Sarah uses her keen eye for detail and in-depth approach to ensure she provides clear, well founded planning advice to her clients.

Working on projects from inception through to completion, Sarah has a breadth of experience on all aspects of the planning process. Whether you need help on planning appeals or land promotion, she has the knowhow to best help you.    

Based in Norwich, Sarah uses her knowledge of the area to secure planning, appeal decisions and offer advice for clients across East Anglia.  

With experience working in the public sector, she provides a unique insight into the planning process for her clients and her skillset will enable her to identify the best strategy for your project. 

Sarah has worked extensively across a range of sectors including retail, education and health. She also has significant experience in leading multi-disciplinary consultant teams to deliver flexible planning consents on major development schemes, both locally and nationally.   

Experience

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Planning

Develop winning planning strategies that deliver successful projects
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Planning Consultancy

Comprehensive planning strategy and submission advice - tailored to your site and your objectives.

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Image of Nutrient Neutrality Insights 15.03.23

Twelve months ago, the words ‘Nutrient Neutrality’ didn’t mean a huge amount to many of us working in the East of England; it was a peripheral issue, affecting development elsewhere. But overnight on 16th March 2022, all that changed with the publication of Natural England’s letter advising 42 additional Local Planning Authorities, including all of the Norfolk Authorities, that projects and plans could only go ahead if they would not cause additional nutrient pollution.

Nutrient Neutrality – One year on

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Annotation 2022-10-03 182257 Insights 03.10.22

The Norfolk Councils have published their long-awaited Norfolk Nutrient Budget Calculator, alongside revised maps of the relevant Catchments, devised by Royal Haskoning DHV.

The Norfolk Nutrient Budget Calculator and updated Catchment Maps: One step closer to a solution?

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Female hand with model of house on wooden table background Insights 19.10.21

The pandemic brought the crisis in our social care system into sharp focus, and while much of the Government’s recent attention has been on reform of funding mechanisms, we ask what role the planning system can play in helping to fix social care, and particularly older people’s housing.

Can planning help to solve the social care crisis?

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Image of herts spring (2) Insights 17.05.23

Norfolk Local Plan Watch - Spring 2023

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Suffolk Local Plan Watch - Spring 2023

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Image of herts spring (2) Insights 16.04.24

A varied plan-making picture across Norfolk as the Greater Norwich Local Plan is finally adopted.

Norfolk Local Plan Watch - Spring 2024

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Suffolk Local Plan Watch - Autumn 2023

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