Enforcement
Gamekeeper turned poacher
Enforcement defences are one of my specialisms. I have managed two highly successful planning enforcement, monitoring and compliance teams. I have also had a national influence on planning enforcement procedures having served on the Royal Town Planning Institute’s, National Association For Planning Enforcement Management Committee.
I have excellent persuasion and negotiation skills and am trained to handle difficult situations. I hold a certificate in Planning Enforcement from Cambridge University and have ten-
Now a planning consultant, I have the necessary armoury to make the perfect ‘gamekeeper turned poacher.' Whether your local planning authority is investigating alleged breaches of planning controls that concern you or you have been served with an enforcement notice and wish to appeal to the Planning Inspectorate, I am ideally placed to help you.
Where appropriate, I will also use my knowledge of the Freedom of Information, Police and Criminal Evidence and Data Protection Acts to your advantage.
“Darren has helped us through a very complex planning enforcement situation. We could not have done it without him.
Stacey Thompson, Chester-
One of my old Enforcement stomping grounds, High Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne -
I have rated the planning station exceptional on all aspects because that describes the service we have received throughout, Darren from the Planning Station listened to everything that we required, acted promptly on various requests and he truly went the extra mile for us wherever he could.
We required a sequential test report to be completed with regards to a refusal notice on a planning application that had been submitted to our local council for a change of use on a warehouse building, this was not a straight forward task to complete at all but the planning station rose to the challenge and did not disappoint.
We would definitely use the Planning Station again!
Zoe Ryan, Gym Elite, Gateshead