Robert Love
Associate, Planning
With nearly a decade of experience, Robert consistently delivers insightful planning strategies for clients through the planning and development process.
With nearly a decade of experience, Robert consistently delivers insightful planning strategies for clients through the planning and development process.
Based in our Milton Keynes planning team, Robert works with clients across the South and East Midlands regions, successfully promoting strategic land for development, providing planning research to identify development opportunities and the management of multi-disciplinary project teams through planning applications and appeals.
With experience across the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, Robert is equipped with widespread geographical knowledge which helps him to provide you with a well-grounded planning strategy. Robert recognises the importance of placemaking, particularly enhancing social infrastructure to better local communities. His positive and proactive approach allows him to manage clients’ expectations, ensuring a positive yet realistic outcome.
Experienced in plan-making and the development management process, Robert has acted as planning agent for a number of landowners, promoters, developers and national housebuilders across the region.
Accreditations
Northamptonshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2024
Northamptonshire Local Plan Watch - Autumn 2023
Buckinghamshire Local Plan Watch - Autumn 2023
Buckinghamshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2023
Northamptonshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2023
Buckinghamshire Local Plan Watch - Autumn 2022
Northamptonshire Local Plan Watch - Autumn 2022
Buckinghamshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2022
Exploring the Future of Plan-Making across Northamptonshire
Principal Planner, Robert Love, delves into Northamptonshire's plan-making by questioning new strategic plans and their challenges, as well as sustainable development opportunities.
What does the Housing Delivery Test 2021 Result mean?
The Housing Delivery Test (HDT) results for 2021 were published on Friday 14th January 2022 by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). Principal Planner, Robert Love gives his commentary on the results and what this means for development in our region and across England.
Buckinghamshire Local Plan Watch - Autumn 2021
Northamptonshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2021
Northamptonshire’s unitary merger has come into force where the eight councils have formed two. North Northamptonshire is formed of East Northants, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough while West Northamptonshire is made up of Daventry District, South Northamptonshire and Northampton Borough.
Buckinghamshire Local Plan Watch - Autumn 2020
It continues to be a mixed bag across Buckinghamshire with the Local Plans of Aylesbury and Chiltern/South Bucks stalled at examination but progress looking to be made on the review of Plan:MK in Milton Keynes with the ongoing preparation of the Mk Futures 2050 Growth Strategy. Moving forward, the proposed revisions to the standard methodology suggest a significant increase in housing need for the upcoming strategic plan for Buckinghamshire to address.
The future of plan-making at Buckinghamshire Council, the UK's newest local authority
What is the future of plan-making for new unitary authority Buckinghamshire Council? Principal Planner in Bidwells’ Milton Keynes, Robert Love, has all the details.