third party objections, High Court challenges, enforcement appeals, changes of use, lawful development certificates, hearings, inquiries, written representations, committee meetings.

At Humphreys & Co., we offer chartered town planning qualifications and practical experience at the highest level in planning authorities and in The Planning Inspectorate, structured within the framework of a professional law practice. We can build your proposals into a firm foundation and advocate your way forward through all the stages of the planning process, from initial negotiations to appeals against decisions.

Our Planning Advice and Representation Unit advises on and represents clients throughout England & Wales in relation to planning projects and issues insofar as affecting land and property.

Our team routinely routinely represents clients in:

development and site appraisals

planning applications

negotiations with council planning authorities

presentations at committee

objections by third parties

appeals against refusals

hearings including advocacy

lawful development/use certificates

planning and infrastructure agreements

joint venture agreements subject to planning issues

enforcement of planning controls and appeals against enforcement

compulsory purchase and compensation

Some examples of client feedback to members of our Planning Advice and Representations Unit:

...I would also like to thank you for your efforts, which have been exceptional, considering the deadlines. I have been very fortunate indeed to have Humphreys & Co. on my side. (Bromley, Kent)

I have now received the information I requested from your colleague, Shehara Ranasuriya. I must say she was very clear and professional in her explanations and gave me a good feeling about your company.

I emailed you recently to express my gratitude, and that of my neighbours, for the highly professional and impressive service that we were given by [your staff] ....who represented us in the Planning Dispute. We felt that, whether we won or lost the dispute, your experts had done their very best for us.

Thank you for mail containing the good news that we have the planning permission. Thank you so much for all your help with this and I would be grateful if you would also thank David for his valuable input.

We believe that this result was very largely due to the case that was so ably presented ......

Great news - thanks very much for all the help and assistance from yourself, Robert and your colleagues. (London, Merton)

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you both for the time and effort spent so far and for the very helpful and clear explanation of the issues and background to your review and letter. (Somerset)

Can I add my thanks for your timeliness and professionalism with an awkward brief also. (Buckinghamshire)

I well recognise that it takes considerable effort and time to research and draft a letter of objection, and yours was, if I may say so, one of the best I have seen. (Crediton, Devon)

I emailed you recently to express my gratitude, and that of my neighbours, for the highly professional and impressive service that we were given.

It is equally gratifying that .... B&NES REFUSED the application. We believe that this result was very largely due to the case that was so ably presented (NE Somerset)

I can't thank you enough. Sincere appreciation. I will definitely recommend your firm to others..You've guys have been great.

Thank you very much for the amazing report you produced. We are very happy and wish for you to go ahead with this last copy we received.

We will contact you again if we need your services in the future. Of course, we will reccommend you to neighbours, friends and colleagues who might encounter similar problems.

Firstly, thanks for the thoroughly good work that your firm undertook on my behalf. It was all that I had hoped for and whatever the outcome, I feel that I have done all I can. (Gloucestershire)

...Your team has really delivered. Thank you....

Email us a summary of your circumstances, with your objectives, and we will get back to you by return with costings for an assessment by specialists of your real planning position.

E-mail us with details of your enquiry on planning@humphreys.co.uk
Include your telephone number,
fax number and address.

Tel (0117) (international +44 117) 929 2662
Fax (0117) (international +44 117) 929 2722