Our Services
We provide a full suite of services for your planning project, from inception to delivery. DARA Planning is your solution for client-focused, commercially-minded planning services. Our team can help you throughout the whole planning process, from strategic land promotion to planning applications and appeals, all the way through to the discharge of conditions. Together, we can build a better tomorrow.
Planning Feasibility
DARA Planning specialises in conducting thorough planning feasibility assessments, ensuring that development projects are both viable and aligned with local planning policies. This allows clients to move forward with confidence, minimising risks before significant investments are made.
Strategic Advice
At DARA Planning, we provide expert strategic advice to guide clients through complex planning processes. Our team helps shape development strategies that maximise project potential and comply with regulatory frameworks, ensuring smooth approval and long-term success.
Strategic advice involves more than just understanding the planning process - it’s about crafting a vision, identifying the best way to achieve it, and ensuring the project remains viable and sustainable in the long term. A robust strategic approach can help developers, investors, and landowners navigate the complex landscape of local policies, stakeholder interests, and market dynamics, ensuring that every decision is rooted in a clear plan for success.
Masterplanning
DARA Planning specialises in masterplanning services across London, creating comprehensive and visionary plans for large-scale developments. Our team focuses on delivering sustainable, cohesive designs that accommodate future growth while enhancing community and environmental outcomes.
At DARA Planning, we understand that every development has the potential to shape the future. Our expertise in masterplanning will help you bring your vision to life. From comprehensive site analysis, sustainable design solutions, and a collaborative, community-centred approach, you will have the tools to build a better tomorrow.
Planning Applications
DARA Planning offers extensive expertise in preparing and submitting planning applications for projects, ensuring that all necessary documents, plans, and assessments are in place to meet local authorities' requirements and secure timely approvals. The planning application process can often be complex and challenging. At DARA Planning, we specialise in guiding our clients through this process with confidence, ensuring that every project has the best possible chance of success.
Prior Approval Applications
DARA Planning is highly experienced in handling prior approval applications for developments that fall within permitted development rights. We ensure that all necessary considerations are met to gain approval efficiently. For eligible developments, prior approval allows for specific changes or extensions without the need for a full planning application. This approach can save developers time, reduce complexity, and fast-track their projects. At DARA Planning, we specialise in guiding clients through the prior approval application process, ensuring compliance and helping unlock a development's potential quickly and efficiently.
Planning Appeals
Securing planning permission is a crucial milestone in any development project. However, not every planning application receives the approval needed on the first try. When a planning application is refused, or conditions are imposed that limit the project’s potential, a planning appeal can provide a second chance. At DARA Planning, we are specialists in helping clients turn refusals into approvals.
Discharge of Conditions & S106 Obligations
DARA Planning assists clients in managing the discharge of conditions attached to planning permissions and navigating Section 106 (S106) obligations. Our team ensures that all legal and planning requirements are met, keeping projects on track and compliant. Navigating the process of discharging conditions and fulfilling S106 obligations can be complex and time-consuming, but at DARA Planning, we help clients manage these requirements efficiently, allowing their projects to progress without unnecessary delays.
Planning Amendments
Development projects often need to evolve as they progress. DARA Planning is skilled in advising and managing amendments to planning permissions, whether minor changes or significant revisions. We work to ensure that any modifications to approved plans are swiftly approved by local authorities, minimising project delays.
Strategic Land Promotion
At DARA Planning, we specialise in strategic land promotion, helping landowners, investors, and developers realise the potential of their sites. Through careful analysis, expert planning guidance, and long-term promotion strategies, we navigate the complexities of the planning system to secure valuable development opportunities for land that might otherwise remain unused.
Our Clients
We are proud to have collaborated with a wide variety of clients, from small-scale projects to large, complex schemes. Client satisfaction is at the forefront of everything we do, and we are committed to providing a high-quality service from application to completion.
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