Services
See a range of featured Services below. ​Alternatively, you're more than welcome to get in touch with a member of our team to see how we may be able to assist with your specific planning and viability cases.
Featured Services
Planning Applications
Do you have a development which requires planning permission and seek professional input from a Chartered Town Planner? Whether your scheme is commercial, residential, leisure or otherwise - our team will be able to assist with the preparation of Planning, Design and Access Statements and the project management of your application.
Professional Planning Advice
If you have a site and are considering what development may be possible at your site, or if you are looking to move forward with an application or appeal but would like some professional guidance or assistance, we will be able to provide professional planning advice to help guide you through the planning process.
Viability Assessments
We specialise in preparing Viability Assessments to be submitted to Councils to accompany planning applications. Whether you are looking to assess a scheme's viability or negotiate a Section 106 contribution, such as affordable housing, our team will be able to help.
Community Infrastructure Levy
Our team have experience in establishing strategies and formal reviews of CIL through the regulations to advise you no matter what stage of the process you are at.
Needs and Supply
There are many types of Needs and Benefits Assessments in the planning process, including Housing Needs Assessments and Employment Needs Assessments. This Insight seeks to answer three FAQs on the different types of reports and how they can assist your scheme.
Planning Appeals
Have you received a decision notice refusing your planning application and are considering appealing the Council's decision? If you would like guidance on the process, assistance with an Appeal Statement or specialist Statement of Case, or attendance as an Expert Witness, we will be more than able to assist with your appeal.
Affordable Housing Statements
We are able to assist in the preparation of an Affordable Housing Statements to submit to a Local Planning Authority to assess the policy compliant affordable housing contribution that will be provided as part of a planning application. ​
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Enforcement
Have you received an Enforcement Notice claiming there has been a breach of planning control? Our team will be able to advise on the best process to overcome this, either through the planning process or an enforcement appeal.
Heritage
A Heritage Statement is a standard report in many planning applications involving heritage assets, such as Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas. Due consideration of the heritage assets can be the difference in making a planning application successful.
Grey Belt Statements
In response to the National Planning Policy Framework updates at the end of 2024, which added the new 'Grey Belt', Viable Placemaking have provided tailored Grey Belt Statements to support various residential developments in the Green Belt, to address the new national policy, the 'Golden Rules', and other Grey Belt Policy.
Land Identification
​Identifying land which is appropriate for development can be one of the first hurdles to overcome in the development process. Viable Placemaking offer expert land identification services to assist developers in identifying appropriate land for their development and reviewing it through a professional lens to understand the planning potential of the site.
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Paragraph 84e Applications
Paragraph 84(e) of the NPPF allows for the construction of a new house in the countryside providing it is of 'outstanding' design. These are sometimes known as 'Grand Design' Homes. Viable Placemaking's Director, Adam Place, has experience assisting with the planning for these homes. For more information, please get in touch.