Successful Planning Application – Oakleigh Farm, Essex

Andrew Martin Planning (AM-P) recently secured outline planning permission for the demolition of existing industrial units, livery, and stable and the conversion of existing commercial and residential building to 2no. residential units, alongside construction of five new units to create a total 7no. four bed family homes. Oakleigh Farm is located within the Essex countryside…

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Planning under a new Labour Government

With the dust settling on the recent local and mayoral elections, and the General Election announced for 4th July, even the most optimistic Conservative voter is resigned to the reality that by the end of the year the country will be run by a new Labour government. A change in government will inevitably result in…

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Kate Sutton’s Promotion

Kate Sutton

We are delighted to announce that Kate Sutton has been promoted to Director at Andrew Martin – Planning Limited.  Congratulations Kate on your well-deserved promotion! Kate has 24 years’ experience in a wide range of planning work including site appraisals, enforcement, planning appeals including hearings and inquiries, as well as local plan promotion, but guiding schemes…

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RTPI Award Finalists

RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence

We are delighted to announce that our entry has been shortlisted in the East of England ‘Small Planning Consultancy of the Year ‘ category.  The winners will be announced at the RTPI gala dinner on 30th June 2022.

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Demonstrating Competence in EIA

EIMA Article

Introduction Ever since the UK Government transposed changes to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive 85/337/EEC into UK law, through the Town & Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations in 2017 (‘the EIA Regulations’), it has been necessary for developers to ensure that their environmental statements are prepared by ‘competent experts’. In particular, the EIA…

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Reasonable Alternative and Design Evolution

EIMA Article

Schedule 4 of the EIA Regulations requires an applicant to provide an outline of the reasonable alternatives considered when developing proposals and an indication of the main reasons for the choices made, taking into account the environmental effects. In recent years, AM-P has led the EIA process in relation to a number of large-scale residential…

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