Planning Consultancy

Founded in 2011 by Andy Rushby MRTPI, who has thirty years experience as a qualified town planner, Assent Planning Consultancy aims to help and guide you through the often difficult and complex world of the planning system.

We can to do this by working with you – not just for you - at all stages of the planning process, from your initial concepts to the realisation of your ideas.

We will provide you with expert advice, knowledge and experience that are delivered in a personal, timely and cost effective way. We have the ability to solve many problems that may be encountered along the way. We aim to get it right – first time, every time – to minimise delays and costs in pursuing your ideas through the planning process.

We have access to a network of associated professionals who can ensure a comprehensive service, most notably through our “sister” company Assent Building Control (a national service delivered locally). We can offer integrated development solutions that make it as easy as possible for you to secure the necessary consents you need to get your plans off the drawing board and into reality.

Assent Planning Consultancy can call upon the professional services of other professionals within the development sector, including architects, highway consultants, ecologists, arboriculturalists, landscape architects, contamination and noise specialists, as well as Approved Inspectors at Assent Building Control. These services can be commissioned for clients in order to provide a comprehensive and seamless development service.

Assent Planning gives you:

Expertise, experience and commitment
A commercially aware, responsive service that puts you at the heart of our business

Assent Planning Consultancy - Services

We offer a comprehensive range of services to help and guide you through the planning process.

We can:

Prepare and submit all types of planning applications on your behalf
Prepare supporting information, including Design & Access Statements and Heritage Statements, to support your application
Negotiate effectively with the Local Planning Authority on pre-application matters and on the progress of your application
Make representations (objections or support) on your behalf in respect of other planning applications or on the local development plan
Speak at Planning Committees on your behalf in support of your application
Prepare and submit planning appeals if your application is refused
Deal with any enforcement issues that may arise
Appear as an expert witness at appeal hearings and inquiries
Prepare planning appraisals, site assessments, and masterplans for site development
Provide education and training to you and your business on all planning matters

What Our Clients Said …

"Having worked with Assent Building Control on various contracts I have found them to be very knowledgeable and professional. Adding not just expertise to the building control process but also offering excellent advice allowing for value engineering and improved designs.

2h Storage Solutions works within the industrial…"

2h Storage Solutions

"We have worked with Mark Van Schalkwyk from Assent Dorset for over five years and his expertise and guidance has been invaluable to us as a practice.

As architects we are design led and at times this creates testing challenges between aesthetics and the practicalities of the…"

RB Studio Architects

"We approached Liz Oliver because we had previously been using the Local Authority and needed to simplify the process due to their inconsistent service. Liz helped us by streamlining the process and always being efficient. This has resulted in money saved for the business, is much more time effective and…"

Prestige Developments

"Nicola was the Building Control officer at our house refurbishment project in Crimicar, Sheffield. Her knowledge and expertise meant that, despite a number of issues that we had to encounter, the project ran smoothly and was completed on time.

During the project we have built up a…"

Whitshaw Builders

Highest Professional Standards
Expertise, Experience & Commitment
Commercially Aware, Responsive & Helpful Service
National Services Delivered Locally
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