If you have an interest in land or property, whether rural or urban, the dedicated team at Bowlts are able to offer you a comprehensive planning and development service. We'll ensure that you are kept aware of all the opportunities and threats created by ever-changing planning legislation. You'll also benefit from sound advice on the range of development options available to you at any one time.

We can offer you expert guidance on: • Changing town and country planning legislation. • The best planning and development options. • The preparation and submission of planning applications and appeals. • Creating a planning brief for your site. • The provision of a developer's brief. • Maximising the return from your asset. • Planning and development within environmental and historical limitations.

The Local Context...
                                      
We offer expertise in all aspects of planning and development - backed up by extensive local knowledge of the opportunities that exist in the north of Scotland.

Over the years, we have built up a broad range of local contacts - in both the private and public sectors - and a thorough understanding of the relevant legislation. We work in close liaison with a wide network of other professional consultants to ensure that our clients have access to all the expertise needed to make the best planning and development decisions.

Our Planning Services...
                                             
Although we are a rural-based firm, we also undertake all aspects of urban planning work, acting not only for landowners, family trusts, farmers, crofters and householders, but also for commercial companies.

We can keep you informed of any possible impact on your land/property interests or proposals resulting from Structure Plans, Local Plans, National Planning Policy Guidelines (NPPGs), Planning Advice Notes, Permitted Development, Listed Building Regulations, Conservation Areas or other designations.

We can fully brief you on the status of an individual site, including the local planning authority's objectives, and the nature of any relevant highway proposals. We also investigate details of conservation orders, tree preservation orders, ancient monuments, listed buildings and other regulations that apply within or close to any individual site.

And, of course, we can help clients to prepare and submit applications for planning consent and, if required, planning appeals.

Our Development Services...
                                                     
We deal with all aspects of residential, retail, commercial and recreational development - advising our clients on how to maximise the return from their assets. We provide advice on the preparation of a planning brief outlining the relevant planning, land use and design issues and also the preparation of a developer's brief covering development objectives, site information, detailed development proposals, the legal and financial framework and the developer selection procedure.

Once a proposal has received planning permission, we can advise you on whether it is in your best interests to implement the development yourself, or whether it would be more beneficial to bring in a developer to assist or to consider a sale with the benefit of planning permission. Indeed, we can assist you to dispose of sites - with or without planning consent - and our comprehensive estate agency/property marketing service can be tailored to your specific needs.