Planning & Development
Turning concepts into a reality
At BCM Wilson Hill, our Planning and Development team has an in depth commercial and technical understanding, navigating the planning system to secure deliverable wide-ranging projects and client portfolios. We adopt a sense of urgency to manage risks, resolve constraints and embrace opportunities.
Our project management and collaboration with technical consultants ensure our clients’ risks are reduced and the success rate remains high. This guarantees that, as a trusted advisor, we deliver upon expectations and remain spatially aware, strategic in approach and detailed in execution.
Residential
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A primary cornerstone to our practice, our experience ranges from bespoke designs through to master planning major developments. Our clients include self-builders through to regional and national house builders, developers, landowners, investors and registered landlords.
Our expertise has secured bespoke ‘grand designs’ within outstanding landscapes through to town and village extensions. Our confidence and expertise allows us to consider minor and major developments in town and country.
We can act as lead project co-ordinator from conception to completion. Whether adopting a contemporary or traditional approach we aim to resolve constraints and capitalise on opportunities to deliver a solution that is market driven, but appropriate to its environment.
Commercial
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Whether creating a new business, enlarging an existing employment site, or reusing redundant buildings, we recognise that growth in the economy is important. Our clients have capitalised from shifts in policy and legislation, allowing us to advise and deploy services quickly for a wide range of commercial projects.
From conception to completion, we are happy to assist our clients either in rural or urban areas.
Renewables
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Our wide-ranging experience in anaerobic digestion, photovoltaics, biomass, hydro and domestic wind regeneration has secured planning consents and assisted to implement over a total of over 150MW ranging over 0.35MW – 25MW of installed capacity. We have been entrusted with some of the largest renewable energy projects on the South Coast and Isle of Wight, gaining a reputation for success.
Our services include site appraisals, constraints and opportunity planning, EIA Screening, planning and architectural project co-ordination through to community engagement, submission and onsite management. We often work with BCM’s rural consultancy department providing advice on wider issues such as leases and payment terms.
Our renewable energy portfolio enables us to capitalise on a wealth of experience to ensure that opportunities are optimised, risks reduced, and projects delivered.
Tourism & Leisure
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We are well versed in delivering high quality tourism and leisure developments on farms, estates and on existing and new Greenfield sites. We are accustomed to ‘niche’ and ‘green’ projects in the countryside where clients have a vision for specific growth markets.
Our experienced team have sustained and improved many public attractions, tourism destinations and self-catering holiday ventures through working with funds, hoteliers and landowners. We have knowledge in all types of tourism development, whether it be the conversion of a traditional or modern barn, hotel or building, to the development of a lodge park, glamping site or a mixed-use diversification.
Our wide range of projects is testament to our ability to secure minor and major projects.
Diversification
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Diversification is a bedrock to business. It is a term commonly used for farms and estates, but it is not exclusive. A wide range of businesses operate in rural areas, and they continually need to adapt to deliver flexibility and generate income. We have advised and delivered wide-ranging projects including retail, food and beverage, leisure and entertainment, renewables, Use Class E, tourism, and residential development. The projects have diversified clients’ businesses and enabled them to become economically and environmentally sustainable, and in many instances become local and regional champions where they nurture a significant numbers of employees via skilled and vocational jobs.
Our services include site appraisals, constraints and opportunity planning, EIA Screening, planning and architectural project co-ordination through to community engagement, submission and onsite management. We often work with BCM’s rural consultancy department providing advice on wider issues such as leases and payment terms.
Others
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Our planning advice is a core discipline to all projects. Our Chartered service (RTPI) enables us to have in-depth and up-to-date technical knowledge of national policy and legislation. We are therefore able to provide the full range of services required when considering a proposal from conception to delivery.
We strive to marry our excellent local and national knowledge with our clients’ objectives; managing risks and exploring opportunities against (sometimes) strong opposition. Our high success rate makes our planning department a resource that our clients truly appreciate.
Our core (but not exclusive) services include:
- Prior approvals
- Pre-application Submissions, Negotiations and Consultations
- Planning Appeals including written representations, hearings and public inquiry
- Community Engagement
- Site meetings, Desktop Studies and Feasibility Reports
- Strategic Land Promotion and Land Allocations
- Residential and Commercial Development
- Rural Buildings and Barn Conversions
- Change of Use and Prior Notification
- Renewable Energy
- Certificates of Lawful Use & Prior Approvals
- Tourism, Leisure and Recreational Developments
- Diversification and Enabling Development
- Mineral, Waste and Marine
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Ready to get in touch? Discover more about our expert team in the Planning & Development department.
David Long
David Long
David joined BCM in 2013 and became a partner in 2015, heading up planning and development services. He has worked both within the public and private sector, being firstly employed by a Local Planning Authority to spearhead major development projects. David then worked as a planning and development consultant and became a director of a multi-discipline development practice. He manages the very successful Planning and Development team who look after a wide range of projects.
Jamie Busby
Jamie Busby
Planning & Development
With 40 years’ experience in estate agency, Jamie has dedicated the last 10 years to new homes and development, gaining in-depth knowledge and expertise. Jamie assists David Long in value engineering development projects, sales of development sites and new homes sales.
Mike Papps
Mike Papps
MCIAT Chartered
Planning & Development
mpapps@bcmwilsonhill.co.uk
Mike joined BCM in 2004 and became a partner of BCM in 2020. Mike heads up the architectural services department and deals with all types of rural development.
Partner
Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes
BA (Hons) pg Dip MA
Planning & Development
rholmes@bcmwilsonhill.co.uk
Richard joined our Planning and Development department in 2023 after working as a Development Control planning officer. Richard has worked throughout the UK and has been in the industry for over 15 years. His roles have been widespread in all spheres of planning, and he brings a great deal of experience, knowledge and understanding to BCM Wilson Hill and our clients.
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