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Planning, transport and public realm · Kingston

We publish the outcome of every application we have run, including the refusals

A nine-person planning practice working for developers, councils and residents’ groups. Ninety-one applications since 2012, of which seventy-three were approved, and all ninety-one are listed.

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Site appraisalPolicy, designations, flood, access and the four things about this site that will actually...USD 3200.00 Full application, householder or minorStatements, evidence base and the dealing with the authority. Validated first time about nine...USD 6500.00 Full application, majorTransport, consultation, viability and the environmental work, coordinated. Nine to eighteen months and we...USD 24000.00 Objection or representationA written case that engages with policy rather than with feeling, which is the...USD 2400.00 Transport statementCounts, modelling and the access design. The document most often responsible for a refusal,...USD 5400.00 Public realm and streetsDesigning the space between the buildings, which is where people actually spend their time...USD 11000.00

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Who we act for

We act for residents’ groups at a rate they can actually pay

About one engagement in six, at a fifth of the commercial rate, and it is not charity.

A planning system where only one side can afford expert evidence produces worse decisions for everybody, including our developer clients, because a scheme that is opposed on bad grounds takes eighteen months to establish that. We take about one engagement in six from residents’ associations and community groups at a heavily reduced rate, and we will not act against a group we have previously advised.

The practice

How an application runs

  1. 1

    Constraints, first

    Before anything is drawn: policy, designations, flood, access, and the four things about this site that will decide it. Some clients stop here and that is a good outcome.

  2. 2

    Consultation that is real

    Not a leaflet drop. We knock on doors, hold a session people can actually attend, and write down the objections we cannot answer as well as the ones we can.

  3. 3

    The submission

    Drawings, statements and the evidence base, assembled so an officer can follow it without ringing us. Our applications are validated first time about nine times in ten.

  4. 4

    Committee, and after

    We present at committee and we stay for the decision. Afterwards, whatever it was, the outcome goes on this website.

Applications run
91
Approved
73
People
9
Engagements for residents’ groups
1 in 6
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The practice

Dionne Baugh Director, planning Founded the practice in 2012. Presents at committee and takes most of the first conversations.
Peter Nunes Director, transport Counts, modelling and access design. Has written the transport statement on sixty of the ninety-one.
Shanice Fuller Associate, public realm Streets and the space between buildings. Runs the consultation sessions that people actually attend.
Wayne Chin Planner Assembles the evidence base. The reason our applications validate first time.

Evidence

Everything
Parking standards, plainly17 September 2026 Parking standards, plainlyWhat the policy says, what officers actually apply, and where the two diverge.The space between the buildings17 September 2026 The space between the buildingsWhy public realm is the first thing value-engineered out and the first thing residents notice.How to write an objection that works17 September 2026 How to write an objection that worksFree, for anybody. What a committee can lawfully take into account and what it must ignore.

What clients say

4.75 out of 5 · 8 reviews
They told us two floors would have to go. We argued, they were right.
· 5/5
A fifth of the rate for our residents group and the same people did the work.
· 5/5
The consultation reached people who never come to meetings.
· 5/5
A major application is nine to eighteen months. They are honest about that.
· 4/5
Every refusal published with the reason. Who else does that?
· 5/5
Their guide to writing an objection has been used against their own clients.
· 5/5
Not cheap for a major scheme. The appraisal alone was worth it.
· 4/5
Validated first time. Our last consultant took three attempts.
· 5/5

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Questions from both sides

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  1. Why publish the refusals?

    Because a practice that shows only its wins is telling you something about its record, just not what it intends. Eighteen of our ninety-one applications were refused; all eighteen are listed with the reason.

  2. Do you act against residents?

    We act for developers, and sometimes residents oppose those schemes. What we will not do is act against a group we have previously advised. That has cost us two large instructions.

  3. What is the reduced rate for community groups?

    Roughly a fifth of the commercial rate, on about one engagement in six. Say so in your first message and it applies from the first conversation.

  4. How long does an application take?

    Three to five months for a minor application, nine to eighteen for a major one. Consultation done properly shortens that rather than lengthening it, which is counter-intuitive and consistently true.

  5. Will you tell me if my case is weak?

    Yes, in the first free hour, whichever side you are on. A position that is not arguable costs a great deal to discover slowly.

  6. Can I use your notes?

    All of it, free, including the guide to writing an objection. Several of those objections have been against our own clients’ schemes and we have not changed the guide.

First conversation is free

Tell us the site and we will tell you the four things that will decide it

An hour, free, whether you are promoting a scheme or opposing one. If your position is not arguable we will say so, which saves a great deal of money and some heartache.

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Where the site is and what you are trying to do or stop. Two working days to an answer.

15 Oxford Road
Kingston, Saint Andrew

+1 876 929 5581

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