Strategic Planning Advice

Cambridge North Hotel — Novotel, Cambridge North

Cambridge North, CB4

Creating a new home for science in one of the largest innovation districts in Europe

We’ll help to realise your vision for a new place, unlock development value, masterplan your site, or repurpose an existing building.

Our early guidance will help define your vision and inform smart development decisions each step of the way. Getting planning permission is often the goal but our advice aims to ensure the consent is deliverable and maximises the value of your site.

Navigating a path to planning consent means persuading the doubters and managing conflict along the way. It is not for the faint hearted. We’ll help devise the planning strategy you need to meet your commercial goals.

It’s like steering an oil tanker leaving a port. You must set it on the right course because even a small degree of deviation is difficult to turn around quickly

Featured insight

The new single planning framework could be the vital catalyst that will see the Oxford to Cambridge Arc begin to achieve its vast potential and become a vital part of the UK’s post-pandemic recovery.

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Head of planning, Mike Derbyshire, explains how the spatial framework from MHCLG could provide a viable vision for the growth of the knowledge economy across the Arc.

Service options

It pays to be bold when assessing whether acquiring more land or partnering with your neighbours might deliver something bigger - and perhaps more valuable - than if you went it alone.

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By focusing on maximising the opportunity, we will help you look beyond the site’s constraints and see what might be possible.

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At the inception of a project you need someone to have a feel for where you are headed, helping you sense check ideas and look at the financial implications of design choices and technical information.

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Understanding what you want from a development project is the starting point. It’s different for everyone but only once your objectives are clear can we shape your strategy around them.

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We pair ambitious developers with long-term UK and global investors, setting up innovative joint venture arrangements that build in flexibility and work for everyone from start to finish.

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Your site has development potential, but you need a partner to help unlock its full value. Choosing the right one is not always a matter of simply picking the highest bidder.

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Agreeing the right deal up front is important but good performance monitoring ensures project objectives are hit. You need sustained focus from a well-oiled team delivering from day one.

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