Bio
Wesley is a Planning expert.
Wesley advises landowners, developers and businesses on planning strategy, site potential and development feasibility. He prepares planning appraisals and Call for Sites submissions to promote land through emerging Local Plans, identifying opportunities and constraints to inform development decisions.
He supports family-run businesses and Community Interest Companies (CICs) with change of use applications and the discharge or negotiation of planning conditions, aligning planning outcomes with commercial, operational and community objectives.
His experience spans residential, commercial, leisure and healthcare developments, including Green Belt, settlement boundary and heritage contexts. He prepares planning statements and planning cases.
His residential work includes large-scale schemes, replacement dwellings, self-build and custom-build homes, and Green Belt extensions. He coordinates multidisciplinary technical inputs, public consultation and stakeholder engagement. His leisure experience includes Green Belt padel court developments.
Wesley also manages public footpath diversion applications under the Highways Act, guiding clients from feasibility to determination and liaising with local authorities, consultees and stakeholders.
Examples of how Wesley has supported clients:
- Securing permission to convert a Sheffield microbrewery into a La Casa del Habano cigar retailer with a specialist sampling room meeting health and regulatory requirements, followed by a variation of conditions allowing extended opening hours without adversely affecting neighbouring residential amenity.
- Preparing planning applications for an NHS renal dialysis unit in Somerset and a new health centre for Staffordshire County Council.