Bio
Ben is a Planning & Environment Partner.
Ben is a Chartered Town Planner (Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute) with more than 20 years’ post-qualification experience.
He supports clients at every stage of the planning process – from planning applications and appeals, through to giving evidence at appeal hearings and inquiries.
Working for house builders, strategic land promoters, football clubs, retailers, community groups and healthcare providers, Ben supports on all aspects of town and country planning, with particular experise in planning applications, development plan representations, and feasibility studies and appraisals.
He also assists with lawful development certificate applications and where clients wish to vary, remove, or discharge planning conditions.
Examples of Ben’ work include:
- Overcoming restrictive Green Belt policy to secure planning permission for Stoke City FC’s new training ground and academy.
- Securing consent for an out-of-town specialist food supermarket in the face of national planning policy hurdles.
- Obtaining outline planning permission for 185 dwellings on a greenfield site in Norfolk by effective liaison with the local planning authority, research and engagement with the community through exhibitions and liaison with key stakeholders.