Site Access Appraisal / Due Diligence

Before development begins, understanding a site’s transport constraints and opportunities is essential. We provide comprehensive site access appraisals that lay the groundwork for successful planning applications and informed commercial decisions.

Our assessments cover existing highway conditions, traffic patterns, and access potential. Through detailed due diligence, we identify transport-related risks early, helping you avoid costly surprises later. We also evaluate pedestrian and cycling links, public transport access, and parking to ensure compliance with planning policy and market needs.

We deliver clear recommendations for site access and transport strategies, identify required highway improvements, and outline the transport evidence needed to support your proposals through each stage of the planning process.

Transforming access concepts into viable engineering solutions requires both technical expertise and planning knowledge. Our initial access designs balance safety, capacity, and cost-effectiveness while ensuring compliance with local and national design standards. 

We consider highway authorities requirements from the outset to develop access designs that gain support and meet your development aspirations. 

Using the latest design software and traffic modelling tools, we create preliminary designs that can be refined through the planning process. This early investment reduces delays during detailed application stages and provides certainty for development viability assessments. 

Promoting your site through the Local Plan process requires strong, evidence-based transport work that proves deliverability and sustainability. We support landowners and developers with strategic advice and robust technical input.

In this competitive environment, we showcase your site’s transport strengths and proactively address any concerns. Our work includes accessibility assessments, capacity analysis, and sustainable transport strategies aligned with planning policy.

We understand what Planning Inspectors and local authorities expect. Our clear, focused submissions demonstrate how your site supports sustainable development and meets capacity needs.

Transport Assessments and Statements are key to planning approval. We deliver clear, proportionate analyses of transport impacts, ensuring alignment with planning policy.

Using robust data and industry-standard methods, we quantify impacts on the transport network and show how they’ll be managed. Our assessments address traffic generation, highway safety, parking, and sustainable transport access.

We present complex technical issues in a clear, accessible format supporting informed decisions by planning officers, committee members, and the public throughout the planning process.

 Section 106 negotiations demand a clear understanding of infrastructure needs, delivery mechanisms, and legal frameworks. We offer expert advice to ensure transport obligations are appropriate, deliverable, and benefit the community.

Our experience covers financial contributions, infrastructure commitments, and travel plans. We work closely with legal teams, authorities, and stakeholders to secure agreements that meet policy requirements and support development viability.

We help clients navigate their obligations and develop strategies for implementation. With practical insight into infrastructure delivery, we identify challenges early and propose workable solutions for all parties.

We provide Expert Witness services to support Planning Appeals where applications are refused or enforcement is threatened. 

With extensive experience in transport evidence, we contribute to inquiries, hearings, and written appeals.

Our team combines technical expertise with clear communication, delivering persuasive evidence and defending it under cross-examination. We prepare robust proofs, collaborate with appeal teams, and guide strategy from assessment to final submission.

Our strong track record shows our ability to present compelling transport cases that help secure planning permission for well-designed developments.