Our services

Planning Direct offers a comprehensive start-to-finish planning service. We also offer bespoke and one-off services to business and domestic clients alike. You can find out more about some of the most popular one-off planning products we provide using the buttons below.

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Planning statements

Planning statements are a required document for most planning applications, including new houses and changes of use
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Design & access statements

Design & access statements are a required document for certain planning applications, including major applications and listed building consent applications
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Heritage impact assessments

Heritage impact assessments are required for all listed building consent applications and planning applications with the potential to affect heritage assets
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Appeal statements

Appeal statements are required for all planning appeals, including appeals against a refusal of planning permission and appeals against enforcement action
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Objection letters

Object to a planning application, planning appeal or emerging planning document with Planning Direct
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Appeal costs applications

Want to recover your appeal costs? Planning Direct can apply on your behalf
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Planning drawings

Including site location plans, elevation plans, section plans, floorplans and roofplans
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Garden & landscape plans

Redesign your garden with a bespoke, hand-drawn plan
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Building regulations

Get your building regulations approval with Planning Direct
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Landscape & visual impact assessments

LVIAs assess the impact of development on a landscape, visually and otherwise
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Flood risk assessments

Affordable, entry-level flood risk assessments
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Planning assessments

Our version of pre-application advice
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Travel plans & transport statements

Assess and manage the impact of a development on local roads, public transport, patterns of movement etc.
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Design guidance

We can help you to work out the type, amount, scale and appearance of your development to give you the best chances of success
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Case management

Let us act as your agent and take the hard work out of the planning process
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Representation

We have the experience and expertise to represent you in a public forum
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External commissions

If you need additional reports or surveys that we don't produce in house, we can help you to identify and source these
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What Our Clients Say About Us

"Holly thank you so much for all your hard work in getting the approval for the Certificate of lawfulness. You worked hard and patiently with a very trying Local Authority and Case Officer in a very professional manner which achieved the positive outcome."
Mr Dodsworth
Private Client
"Great practical advice and liaison with the local authority. A positive approach and excellent planning statement achieved what we didn’t think was achievable!"
Mr and Mrs Johnson
Private Clients
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"Jamie was extremely professional and always gave over and above the amount of time I required he never rushed when he was clearly busy. The wonderful support gave me confidence to appreciate and hope for the desired outcome. THANK YOU."
Helen Hudson
Private Client
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"Planning Direct’s and in particular Nikki’s ability and knowledge with planning appeal is the best I have ever come across! Speaking to Nikki she listens, she understands, she challenges, and the breadth of her experience on appeals is top quality. Highly recommended!"
Mathew Harmsworth
Senior Planner
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"Planning Direct were engaged by the client following a recommendation from ourselves in response to a planning refusal from Islington Borough Council. Planning Direct handled the appeal in their usual efficient manner and the case was won hands down!"
Keith Johns
Architect
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"Planning Direct were approached about a complex case, which was serious in its nature and had been going on for a long period of time. The advice given was clean and concise and the case handled professionally through a very difficult time – the pandemic."
Mr Mead
Private Client
"Andrew and Nikki worked hard and efficiently on our change of use application with a positive outcome and I believe this was all down to their expertise and experience, we would recommend them to anyone and would not hesitate to use them again in the future. Great work"
Suffolk business now able to expand thanks to Planning Direct
Anon
"I have used Planning Direct for numerous applications and general help / enquiries. I have found them to be a wealth of knowledge and expertise in some complex areas of Listed Building Matters and various Policy Regulations."
Mr Preston
Developer
"Andrew worked tirelessly on documenting our objection statement and writing our respective three minute presentations for the Development Control Committee. Our sincere thanks go to Andrew Cann for his diligence, guidance, attention to detail and highly professional approach in helping"
Andrew Smith
Bardwell and Stanton Parish Councils
"I want to place on record my thanks to you for all you have done to advise and assist Pakefield Opposing Tesco in our campaign to stop Tesco taking over the Tramway Hotel in Pakefield, Lowestoft. “"
Bob Blizzard
Chair, Pakefield Opposing Tesco
"I worked with Andrew when the Crossrail Bill, which at the time would have had a severe effect on rail freight, was being considered by the House of Lords. He is a canny operator and was quick to grasp the case and how best to present it to peers."
Angus Walker
Partner / Head of Department at Bircham Dyson Bell
"Andrew worked with me on several strategic projects. He demonstrated a professional attitude. In particular, his detailed focus on technical areas (rail, marine and planning) was a strong resource for the team."
Nick Orbell
Estates Management at DP World
"Andrew recently demonstrated that in complex, disputed, multi-stakeholder situations he can marshal a team, co-ordinate argument, and drive a winning conclusion. A great person to work with."
Professor Alan Hallsworth
Academic
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