Planning and stakeholder engagement support to secure rapid planning permission for the replacement of two schools on a constrained residential site in Swadlincote.

Client: Kier Construction

Size: Unknown

LPA: South Derbyshire District Council

Expertise: Pre-Planning Advice, Project Management and Coordination, Stakeholder Engagement
Demolition and replacement of existing junior and senior schools on the same site.
The school was prioritised for replacement under the Department for Education’s School Rebuilding Programme.
The site is bound by residential properties, meaning impact on neighbour amenity needed to be carefully managed.
Compilation of public consultation material, including production and distribution of public consultation leaflet and hosting of dedicated website
Planning permission granted within 8 weeks, which is quite an achievement!

“By working proactively with the Local Planning Authority and carefully managing community expectations, we obtained planning permission within the eight weeks, without delay”

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