LPDF Values
Championing an evidence-led planning system that delivers sustainable homes, communities and economic growth.
Our aim is to work with government, local authorities and communities up and down the country to enhance the planning process and deliver the new, sustainable homes and communities this country needs
- Working in a positive and cooperative way with central and local government and key stakeholders, to deliver a planning system capable of supplying the homes and employment space we need.
- Promoting research and an evidence-led approach to policy development.
- Increasing the supply of new homes to meet demand and make home ownership a realistic possibility for all those who aspire to it.
- Ensuring that we build the affordable homes of all types and tenures that this country so desperately needs.
- Delivering new employment space to meet demand from businesses and support economic growth.
- Championing the impact of increased housing delivery on reducing intergenerational unfairness.
- Creating well-designed, high-quality and sustainable places to live and work.
- Educating and informing about the social, environmental and economic benefits of development.
- Supporting diversity of delivery in the market and championing SME developers.
- Promoting diversity and inclusivity within the sector.
WSP
Affiliate
We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 73,300 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.
Fisher German
Affiliate
Fisher German are a firm of chartered surveyors, planners and specialist property consultants offering professional services in all aspects of land and property management for over 180 years. We have experts in all property sectors identifying business opportunities for our institutional, commercial and private landowning clients.
We operate nationally across 15 offices managing a wide range of client portfolios on behalf of blue-chip companies, pension funds, private landowners, utility companies, national charities, local authorities and government agencies. Our diverse experience working with landowners and developers means that we understand the unique requirements of the development sector and all relevant planning legislation.
tor&co
Affiliate
tor&co is an award-winning planning, design and environmental consultancy. We work on projects across the UK from our offices in London, Birmingham and Bournemouth.
We work for landowners, developers, investors, promoters and companies to deliver their development ambitions. With our skill set, professional experience, approach and track record, we are particularly suited to assisting clients with very challenging development projects, often in constrained locations.
Peel Land
Full Member
Peel Land is a leading UK strategic land business specialising in the acquisition, promotion, management and delivery of development opportunities across multiple sectors including residential, commercial, logistics, health, digital, leisure and culture.
As part of the Peel Group, one of the leading infrastructure, transport, and real estate investors in the UK, Peel Land carries a legacy of innovation and transformation. Projects are designed with the future in mind, aiming to create places where people can thrive in a sustainable environment.
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ESP Utilities Group
Affiliate
With 25 years’ experience and over 1.1 million Residential and Industrial & Commercial connections, ESP Utilities Group adopts and maintains heat, electricity, gas, water, and wastewater, across the UK.
As the leader of independent adoption, we deliver cost-effective solutions with flexible design standards, transparent assets values, rapid approvals, and unparalleled expertise across regulated utilities.
RAPPOR
Affiliate
As specialists in Transport Planning, Infrastructure/Civil Engineering, Water and Environmental Management, and, Landscape Planning and Design, we are dedicated to delivering exceptional solutions that cater to all your engineering needs. Whether you are a small business, a local government authority, or a private developer, our expert team of consultants has the experience, knowledge, and skills to provide tailored solutions that exceed your expectations. Our people and the partnerships we cultivate with all our stakeholders are at the core of our business. Our commitment to recognizing and supporting our team of talented, driven, and hardworking individuals, alongside our local and national partners, is the backbone of our success.
Knights
Affiliate
Knights is one of the fastest-growing professional services businesses in the UK. With 23 offices nationwide, Knights is ranked within the top 50 UK law firms by revenue – providing multiple services to business clients alongside premium advisory services to private individuals
That includes experts in all areas of corporate and commercial law, and a team of real estate experts working alongside town planners and specialist planning lawyers.
Cratus Group
Affiliate
Cratus Group is a leading communications consultancy, driven by insights and experience, powered by a passion for delivering change.
The Cratus team supports clients across the built environment sector to navigate the politics of planning and engage meaningfully with stakeholders and local communities.
Specialisms include:
- Strategic land to Reserved Matters - wraparound service supporting clients in every aspect of communications throughout the planning process.
- Public consultation - combining traditional and digital consultation using our Cratus Engage platform, we work with clients and communities to build trust, obtain meaningful feedback, and develop understanding
- Post submission engagement - we promote the benefits of schemes and secure support through effective, integrated campaigns and use the determination period to engage closely with stakeholders across the board.
- Cratus Communities - a specialist team, dedicated to creating trust and strong connections between communities, developers, and local authorities, delivering meaningful, integrated engagement services pre and post consent.
Our impact – helping clients understand the language and context of local government and local decision-making. Reducing commercial and political risk and creating the environment for positive planning approvals and beneficial new communities.
We’re more than an agency. We’re change makers.
O&H Land
Full Member
In 1998, O&H Land acquired circa 12,000 acres of disused brownfield land across the UK with a vision to bring forward sustainable, well designed, community led development.
It has always been important to O&H that existing communities benefit from the new communities growing alongside them. Working in collaboration with local councils, community groups and businesses, O&H was able to obtain planning permission and provide upfront investment in the land to bring it to a suitable standard for development. The results are there for everyone to see - established communities that provide a wide range of uses, including schools, places of work, shopping centres, health facilities, open space and award-winning nature conservation areas. The core principles that underpin everything we do - creating sustainable, community-led developments - still remain unchanged from 1998.
Osborne Clarke
Affiliate
Osborne Clarke is an international law firm with 925 lawyers working in 25 locations around the world. We advise market leaders, challenger brands and fast-growth businesses on their most important commercial affairs and their trickiest disputes.
Our impressive reputation in the residential sector is based on many years' experience in the sector as well as our commitment to fully understanding each client's commercial objectives and what they need from us. This means listening, getting involved at an early stage of negotiations and agreeing a tailored, specific service.
From the simple to the complex, from plots sales to joint ventures, our experience and understanding of the residential sector enables us to work with clients in an intelligent and practical way. We work with developers, investors and landowners across a wide range of residential real estate project types, from property development to tax, litigation, strategic land joint ventures, consortia arrangements and emerging asset classes.
PJA
Affiliate
PJA is a leading independent specialist in the built environment sector. We provide integrated place-led transport planning, engineering and environmental services. We partner with developers, landowners and local authorities to enable growth in urban and rural environments.
Founded in 2003, PJA has a team of over 175 professionals, operating from a network of ten offices in the UK and Australia.
We have a genuine passion for what we do, and we are driven by our core values of commitment, credibility, creativity and being considerate of people and the environment. We are a trusted strategic advisor and the industry's consultant of choice.
Birketts
Affiliate
Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning over 160 years, we have more than
700 lawyers and legal professionals based in Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich,
and Sevenoaks. We advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the
UK and internationally across four principal practice groups: real estate, corporate services, dispute
resolution and private client.
We are defined by our next level law proposition. We work with our clients as a proactive partner, horizon
scanning and thinking ahead to the changes, challenges or opportunities that they may face.
Next Level Law is also applied to our people. Our collegiate culture means everyone is encouraged to
achieve their next level in everything they do.
With our ambition to succeed, comes a strong desire to make a positive contribution to the communities we
serve, and we are committed to delivering the objectives set out in our Responsible Business strategy.
Diversity plays an integral part in all that we do, with female partners comprising 42% of our partnership.
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