We guide developers through the planning process, from initial vision-setting and pre-application, through application submission and implementing planning obligations, to expert witness support at public inquiries.

Our team provides strategic socio-economic advice aligned with economic, social, health, and equality policies, ensuring developments respond positively to local priorities and deliver meaningful community benefits.

We produce robust and persuasive deliverables, including:

• Pre-application socio-economic headlines

• Economic impact statements

• Socio-economic and health chapters within Environmental Impact Assessments

• Commercial and housing need assessments

• Social infrastructure assessments

• Social value statements

• Employment and skills strategies

• Health impact assessments

• Equality impact assessments

We are recognised for unlocking complex or Green-Belt sites, including preparing robust ‘Very Special Circumstances’ cases.

We also quantify the socio-economic contributions of clients’ asset portfolios to inform internal strategic decision-making and support public-facing collateral.

Our portfolio includes some of the UK’s most high-profile and complex schemes such as Battersea Power Station, Cambridge Science Park and Truman Brewery.

Sector and asset classes

• Residential – mainstream housing, later-living, student housing, co-living

• Commercial – offices, life-sciences and R&D space

• Leisure & hospitality – hotels, culture and leisure venues

• Mixed-use masterplans