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Dear Clients, Colleagues and Friends, As we head towards the end of 2025, we would like to thank everyone we have worked with this year. It has been a period of rapid policy change, new opportunities in the planning system, and continued progress on projects across the region. Your support and collaboration have been central to our success. Despite ongoing challenges in housing supply and national policy uncertainty, the year has brought many positive outcomes, including succ

We have secured planning permission for a new two storey detached house in Bournheath, Worcestershire, creating over 1,200 square feet of residential floorspace on an underused part of our client’s garden. Although the site itself is level, the land and houses opposite sit significantly lower, which introduced challenges in and opportunities for objectors based on the proposal’s perceived height and overall impact on the street scene. Through sensitive design, we were able to

Following the engrossment of the related S106 Agreement, we are very pleased to have received formal planning permission from Birmingham City Council’s Planning Committee for new padel courts at Sutton Coldfield Tennis Club.   This project will provide additional padel tennis courts, bringing the total number of padel courts at the Club to four. The Club’s proposal includes the installation of 3 floodlit covered padel tennis courts in place of 1 lawn tennis court and the repo

Birmingham City Council opened a  six-week public consultation  on its  Birmingham Local Plan – Focused Preferred Options Document (FPOD) , running from  Thursday 23 October to Thursday 4 December 2025 now extended until Friday 19 th December 2025 The FPOD sets out the emerging  Development Strategy for the city to 2044 , identifying  15 Growth Zones  as the main focus for new housing, employment, and regeneration. These are locations with strong regeneration potential, go