Planning Casework


The type of work that we are involved in normally includes working closely with clients to ensure proposals submitted into planning are compatible with legislation and guidance. Through experience, Wild Frontier Ecology has built up an extensive knowledge of the planning system, and is equipped to provide expert advice at all stages of the planning process. The range of our work includes advising developers from pre-scoping through to discharge of planning conditions, performing expert witness duties at public inquiries, and advising planning officers on ecological matters including Habitats Regulations Assessment.

  

Services

  • Expert ecological advice for developers at all stages of the planning process
  • Expert witness duties providing both written evidence and verbal testimony
  • Providing evidence for Habitats Regulations Assessments undertaken by competent authorities
  • Advising local authorities on protected species issues
  • Peer review services

Project Examples

  • Expert witness testimony at public inquiries in Lincolnshire and Devon
  • Habitats Regulations Assessment for local authority LDFs in Norfolk
  • Pre-scoping meetings, ongoing pre-submission liaison, post planning consultations and appeal work for numerous wind farm proposals
  • Providing information for Habitats Regulations Assessments of a number of smaller and larger developments