What we do
Six kinds of work. Every one ends with a document you can put in front of a committee, and every one is priced before it starts.
Services
Site appraisalPolicy, designations, flood, access and the four things about this site that will actually decide it. Some clients stop here, which is a good outcome and a cheap one.USD 3200.00
Full application, householder or minorStatements, evidence base and the dealing with the authority. Validated first time about nine times in ten.USD 6500.00
Full application, majorTransport, consultation, viability and the environmental work, coordinated. Nine to eighteen months and we present at committee.USD 24000.00
Objection or representationA written case that engages with policy rather than with feeling, which is the only kind that works. A fifth of this for residents’ groups.USD 2400.00
Transport statementCounts, modelling and the access design. The document most often responsible for a refusal, so it is worth doing properly.USD 5400.00
Public realm and streetsDesigning the space between the buildings, which is where people actually spend their time and where schemes are usually thinnest.USD 11000.00
Questions from both sides
Developers and residents ask almost entirely different ones.
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.
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.
What clients say
Read all the reviews★★★★★
They told us two floors would have to go. We argued, they were right.
★★★★★
A fifth of the rate for our residents group and the same people did the work.
★★★★★
The consultation reached people who never come to meetings.
★★★★★
A major application is nine to eighteen months. They are honest about that.
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