Our services

Planning

Members of our team are qualified Town Planners, with specialist knowledge of strategic planning and development. 

Our services include:

1Site Appraisals
1Planning Applications
1Site promotion through the Local Development Framework (LDF)
1Masterplanning
1Section 106 negotiations and agreements
1Negotiation and liaison with the Planning Authority 
1NPPG17 Assessments 

 1

 
1
 

Case Study: Planning

PPG17 Open Space Assessment for County Durham

Client: Durham County Council

The project:

PPG 17 compliant study of open space across County Durham.

The challenge:

1Study included 3,000 open spaces across the whole County;
1Largest study of its kind in UK;
1All consultation and audits to be completed within 4 months.

JPC approach:

1A multi-functional team specialising in consultation, green space assessment, ecology and GIS mapping;
1Development and implementation of a comprehensive community consultation strategy;
1Survey of over 3,000 sites across the County in urban and rural environments;
1DeveIopment of bespoke GIS mapping and analysis toolkit;

Outcome:

1Project delivered on time!;
1Consultation results providing robust evidence base for the development of standards and recommendations;
1Detailed quality information on 3,000 open spaces;
1Interactive GIS toolkit enabling quick analysis of the quantity of open space across the County;
1Application of standards to current planning applications.