Planning and Places
SKM Colin Buchanan’s Planning & Places team combines expertise in planning and urban design to provide high level expert advice on the efficient use of land assets and infrastructure for people to enjoy, on behalf of governments, developers, landowners and policy makers.
Our services focus on:
- Infrastructure planning
- Testing and advising local authorities on the deliverability of development and land use plans and spatial strategies
- Preparing infrastructure delivery and business plans to underpin development plans
- Advising on developer contributions strategies, including the transition from s106 to Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
- Development planning and masterplanning
- Producing development plans, spatial strategies and masterplans for local authorities and developers in the UK and overseas
- Promoting and facilitating development opportunities through the planning system
- Preparing robust and deliverable masterplans and planning applications
- Planning policy and research
- Research for government departments on land use, infrastructure, green belt and governance issues
- Providing design and place making guidance Producing evidence based studies to inform Local Development Frameworks
- Neighbourhood Planning