SF Planning Limited

A very warm SFP welcome to Peter Lang 👋 Peter joins us as a Senior Planner, following over 6 years of working in local authority planning departments, with experience of a range of planning matters, including working on a national infrastructure project. Welcome to the team, Peter. It's great to have you with us. #team #newstarter #welcometotheteam #planningconsultant

Congratulations to SFP's Aiden Xuezi Zhang on being invited to take part in the Royal Town Planning Institute's Chief Planners of Tomorrow program; a work-shadowing scheme offering young planners the chance to step into the shoes of a chief planning officer for the day. Huge thanks to Sarah Scannell MRTPI and the planning team at Birmingham City Council for hosting Aiden, who's written about his experience, below.

Thanks for a really useful afternoon Constructing Excellence Gloucestershire Club, and thanks to Martin Chandler MRTPI for representing the planning community as a panellist. It feels like there may be room for some 'cautious optimism' for the industry. 🤞

After more than seven years with team SFP, today Nathan Maddox (MRTPI) leaves us for the next phase of his career, and a fantastic new opportunity. Nathan's impressive legacy of successful applications while working here can be seen in projects across the south-west and beyond. We'll miss his unfailing dedication to his work, his incredibly impressive planning knowledge, and his company in the office, but we are so excited to follow his work in his new role. Sending you off with nothing but our best wishes and lots of luck, Nathan.

◾ SF Planning Core Value: Act with integrity and candour ◾   “…We always try to make something possible and if we don’t think something will work, we say so straight away.”   So, we’re saying it. The social media platform ‘X’ (or Twitter if you never got used to the rebrand) just doesn’t work for us any longer. There are a variety of reasons for this, which we’re happy to chat about, but the result is the same. If you follow SF Planning on Twitter, we’ve deactivated our account, which will be permanently deleted following X’s mandatory 30-day period of deactivation.   We're grateful to each and every follower, across all our platforms. If you followed and engaged with us on X, thank you. We hope you’ll continue to do this on our other channels, where nothing is changing. You can read our core values in full on the home page of our website: https://lnkd.in/eBhJ_cWz #values #socialmedia

A big 'thank you' to Gloucester Hartpury Rugby for inviting us to Kingsholm Stadium to see the Allianz Cup this morning. It's been a privilege to sponsor the team this season. They continue to do incredible work as ambassadors for their club, their sport and women and girls in all sports. Great to see you Natasha Hunt, Zoe Aldcroft, James Forrester and Sean Lynn #proudsponsors #womeninsport #rugby #rolemodels #sponsorship Clare Cambridge, Kelly Davies, Liz Shield MRTPI, Molly Rawlinson, Aidan Cheale

SF Planning continutes to grow, and we're looking for two new planners to join the team. If you're interested in applying for either our senior/principal planner or graduate/junior planner roles (or know someone who might be), you can find full job specifications on opur website ⬇ https://lnkd.in/etassith #hiring #careeropportunity #planningcareer #townplanner #planningconsultancy

🎉 Planning Permission Approved! – 4 New apartments for Cheltenham brownfield site This development in Caernarvon Court, Cheltenham makes a small, but nonetheless important, contribution towards housing in the town and maximises the development potential of an underutilised and sustainably located brownfield site. Importantly, Caernarvon Court will be resurfaced with the addition of soft landscaping, improving the character and appearance of the area and delivering net biodiversity enhancements. We became involved in this scheme after several previous applications for the site, and it's great to see permission granted so that work can begin. Nice work Nathan Halloran and Simon Firkins MRTPI 🙌 Thanks to coombes:everitt architects Limited, and to the planning officer at Cheltenham Borough Council for a pragmatic approach. #brownfielddevelopment #urbanplanning #newhomes #planningpermission #planningconsultancy Jakub Orna

#proudsponsors Gloucester Hartpury Rugby 🏆

Thanks for sharing coombes:everitt architects Limited, a great result for the whole project team 🙌 Nice work from Gary Dickens at planning commitee too, where a number of new members were present. The sensitive location meant it was extremely important to explain the benefits of the scheme, which makes full use of the existing concrete structure and access. It's going to be a fascinating project to watch in progress. Full story on the planning strategy for the site to follow soon.