Planning

Halletec offers the full range of services, encompassing minerals, waste and strategic planning. Staff is bound by the RTPI Code of Professional Conduct, which governs all their professional activities.

Planning Applications

The new planning regime requires additional vigilance to safeguard Clients’ interests and to ensure potential development opportunities are identified and promoted at the optimum stage in the planning process.

To achieve this Halletec undertakes:

  • Pre-application consultations
  • Liaison with statutory and non-statutory consultees
  • Preparation of planning applications
  • Representations to Committee
  • Applications for Certificates of Lawful Use and change of use
  • Preparation of Design and Access statements
  • Negotiation of planning obligations conditions and Section 106 and Section 278 agreements
  • Compliance monitoring
  • Planning Appeals for refusal non-determination and enforcement

Of particular significance to mineral owners and operators, are the regulations requiring the regular updating of mineral planning consents in the form of the Review of Old Mineral Permissions (ROMPS) and Interim Development Order (IDO) reviews.

Site and Major Project Support

Local Development Frameworks are very different from the Local Plans they replace. Developers will only be successful if they have expert support to lobby and engage the new planning system. Halletec offer a range of support including agency, negotiation, and preparation of supporting documents.

Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs)

Many planning applications require EIAs whose preparation often requiring the co-ordination of many different disciplines is a vital part of these applications.