Geddes provided planning advice and support for a Section 75A for EWP Investments Ltd to delete financial contributions towards the dualling of the A801 near Armadale. The total contributions required under the original Section 75 Agreement totalled around £3.3M at today’s date. Geddes worked collaboratively with Burges Salmon LLP and WSP, providing planning input and guidance to build a robust case for the deletion of the planning obligation. The DPEA Reporter agreed with the Appellant’s evidence on all points, concluding that the obligation failed to meet 4 of the 5 tests of Circular 3/2012 and should be deleted.

Geddes Consulting has been appointed to provide planning services for a new development at Lady Brae Gorebridge.

The proposal is for new residential development along with associated, infrastructure, engineering and landscape work.

Geddes’ role in this project includes managing the planning process and ensuring the proposal meet the Council’s policy requirements and other material considerations including Scottish Planning Policy. We are also coordinating and collating the technical assessments that will be prepared, ensuring that the impacts of development are taken into account.

Geddes Consulting has been appointed to provide advice and guidance on the restoration of Caldwell House, Gamekeeper’s House and the estate’s landscape in accord with the policies in the approved development plan. As these buildings are listed, and the costs of the restoration will not be recouped by the income from new uses of these buildings, Geddes will advise on the extent of enabling development which will be acceptable.

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Geddes Consulting provided project management; planning; master planning; landscape design; Environmental Impact Assessment and financial appraisal services to help deliver 1,950 homes, a primary school, retail and major infrastructure works.

Geddes worked with the client and local authority to develop the planning strategy for a farm diversification project (including new wedding and events venue) at Cairns Farm in West Lothian. The site is within the Pentland Hills Regional Park and a designated Special Landscape Area.

The proposal includes the conversion of existing farm buildings to form the new venue, along with accommodation on site.

Geddes led the client through the planning process from appointment of the project team to coordination and submission of several planning applications for the various elements of the proposal.

Geddes has secured three separate planning consents for the client and helped ensure conditions are discharged to enable development to proceed.

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Geddes worked closely with the client to create a viable masterplan framework for this large strategic land allocation. The proposal is for 1,400 homes, together with community, commercial and education facilities. We engaged with the local community and Council to gain regular feedback on the evolving proposal.

We coordinated the project team to complete a comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment. Our holistic approach ensured that the submitted proposal addressed all relevant Council policy, as well as client aspirations.

Geddes developed a phasing strategy to demonstrate how this large allocated site and its infrastructure can be brought forward in line with the client’s needs, while helping the Council meet its targets for new housing in the area.

Planning Permission in Principle was approved in early 2019, subject to a legal agreement. We are now working with the client on the detailed design proposal for the first phase of development.

Consent was granted at Planning Appeal for 200 homes on this greenfield site on the settlement edge of Stepps.

Key issues were identified in the planning strategy right from the beginning – the sustainability of the site; the impact on the local schools and whether a five year effective housing supply was being maintained at all times.

This meant that a comprehensive and up to date evidence base on all determining matters was available to rebut any assertions by the Council.

We are the Scottish market leader in assessing if a local authority is maintaining a five year effective housing land supply at all times, as well as demonstrating whether the proposed housing strategy of a Local Development Plan will meet housing land requirement in full.

All work is produced in accord with policy requirements of the approved development plan as well as taking account of material considerations set out in Scottish Planning Policy and national guidance.

The level of detail provided can be adjusted to support the necessary particulars of the case, providing an appropriate level of detail in relation to the stage in the planning process – supporting a Planning Permission in Principle application or new housing land allocation in a Local Development Plan.

These assessments are supported by DPEA Reporters at both Planning Appeal and Local Development Plan Examination. Recent successes resulting in the release of further housing sites include City of Edinburgh, North Lanarkshire, Stirling and West Lothian.

Geddes coordinated the planning submission for a proposed new village community in Midlothian, known as St. Margarets. The proposal secures the restoration and conversion of the Listed former Rosslynlee Hospital, with complementary new build development providing essential financial support.

Geddes produced the masterplan for the new village community, which totals around 380 homes. We coordinated a large and complex project team to deliver a robust and comprehensive planning submission.

Consent for the first phase of development was secured in early 2018. Three further applications for the remainder of the St. Margarets proposal were approved in early 2019, subject to conditions and a legal agreement.

More information about the project can be found at www.stmargarets.live.

Geddes secured Planning Permission in Principle (PPP) for 100 homes on this site, in 2016, to the north of Cairneyhill. The site is the first phase of a larger development which, through Geddes’ promotion to the Council, is now allocated in the Council’s adopted LDP. Flooding affecting existing residents in the settlement was identified as a key issue from the beginning. All technical work was reviewed by Geddes to ensure that a fully coordinated submission was made to the Council.

After obtaining PPP approval, Geddes went on to demonstrate to the Council that the detailed proposals were compliant,  securing Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions (AMSC). Construction began on site in 2017.