On-Demand Content

Session 1

Pre-purchase due diligence
This session considers a site from the prospective of a purchaser / investor looking to purchase a site. It explores what due diligence is required, what red flags to look out for, and what sources of information should be used to gather as much information about the site as possible to make an informed decision whether to purchase, and what bid to make. 

Presenters:
Sarah Fitzpatrick, Partner, Barrister and Head of Planning, Norton Rose Fulbright
Hannah Leary, Planning Director, Barton Willmore

Considering the Development Plan
This session considers the development plan, this is the document that is principally responsible for guiding new development on a site. This session reviews:

• The primacy of the development plan
• What is the development plan?
• Other material considerations and sources of guidance
• Allocated sites
• Criteria based policies
• Restrictive designations

Presenter:
Hannah Leary, Planning Director, Barton Willmore

The context of a site
This session explains why it is important to consider not only the site itself, but also its immediate and wider context when considering what development would be permitted. This session considers:

• Heritage designations
• Environmental designations
• Bad neighbour uses
• Sustainable transport

Presenters:
Sarah Fitzpatrick, Partner, Barrister and Head of Planning, Norton Rose Fulbright
Hannah Leary, Planning Director, Barton Willmore

 

Session 2

Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

• What is CIL?
• How CIL can play a role in guiding new development

Infrastructure Provision
This session considers the importance of infrastructure capacity in guiding new developments, and sources of funding:

• Transport infrastructure
• Utilities infrastructure
• Social infrastructure

Presenters:
Sarah Fitzpatrick, Partner, Barrister and Head of Planning, Norton Rose Fulbright
Carina Wentzel, Senior Associates, Norton Rose Fulbright

The value of precedents
This session considers the value of precedents, and sources of information.

Presenters:
Hannah Leary, Planning Director, Barton Willmore
Carina Wentzel, Senior Associates, Norton Rose Fulbright

The fall-back position
This session looks at what the fall-back position is if consent cannot be secured for the preferred development:

• Existing use and refurbishment
• Change of use within a use class
• Permitted development rights

Presenters:
Hannah Leary, Planning Director, Barton Willmore
Sarah Fitzpatrick, Partner, Barrister and Head of Planning, Norton Rose Fulbright

Development constraints reporting

• Title constraints
• Environmental issues
• Utility constraints

Presenter: 
Juliette Kelly, Senior Associates, Norton Rose Fulbright

 

Session 3

Section 106 obligations

• Likely obligations relating to the proposed development, including a consideration of policy and precedent
• How s.106 obligations play a role in development viability

Presenters:
Sarah Fitzpatrick, Partner, Barrister and Head of Planning, Norton Rose Fulbright
Carina Wentzel, Senior Associates, Norton Rose Fulbright

Architectural input

• Basic massing studies
• Taking account of constraints
• Views and daylight / sunlight / overshadowing

Presenter:
Vaughan Anderson, Urban Design Director, Barton Willmore

An initial view on development viability

• Existing use value and benchmark land value
• The developer’s return
• Methods of assessment and industry models
• Development costs and sources of information
• The value of the proposed development once constructed and sources of information

Presenter:
Alexander Vaughn-Jones, Development Viability Consultant and Partner at Gerald Eve

Pre-application engagement

• Local planning authority
• Statutory consultees

Presenter:
Hannah Leary, Planning Director, Barton Willmore