P&DG Announces New Regional Office

Introducing P&DG's new Oxford Office

As a key initiative, within our planned growth strategy, P&DG are pleased to announce the recent opening of our new regional office in Oxford on 4th January 2021.

We have also recently welcomed Jon Waite to the team to represent us locally. Jon is an Oxford based chartered Town Planner who has a wealth of experience spanning over 20 years and has worked for two Oxfordshire local authorities and several local and national planning consultancies. As well as working with landowners and House Builders, Jon has also worked with public sector bodies and other educational and charitable organisations.

“I’m very excited about the future of the Oxford Office and I’m looking forward to applying my local knowledge and experience to help developers and landowners achieve their development goals in this fast-moving part of the country”

Jon Waite, Principal Planner, P&DG Oxford

"Jon joined us in January this year and very quickly established himself as an invaluable asset to our Planning Team working on projects across the UK. Having ongoing deadlines and projects in the Oxfordshire area, we felt it was time to invest in a third regional office as part of our planned expansion. Jon’s considerable local knowledge, approachability and experience has already helped deliver projects and developed even greater confidence within our growing client base in this area."

Richard Hall, Director P&DG UK Limited

Why Oxfordshire?

We know that Oxfordshire is a great place to work and live and over recent years it has seen significant growth and investment. Due to its continuing economic success, world-renowned research and development and education (the Oxford ‘brand’ will now forever be synonymous with the game changing Covid19 vaccine), commercial and residential growth is set to continue.

As Oxfordshire local authorities are now commencing work on their Development Plan reviews, there could not be a better time for landowners and developers to start to draw up and prepare strategies for land promotion and development. With our new local base, we are well placed to assist you in all aspects of planning and urban design.

"Oxfordshire, the Oxford Cambridge Arc and the SW of England offer a major opportunity to P&DG. We already have existing projects and clients in these areas, but a representative office and boots on the ground will only strengthen our ability to provide high quality planning and urban design support across the UK." Richard Hall, Director P&DG UK Limited

P&DG Oxford

Current timetables include:

Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire Joint Local Plan 2041

· Local Plan preparation and engagement - March 2021 to July 2022

· Public Consultation on Preferred Options/Draft Plan - July/August 2022

· Public Consultation on Pre-Submission - July/August 2023

· Submission to Secretary of State - January 2024 Examination in Public - June 2024

· Inspector’s Report - September 2024

· Adoption - October 2024

Oxford City Local Plan 2020 – 2040

· Issues/Scoping Consultation – June & July 2021

· Preferred Options Consultation - June & July 2022

· Proposed Submission Consultation - June & July 2023

· Submission to Secretary of State – December 2023

· Adoption – March 2025

West Oxfordshire Local Plan 2040

· Informal engagement – Sept 2021 to Sept 2022

· Publication of pre-submission draft Local Plan – Sept 2022

· Submission of pre-submission draft Local Plan – Feb 2023

· Examination – May 2023

· Adoption – September 2023

Cherwell Local Plan Review

· Consultation on draft plan – October to November 2021

· Consultation on Proposed Submission Plan – July to August 2022

· Submission – November 2022

· Examination – February / March 2023 (TBC)

· Adoption – July 2023 (TBC)

In addition, the Oxford-Cambridge Arc and associated East West Rail Scheme is already bringing investment and high levels of growth potential to the local and wider area.

Key Milestones for Oxford-Cambridge Arc Spatial Framework include:

· Consultation on Spatial Framework vision – Summer 2021

· Consultation on Spatial Framework options (entitled ‘Towards a Spatial Framework’) – Spring 2022

· Consultation on Draft Spatial Framework and evidence base – Autumn 2022

· Publication and implementation of Spatial Framework – Shortly after the draft Spatial Framework consultation

Contact us

With our team of experienced planners and urban designers, we have an enviable track record of helping landowners/developers/businesses realise their ambitions through strategic and more general planning advice and solutions.

