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Landscape Consultant Appeals

South Cambridgeshire District Council Published 18 Nov 2016 Contracts Finder

key details

Statuscomplete
Category (CPV) 71410000
RegionEast of England
Deadline29 Jan 2016
Contract start8 Feb 2016
Contract end7 Feb 2017
SME suitableYes
OCIDocds-b5fd17-2633ff67-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

Award

SupplierValueDateStatus
David Huskisson Associates Ltd £0 8 Mar 2016 active

description

SCDC is seeking to appoint a contractor that can be called upon when required to support Planning and New Communities in contributing to the delivery of various planning appeals on landscape matters, on behalf of the local planning authority. The work programme would be dependent on the appeals submitted and the timescales set by the Planning Inspectorate.

The appeals currently submitted to the planning inspectorate that would require specialist landscape expertise include:

S/1615/14/FL & S/2409/14/FL (Hearing): Refusal for planning permission for Solar farm at Land North of Dales Manor, Business Park, West Way, Sawston.

S/2791/14/OL (Public Inquiry): Refusal for outline permission for residential development of up to 199 dwellings plus a care home of up to 75 beds at Land to the east of New Road, Melbourn.

The type of work would include defending the Council's decision through the assessment of impact of development proposals of various types and scales including solar farms, development within the green belt, development outside village boundaries, landscape setting and character, detailed landscape design etc.

Outputs Required

The consultant will be expected to deliver the following:

Review all the relevant material for the appeal including carrying out a site visit.
Liaise with the Councils appointed town planning Consultants, legal team other specialists and Council officers as appropriate acting on behalf of the Council.
Draft relevant sections on landscape matters of the statement of case, statement of common ground and proof of evidence substantiating the Council's reasons for refusal.
Represent the Council at informal hearing, as an expert witness at Public Inquiry and visiting the site as part of the appeal process with the Planning Inspector when required.
Co-ordinate with other specialist on cross-disciplinary impacts.
Debrief and disseminate lessons learnt from the appeal.

For further information please download the project brief available via Contract Finder.

Additional information: Please download the ITT and Bidders response, complete and return by post before the end date and time.

notice history

1 notice published against this procurement.

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24 Dec 2015 Award (award) · ocds-b5fd17-2633ff67-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b-83386-appeals1

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