Engaging and diligent, India delivers planning services on a range of projects within the Oxford to Cambridge Arc.

Working across Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire, India is involved with a range of residential, employment, education, and energy projects across the Oxford to Cambridge Arc.

From liaising with various consultants and stakeholders, to assisting with Bidwells’ Local Plan Watch, she has an understanding and knowledge of the Milton Keynes patch. India also has experience in setting out planning appraisals and submitting planning applications to gain consent for clients.

She has been involved in several housing schemes predominately in Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, this has included project management work, supporting document drafting and appeal research. She often works alongside our residential development and heritage teams to deliver a desired outcome for her clients.

India is a Chartered Member of the RTPI and has spoken at an RTPI Thames Valley Event on the degree apprenticeship scheme, which is the route India took to get into the profession and gain chartership. She enjoys attending RTPI and Women in Planning networking events and is a member of Bidwells’ MK office’s social committee.

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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.

Our insights

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Time is a valuable thing. We all value our time and appreciate a timely planning application decision (no matter how rare they might feel at present).

Is the clampdown on ‘extension of time’ agreements the solution to the problem?

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Buckinghamshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2022

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Bedfordshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2023

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LPW Beds square Reports & Briefings 06.10.22

Bedfordshire Local Plan Watch - Autumn 2022

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Image of Northants - LPW Location squares Reports & Briefings 25.04.22

Northamptonshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2022

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Image of Beds - LPW Location squares Reports & Briefings 25.04.22

Bedfordshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2022

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Image of Bucks autumn Insights 01.11.23

Buckinghamshire Local Plan Watch - Autumn 2023

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Image of Bucks spring Insights 16.04.24

Positive steps have occurred in both Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire.

Buckinghamshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2024

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Pix Brook Academy

We were instructed to provide strategic planning services on this exciting new academy for the village of Stotfold.

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CB1

Ambitious developer Brookgate set out to transform Cambridge’s fading train station area by delivering Lord Roger’s visionary 1.6m sq ft CB1 master plan. They needed more than just a team of consultants.

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MK Gateway

Mixed-use development evangelists Socius really get the knowledge economy. They know that cities like Cambridge, Oxford and Milton Keynes are powered by the collaboration of the people living and working there and their shared quest for knowledge and discovery.

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