This can take the form of preparing representations to the various local plan consultations to promote land for residential and commercial allocation or influence planning policy wording/preparation as well as project managing, preparing, and submitting planning applications.

If you would like to discuss any of the above further, please do not hesitate to contact Jon at our Oxford Office, Richard Hall our Managing Director, or any other member of our Team.

Jon Waite T: 01865 985354 or E: oxford@panddg.co.uk

Richard Hall T: 01623 726256 or E: midlands@panddg.co.uk

We are looking forward to welcoming clients to our new Oxford Office as restrictions allow.

P&DG Oxford -01865 985354

P&DG London - 020 7549 2858

P&DG Midlands - 01623 726256

Issued by : Planning and Design Group (UK) Limited | Pure Offices, Lake View Drive, Sherwood Park,
Nottingham, NG15 0DT United Kingdom

We are recruiting Graduate Planners and Town Planners

Planning and Design Group (P&DG) is seeking to appoint Graduate Planners and Town Planners into our busy and expanding Midlands Office of Planners and Urban Designers.  These additional positions are required due to increasing workloads and our ever expanding client base.

Working for both the public and private sector, our wide and varied client base includes; house builders, strategic promoters, pension funds, county councils, local councils, high profile retailers, schools and universities, the NHS, industrial and construction companies, care providers, footsie 250 companies, resident action groups, and many major employers. We also work for individual land owners and prestigious country estates.

Our day to day work is also wide and varied as we deal with all stages of the planning process; from initial site identification, to providing full project management services, ad hoc advice, planning appeals, local plan examinations, through to major planning applications including EIA statements.  We also run our own in-house master planning and urban design team. 

Based on the edge of Nottingham, our Midlands Team also provides support to our London Office.  With a wide range of planning services provided and an increasing geographical spread, our professional team provide a bespoke and added value service to our existing and loyal client base, as well as helping to market and promote the business at various local and national events throughout the year. 

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to broaden your experience and accelerate your skills, whilst working within a supportive and dynamic team environment, alongside experienced Planners and Urban Designers, we can offer a vibrant workload and competitive salary package and benefits. 

Considerable opportunities for career development for the right candidates.

If you are interested in applying for one of these roles please submit your CV with a covering letter to P&DG Admin.  If you would like an informal discussion with one of our Directors regarding these roles, please speak initially with our office administrator Jayne Horne.

Tel. 01623 859866

Email: P&DG Admin  

www.panddg.co.uk






P&DG Autumn Breakfast Seminar - Thursday 27 September 2018

P&DG continue to celebrate Five Years in Business with another carefully planned Breakfast Seminar providing you with an update on the new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). We'd like you to join us on Thursday 27th September 2018 at the Nottingham Conference Centre from 8.30am until 10.45am. If you'd like to book to attend please contact us as soon as possible as places are limited!

Telephone Jayne Horne 01623 726256 or email us at P&DG Bookings

Breakfast Seminar Autumn 2018

On the 24th July 2018 the new National Planning Policy Framework document (NPPF) was released. Our breakfast seminar will highlight what you need to know about the new document and the implications for our clients and contacts within the development industry. 

Key aspects to be covered at the breakfast seminar are as follows:

  • We will explain the main changes that have occurred to the planning system via the replacement NPPF. We will consider the implications with practical examples and provide insight and professional guidance to consider both for existing and future development projects.
     
  • We will set out the implications on housing need and supply for authorities across the East Midlands that will be ‘enforced’ by the new Housing Delivery Test contained in the new NPPF.
     
  • We will clarify the new rules on pre-commencement conditions coming into operation on 1st October 2018, and explore the implications for planning timescales and information requirements.
     
  • We will also pose the question: Are the East Midlands' Local Plans geared up to the changing high street retail and distribution warehousing markets? How will the new NPPF impact on this?  

Email us to book your place today!

Contact us

Birthday Breakfast Seminar - Thursday 15 March 2018

Five Years, Five Topics

 

A Birthday Celebration

 This year P&DG is five years old. You are cordially invited to our Five Years, Five Topics Birthday Breakfast Seminar on Thursday 15 March 2018.  

