NJL Consulting

After the great success of last year's quiz, we are back!!! We are continuing to raise vital funds for our charity partner Lifeshare and we would love for you to join us. 📅 12th November 2025 🕰️ 6-10pm 📍 BLVD Manchester, M3 3ND 💷 £60 per ticket, or a team of 5 for £300 If you're interested in purchasing a ticket or a table, please contact events@njlconsulting.co.uk and we will send you the details. Nick Lee Mark Saunders Rachel Glover White Oliver Eves Elliott Bullock Victoria Coleman Emily Bates Ailsa Goudie Emily Paulson Claire Malley Yvonne Bowling

We’re proud to have submitted the outline planning application for Bloor Homes’ Heald Green East development, a project that balances the need for more homes with delivering significant benefits for the local area. With higher housing figures needing to be met across the country, identifying the right locations for growth is crucial. Heald Green East is exactly that, being well-connected, sustainable, and capable of delivering: ✔ 675 new homes, with a wide choice to meet local demand ✔ 50% affordable housing, ensuring a mix of tenures ✔ 20+ acres of green space, including parks, gardens, and play areas ✔ Sustainable design, supporting a greener future ✔ Major economic benefits, with up to 500 jobs created and an £8.6m GVA boost A huge team effort on this one – thanks to everyone involved! 👏 Client: Bloor Homes - Tom Loomes Planning: Ailsa Goudie / Oliver Eves / Nick Lee Masterplanning: SLR Consulting - Christopher Sholdis EIA: Buro Happold - Mark Crowther / Maddie Adas Highways: WSP - Jim Outterside / Hannah B. Communications: Lexington - Frances Cosby / Katy Isaac / Paul Boyfield

Emily Paulson joined NJL as a Graduate Planner in September 2024. She has reflected on her time with the firm and outlines some key reflections and lessons for other aspiring graduates entering the world of planning.

Over the last few months, Emily Bates has been working across NJL and our partner business Calton Planning + Development Limited. Here she reflects on the differences between the English and Scottish planning systems and the benefits of having experience in both markets. If you need planning and development advice either side of the border, please reach out to Emily and she will be able to help.

Mark Saunders and Rachel Glover White will be heading out to Val Thorens next week for PropSki! If you'd like to catch up with them drop an email to mark@njlconsulting.co.uk or rachel@njlconsulting.co.uk Bring on the snow!

We are delighted to welcome Elliott Bullock back to the NJL Team! After a brief hiatus, Elliott is back and ready to get stuck into a range of projects and client work. This marks the start of an exciting year for NJL Consulting and we're so pleased to have Elliott back on board.

2024 has been another monumental year for NJL Consulting with some major project milestones and successes. Over the year we have: 🏡 Secured planning permission for 66 new homes at Pemberton Phase 2. 🏭 Gained consent for over 90,000sq.ft of commercial space across two sites. 🏆 Won an appeal in Preston which secured outline planning permission for 50 units in Broughton. This decision continued Mark Saunders' 100% success rate for recent appeals. 🎾 Secured planning permission for 23 new padel tennis courts across the country with a strong pipeline of 40 more facilities for 2025. 🌲 Achieved a milestone approval at Tameside’s planning committee for the redevelopment of the former Hartshead power station. 🏘️ Submitted planning applications for over 1,000 new homes across the country and have secured instructions on 5,000 more homes. 📃 Submitted representations to over 10 local authorities on various planning documents. 📍 Been active in over 50 local authorities throughout the year. ✅ Prepared and submitted close to 100 discharge of condition applications and over 15 non-material amendments. 👏 Progressed our relationship with Calton Planning + Development Limited further by facilitating Emily Bates’ move to Scotland to work across both businesses. 🎓 Grew the team by welcoming Emily Paulson as our most recent graduate planner. 🎖️ Supported both Emily Bates and Ailsa Goudie to pass their APC and become chartered planners. 👩🎓 Welcomed Melody Rahmani as our placement student over the academic year to help her complete her studies at Runshaw College. 🏫 Made a huge milestone in our working relationship with both the Royal Town Planning Institute and the University of Manchester by facilitating Daryna Tymkiv’s continued work experience and study. 💷 Hosted various charity events raising over £5,000 for Lifeshare. We’re looking forward to continuing this great work into 2025 and beyond. And we’re delighted to welcome back Elliott Bullock to the team in January as an Associate Director, and also Megan Gibson who will join us as a planning intern. We wish everyone a very merry Christmas and look forward to working together in 2025. 

Huge congratulations to Emily Paulson who yesterday graduated with a Distinction in her Masters of Civic Design (Town and Regional Planning) from the University of Liverpool. Emily received a fantastic 81% in her dissertation that explored how planning and policy implementation can influence women’s safety in Manchester’s Northern Quarter night time economy.