MPD Built Environment Consultants Limited

At MPD Built Environment Consultants Limited, we supply clients across the North-West region and beyond, with a comprehensive service covering all aspects of planning and development. Using our large network of contacts, we help you every step of the way to deliver your project.

With more than 30 years of experience in the construction and development industry, we are proud to say we are members of:

• The Royal Town Planning Institute
• The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
• The Chartered Institute of Building
• The Institute of Historic Building Conservation
• The Chartered Institute for Archaeologists

Assisting Developers with Planning Permission across the North West of England and beyond
Having spent more than 30 years working in the profession, we have built up an extensive network of contacts within local authorities, town planning, and other related professions. We also work closely with surveyors, architects, and estate agents to deliver a full range of services, covering:

• Planning Advice and Appraisals – Possible Land Uses and Potential
• Planning Applications – Formulation, Statements, or Responses to Consultation Letters
• Planning Refusals – What to Do Next
• Planning Appeals – Appealing to the Planning Inspectorate
• Architectural Design Services
• Development Plan Responses
• Development Control Issues
• Discharge of Conditions
• Listed Building Consent
• Prior Approval Notifications
• Lawful Development Certificates
• Permitted Development
• Enforcement Issues
• S.106 and Planning Obligations
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Project Management

Services

Initial Planning Advice
Identifying your requirements, reviewing your proposals, providing options appraisals, feasibility studies and providing a view on your chances of success in order to minimise potential risks to your property development projects.

Site Investigations & Appraisals
Site assessments, desktop studies to include planning history, limiting factors and a review of planning policies, negotiations with planners, provision of site layouts and indicative drawings.

Pre-application discussions with the Local Planning Authority
Using our excellent relationships with local authority planning officers, we can undertake negotiations at an early stage of your project in order to identify the level of support for your proposals at officer level.

Preparation and submission of planning applications
Whether your project is a residential, commercial or householder application, our approach is tailored to the site and your requirements. Our overarching aim is to make your application efficient and cost effective.

Managing the Application
We will manage the application process throughout following submission liaising with the planning officer to provide you with progress updates and addressing consultee responses in a timely manner to ensure your planning application is handled in a professional and timely manner.

Discharge of Conditions
Planning permission is often granted subject to conditions and it is extremely important to ensure that all conditions are discharged and complied when carrying out development.

Planning Appeals
We are able to carry out all types of appeal work from householder appeals through to major residential or commercial schemes. We can deliver the most appropriate strategy and appeal for your scheme to provide it with the best chance of success.

Permitted Development
Certain types of project don’t require planning permission as they qualify under what is called “permitted development rights”. By consulting us, we can help you gain a clearer understanding on what your permitted development rights may be.

Prior Approval
New legislation means changes have been made under the new Permitted Development Right (PDR) for houses, schools, commercial and industrial sites. We can advise on and manage this process for you with our expert knowledge of the planning system.

Certificate Of Lawfulness
We have considerable experience in preparing applications for Certificates of Lawfulness relating to existing or proposed uses or development.

Public Engagement
Public consultation is a legal requirement for major projects. These schemes which are likely to generate a significant level of local interest, we encourage our clients to undertake public engagement.

Strategic Development Planning
We work closely with clients to support and advise you on planning strategy in the medium and longer terms, so that you can shape your land portfolio accordingly.

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