Meeting the Challenge of Changing Planning Categories
The way to achieve successful outcomes is not to have preconceived ideas. In fact, as a planning consultancy, we go out of our way NOT to...
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INTELLIGENT PLANNING
Planning ideas, insights and inspiration.
Anthony Frendo
- Jun 22
- 3 min
Mixed Use, Streatham: Optimising the Site
You should still look to maximise a site’s potential, even if it has recent planning permission for a development similar to yours. This...
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Laura Dimond-Whyles
- Jun 22
- 3 min
Independent School Development: Clearing the Green Belt Bar in Addlestone
Making the case for building on green belt land can be challenging but it's not impossible. It requires a considered and determined...
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David Maddox
- May 10
- 3 min
Transparency and the Proactive Planner
For a planning consultancy, outcomes are critical, naturally. But the means are every bit as crucial as the end, especially when it comes...
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Stephen Morgan-Hyland
- Apr 17
- 2 min
Affordable Housing, Withington: Planning to Scale
For this South Manchester development, we applied the same principles that we’ve used on our many larger projects. Here, the plan was to...
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David Maddox
- Mar 28
- 2 min
How Intelligent Planning Offers a Friction-free Customer Experience?
Like other businesses, planning consultants experience some degree of friction.
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Stephen Morgan-Hyland
- Mar 27
- 3 min
Central Street, Bolton: Understanding the Context of Urban Intervention
By Stephen Morgan-Hyland, Managing Director, Maddox Planning Client: Placefirst, leading BTR operator and regeneration specialist. Our...
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Lucy Howes
- Mar 20
- 3 min
Thames Road, Barking: Making the Judgement Call in a Co-location Scheme
By Lucy Howes, Planning Director, Maddox Planning This project was unusual because we needed to react decisively to changing information...
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David Maddox
- Mar 20
- 3 min
Ideas for Inspiring Future Planners
Planning and planners are critical for the future of the built environment. If we're serious as a society about sustainable living and...
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David Maddox
- Jan 18
- 4 min
How to Build a Planning Platform for Individual Excellence
Having worked with me for several years, Stephen Morgan-Hyland has a new role as managing director of Maddox Planning, the company I...
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David Maddox
- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min
How Tech Supports Meaningful Consultations
For planners, the pre-application consultation is a crucial part of the planning process. But consultation only supports this process...
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Matt Hill
- Dec 8, 2022
- 3 min
Bromley Town Centre: Making the Case for Mixed-use
Regardless of vision or objectives, ultimately the success of a scheme depends on it gaining planning approval. Our work with a developer...
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David Maddox
- Dec 1, 2022
- 3 min
Why Brand Values are Vital for Intelligent Planning
What have brand values got to do with planning? Planning is a practical, methodical discipline with clearly defined outputs and outcomes....
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