Rural Asset Management                                    

Planning & Development

 

 Planning

 Smith and Garratt’s expertise in rural planning has been won over 20 years, working in both England and Scotland.  Our caseload arises anywhere from open countryside to the edge of town and concerns the whole range of developments:  

q     residential planning (from individual dwellings to urban expansion)

q     change of use applications (such as barn conversions)

q     listed buildings and conservation areas

q     minerals and waste

q     brown field regeneration

q     renewable energy (wind, small scale hydro, geothermal)

q     telecommunications

q     agricultural (farm buildings, processing, waste disposal).

We promote our clients’ interests through the local plan process, submit applications and conduct appeals, or provide consultation services in these areas, liaising with our clients’ other professionals in order to achieve an optimum solution tailored to the client’s individual needs.

 

Development

Our development services extend from consultations on design and procurement through to a full project management service.  Projects vary from single dwellings to complex mixed-use commercial schemes.