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Alan Southerby Planning Ltd
An independent planning consultancy offering a wealth of knowledge and experience in all aspects of the planning process. Please take a look at the services provided…
About Alan Southerby Planning Ltd
An accomplished chartered town planner with approaching 40 years’ experience and Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), Alan is also a past Chair of the RTPI Cymru Executive Committee and a previous Chair of the Planning Officers Society for Wales. He is a skilled practitioner, easy to get along with and works tirelessly to achieve positive outcomes for the people, businesses and organisations using his services.
Following a career in local government at a senior level in England and Wales, Alan set up his own planning consultancy in 2013. With access to a network of complementary consultancy services, he has since established a growing and increasingly varied client base that includes private landowners and developers, the public sector and charitable organisations.
Alan is likewise an experienced trainer, having successfully delivered courses on behalf of the RTPI and others on planning matters and for elected Members.
Alan is adept at finding solutions for his clients. Whilst he cannot guarantee the right result every time, his success rate is impressive. Please get in touch if you think he can help.
Private Sector
Planning applications
Lawful Development Certificates
Planning and Enforcement Appeals
Planning Appraisals
Planning Statements to support planning applications
Development Plan Submissions
Neighbour Representations
Public Sector
Expert Planning Witness for Public Inquiries
Local Government management support
Caseload support
Training
Professional planning training
Elected Member training
Consultation
Pre-application Consultation by Developers (PAC)
Welsh Government introduced the requirement for PAC in a 2016 amendment to the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012. It applies to all ‘major’ planning schemes (such as 10 dwellings or more, or 1000m2 or more of commercial floorspace), requiring a 28-day prior consultation on the draft planning application with community and specialist consultees. This is in order to elicit feedback and technical comments on proposals that can then be taken into account before submitting the subsequent planning application proper, which will include a PAC Report showing how the process was undertaken, and how it informed the final proposals.
The ‘pre-application consultation’ link below will take you all current and closed consultations (use the ‘notices’ tab to see if a consultation is still live or not, as it includes a deadline at the bottom).
Testimonials
“I would also like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the hard work of Alan Southerby, who has been heading the Development Management team during this transitional phase.”
“I wanted to express my gratitude to you for your major part in my recent planning application. I am in no doubt that you were the right man, possibly the only man, to help me. Your experience, patience and knowledge of local planning law / procedures was key to me getting residential status on the school.”
“Just to say thank you so much for your help, we are absolutely thrilled. We certainly will be recommending you to all our friends and family and will contact you if we ever need more help”
Let’s Plan Something
Please get in touch
enquiries@alansoutherbyplanning.co.uk
Cnitho Mill, Llanfaredd, Powys, LD2 3UE
+44 (0)1982 551855
+44 (0)7760 224596