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OUR EXPERTISE

What Claxton Planning Services does

We have the simple aim of achieving the planning permission and development objectives of the clients we work with, in a timely and cost-effective manner.

We provide a range of services including:

Site appraisal and feasibility studies.
Submission of planning applications including Full, Outline, Permission in Principle, Change of Use and the discharge of conditions.
Planning appeals.
Creation of documentation to support planning applications including Design and Access Statements.
Call for Site submissions.
Project Management including appointment of multidisciplinary consultant teams.
Advice on Section 106 and the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL).
Community Engagement strategies.
Public Consultation Events, in person and online.
Heritage and Conservation applications.

OUR SUPPORT NETWORK

Ensuring all aspects are covered

We are supported by a network of trusted specialist professionals, including;

Surveyors

Who can provide high quality, reliable and accurate Surveys for the following:

Topographical Surveys
Measured Building Surveys
Boundary Surveys
Laser Scanning
3D Modelling and BIM Surveys
Area Measurements
UAV Surveys
Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys

Architects

Offering tailored drawing solutions for your project, using traditional and modern design approaches to achieve:

Domestic extensions
Single dwellings and new build developments
Paragraph 80e dwellings
Agricultural workers dwellings
Conversion of buildings to residential or another use
New commercial and industrial buildings
Agricultural barns

Heritage Consultants

Providing advice on the repair and improvement of buildings which have been listed as Heritage assets, and creating:

Listed Building Consent Applications
Heritage Impact Assessments
Statements of Heritage Significance
Historic Building Recording
Conservation Area Assessment

Ecologist

Who can give expert advice and provide surveys for:

Bats
Badgers
Greater Crested Newts
Reptiles
Birds
Hedgehogs

To create

Preliminary
Ecological Assessments
Phase One Habitat Surveys
Biodiversity Net Gain
Environmental Impact Assessments
Habitats Regulations Assessments
Biodiversity Net Gain

Arboricultural Surveyors

Who can provide high quality, reliable and accurate information to create the following:

Tree surveys using Capital Asset Value for Amenity Trees (CAVAT) and Helliwell systems
Tree Constraint Plans
Tree Condition Surveys
Tree Risk Assessments
Tree Protection Plans
Arboricultural Impact Assessments
Arboricultural Method Statements

Landscape consultants

Offering tailored solutions to create

Hard and Soft Landscaping schemes
Landscape Desk Studies assessing landscape character, and determine visual envelopes
Landscape Visual Assessments
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessments in accordance with LI/IEMA Guidelines
Landform analysis mapping
Tailor made assessments for Solar Panel Arrays

Flood and Water Engineers

Offering expert advice to create:

Flood Risk Assessments
Sustainable Urban Drainage Schemes
Surface Water Drainage schemes
Flood Model reviews
Flood Map Challenge
Catchment Analysis
Flood Response Evacuation Plans

Highway Engineers

Who can provide advice, and high-quality solutions for the following

Highway designs
Adoptable roads (Section 38)
Street Works Licence (Section 50)
Alterations to site accesses (Section 184)
Make improvements and alterations to public highway (Section 278)
Sewage systems to adoptable standards (Section 104)
Diversion of sewer systems (Section 185)
Transport Statements
Transport Assessments

Archaeology

Offering expert advice to create

Desk Based Assessment
Written schemes of investigation
Post Excavation Assessment, research and publication
Fieldwalking and metal detecting
Geophysical Surveys
Trial trench Evaluations
Excavation and Strip, Map and Record

CONTACT US

Our Contact Details

Address

59 Abbeygate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1LB.

Mail

[email protected]

Phone

07798 655 870

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