  1. Five Years of Planning and Design Group
  2. The Changing National Planning Policy Framework
  3. Planning Applications and Public Engagement 
  4. Identifying Strategic Land and Development Potential
  5. Planning for Changing Retail Provision  

Our Planners and Guest Speakers will cover the following five topics:

 Topic 1.

Five Years of Planning and Design Group
We'd like to thank you for your loyalty and support over the last five years and very briefly share with you a few of our major achievements and successes.

Topic 2.
The Changing National Planning Policy Framework
Looking forward, we will discuss the revised NPPF, due for consultation in Spring 2018, drawing on both the Housing White Paper and Autumn Statement of 2017. Providing a broad indication of where we consider key areas of change are likely and a reminder that the push for housing delivery and economic growth will not subside, creating many new opportunities for your land, planning sites and projects.

Topic 3.
Planning Applications and Public Engagement
We will discuss how social media is helping communities become increasingly mobilised, well informed and empowered to steer planning application decisions and future local plans.  We will also discuss the increasing need to pro-actively work with planning officers in order to address community pressures arising through social media throughout the application process.

Topic 4.
Identifying Strategic Land and Development Potential
We will be taking a closer look at the 'big picture' presented at the last breakfast seminar (within the context of changing housing need calculations across the East Midlands) together with an emerging longer term drive for growth, e.g. Leicestershire's 'Strategic Growth Plan' and D2N2's 'Strategic Economic Plan', which will increasing require new sites to be identified.

Topic 5
Planning for Changing Retail Provision
Our final topic will be focussed on the debate about the changing nature of retail provision and declining town centres.  Could Planning Policy's protection of town centres 'at all cost' actually be detrimental. We will explore more flexible options for town centres and out of centre retail uses.

There will be an opportunity for questions and comments at the end of the seminar.

Breakfast Seminar Presentation - 15 March 2018

 

Breakfast Seminar - 8 November 2017

The Autumn Seminar was a great success. If you attended and would like to review the seminar slides you can find them here; and if you didn't make it this time have a look at the material we discussed and we hope you can make it next time. If in the meantime you would like to discuss any aspect of the topics covered at the seminar, or have any other planning queries please contact a member of the team. The seminars are provided free of charge to our clients, (landowners, fellow consultants and other interested parties) as part of the P&DG added value service. If you would like to be added to our free marketing list and be kept uptodate with planning information and advice, and hear first about future events please speak to Sarah Hunt 01623 726256

Breakfast Seminar Presentation

Free Breakfast Seminar - Guidance on the changing Planning Environment, Managing the Green Belt Gamble and other Directions for East Midlands Growth

The next FREE Planning and Design Group Breakfast Seminar will take place on Wednesday 8 November 2017
 

Registration and Breakfast Served 8.30am - 9.30am

Seminar 9.30am - 10.45am

How to Book

Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.

For further information and to check availability please contact P&DG by
Email: P&DG Bookings or Tel: Sarah Hunt on 01623 726256

Please note:  

This seminar will take place in Nottingham at the following address: 

Nottingham Conference Centre
Burton Street
Nottingham

How to get there:

For sat nav purposes please use postcode NG1 4BU

How to get there

Free Breakfast Seminar - Practical Implications of the White Paper 'Fixing our Broken Housing Market'

The next FREE Planning and Design Group Breakfast Seminar will take place on
Friday 24 March.

Registration and Breakfast Served 8.30am - 9.30am

Seminar 9.30am - 10.45am

How to Book

Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.

For further information and to check availability please contact P&DG by
Email: P&DG Bookings or Tel: Sarah Hunt on 01623 726256

Please note:  

This seminar will take place in Nottingham at the following address: 

Nottingham Conference Centre
Burton Street
Nottingham

How to get there:

For sat nav purposes please use postcode NG1 4BU

How to get there