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Cardiff Office
22 Cathedral Road
Cardiff
CF11 9LJ
02920 349737
admin@lrmplanning.com

Exeter Office
Winslade Manor
Manor Drive
Clyst St Mary
Exeter
EX5 1FY
01392 690060
admin@lrmplanning.com

What we do

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We offer a comprehensive range of planning services across a wide variety of sectors.

Our services range from initial advice on whether planning permission is required to detailed promotion of land.

We provide this across a wide variety of sectors including residential, specialist residential, strategic land and commercial.

See below for an overview of the services LRM provides, and the sectors that we operate within.

Our Services

  • Site Appraisals and Pre-Acquisition Advice
    We provide expert advice on the future prospects of a site through the planning process and the most appropriate route for the promotion of a site.
  • Planning Strategies
    We help clients to establish an appropriate strategy for the promotion of individual sites or portfolios of land.
  • Strategic Land Searches
    We carry out detailed analysis of settlements to predict directions of growth.
  • Development Plan Promotion
    We coordinate the promotion of land through the Development Plan process on behalf of our clients from Plan inception through to Hearing Sessions and Adoption.
  • Pre Application Advice
    We advise on the likely key matters that will need to be considered through any planning application. We also coordinate the preapplication process with Local Planning Authorities.
  • The preparation and management of planning applications
    We advise on the key aspects of the planning application process, from establishing whether permission is needed and what technical evidence is required in support of an application, through to the coordination of development teams, the collation of supporting evidence and submission of applications. We also manage applications through to determination.
  • Community Engagement
    We coordinate the engagement process and always seek new and innovative ways of gathering the support of local people and in particular we seek to engage the silent majority.
  • The preparation of Environmental Statements
    We coordinate and manage Environmental Statements (ES) from initial Screening and Scoping to ensuring compliance with legislation and case law.
  • The Assessment of Housing Need and Demand
    We can calculate a robust assessment of the objectively assessed level of housing over a specific time period.
  • Housing Land Supply Assessments
    We have considerable experience in assessing housing land supply in order to determine whether or not a Local Authority can demonstrate a robust and policy compliant 5 year housing land supply.
  • Planning Appeals
    We have a proven track record of success for clients at Appeal. Our experience and thorough approach to the preparation of evidence maximises our chances of success.
  • Design
    We offer a range of design services and can prepare:
    • Initial concept and feasibility plans;
    • Site layouts and master plans;
    • Promotional documents;
    • Development Briefs; and
    • Design and Access Statements.

Sectors

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Residential

LRM Planning are heavily involved in promoting residential land through the development plan and management processes. We are presently promoting over 10,000 new homes on behalf of landowners, home builders and Housing Associations through both development plans and planning promotion across both England and Wales

Residential Projects
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Strategic land

We are highly experienced in the promotion of strategic land and have secured a wide range of significant allocations on behalf of clients. Many of these are large scale strategic projects and are central to Development Plan strategies. We frequently appear at Local Plan and Neighbourhood Plan Examination in order to help secure such allocations.

Strategic Land Projects
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'LRM will continue to be instructed by W T Lamb Holdings Ltd.  Their service and professionalism is second to none and thus far they have achieved 100% success rate for our company.'

Robert Lamb, Managing Director, W.T. Lamb Holdings Limited
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Specialist residential

LRM Planning have significant experience of helping to deliver specialist forms of residential accommodation. This ranges from specialist healthcare facilities and hostels to retirement villages comprising a range of levels of care. Indeed, we are presently promoting a number of retirement villages across the South East of England. This ranges from sites in sensitive locations that are presently under construction to recent allocations that we have secured in Neighbourhood Plans for such villages.

 

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Student Schemes

We are actively promoting a number of student accommodation schemes on behalf of clients. We have recently secured permission for over 350 student units in both Cardiff and Exeter. Our work often includes providing detailed planning advice on dealing with sensitive planning matters including in the case of one scheme by listed buildings and Scheduled Ancient Monuments constraints, as well as falling within a Conservation Area.

Student Schemes
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Mixed Use

We have significant experience of promoting land for mixed use schemes through development plan and planning applications. This often involves using our experience to help advise on an appropriate development mix in order to maximise the future chances of successful delivery.

Mixed use projects
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Commercial

LRM Planning  have significant experience in the promotion of commercial developments across both England and Wales. This often starts with advising clients on the most suitable form of development with the aim of securing implementable schemes, This ranges from small scale business units to the regeneration of existing business parks.

Commercial Projects
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Contact Us

Exeter Office
Winslade Manor
Manor Drive
Clyst St Mary
Exeter
EX5 1FY
01392 690060

Cardiff Office
22 Cathedral Road
Cardiff
CF11 9LJ
02920 349737

Email us at:
admin@lrmplanning.com

Contact

Cardiff Office
22 Cathedral Road
Cardiff
CF11 9LJ
02920 349737
admin@lrmplanning.com

Exeter Office
Winslade Manor
Manor Drive
Clyst St Mary
Exeter
EX5 1FY
01392 690060
admin@lrmplanning.com

News

  • May 23, 2023

    A new approach to Sustainable Drainage Systems in England

  • April 27, 2023

    Full planning permission granted for care home in Gelli, Rhondda Cynon Taf

  • April 13, 2023

    Reserved Matters permission for 70 dwellings at Vinegar Hill.

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