Town Planning
The Practice is an expert planning consultancy in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
We offer a wide range of planning services including town planning advice surgery and submission of planning appeals, including oral and written representations in the north and south of Ireland.
Most of our planning appeals undertaken, whether on behalf of third or first parties, have been successful.
In addition, we prepare and advise on objections to planning proposals including case-making, site assessments and surveys; negotiation with officials, briefing of legal representatives and counsel and references to the Planning Directorate.
Other town planning services include expert submissions for Planning Enquiries, preparation of master plans for housing developments, land use plans, retailing, and recreational studies, quarrying submissions, project management of planning issues for domestic & commercial developments amongst others.
The Practice receives continual updates on planning law, planning decision cases and planning appeals from various sources including the Planning Appeals Commission for N.I, An Bord Pleanála for Ireland and the specialist sources of planning judgements such as Compass, Planning Law and Development Control Practice; as well as our regular Royal and Irish Town Planning Institutes journals. We are members of the Environmental and Planning Law Association for N. Ireland in addition to the main two planning institutes.
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20 years experience in regional and local land use and town planning policy, as well as statutory instruments and Irish and UK planning law and case history. | |
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Planning Representation at compulsory purchase and arbitration including planning opinions, site appraisal and development potential and value. | |
| Strategic Infrastructure Development (SID) applications to An Bord Pleanála: | ||
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Preparation and advice. We have assisted in these for a proposed Bio-ethanol plant at Waterford Port and a proposed Gas Fired Power station. | |
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Extensions of Duration of planning permissions under the Planning and Development Act 2010 and related applications for "Substitute Consent". | |
| Ongoing planning agent duties on behalf of residential occupiers and business owners including: | ||
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Site assessment for relevant designations and planning constraints | |
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Planning inquiry representation and submissions | |
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Detailed submissions to public inquiry stages of Local and Area Plans | |
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Pre-planning meetings and correspondence with planners | |
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Liaison with planners, specialist planning departments (such as the Special Studies unit), District Councils, public agencies, private agencies and community groups | |
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Submission and progression of planning applications | |
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Planning appeals | |
Location of potential sites
Derry
Site appraisal sheet
Waterford Port
Director: Seamus Canavan BA(Hons) MA MIPI MRTPI affil IEMA
Chartered Town Planner
23 Prince's Street, Derry, N. Ireland BT48 7EY