Objection or representation
USD 2400.00
A written case that engages with policy rather than with feeling, which is the only kind that works. A fifth of this for residents’ groups.
- Service
- Services
- First conversation
- An hour, free
Other services
All of it
Public realm and streetsDesigning the space between the buildings, which is where people actually spend their time and where...USD 11000.00
Transport statementCounts, modelling and the access design. The document most often responsible for a refusal, so it...USD 5400.00
Full application, majorTransport, consultation, viability and the environmental work, coordinated. Nine to eighteen months and we present at...USD 24000.00
Full application, householder or minorStatements, evidence base and the dealing with the authority. Validated first time about nine times in...USD 6500.00
Site appraisalPolicy, designations, flood, access and the four things about this site that will actually decide it....USD 3200.00
Questions from both sides
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.
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.
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.
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.