The Development Team Service
The Development Team Service (DTS) is a bespoke service for large schemes that are likely to raise complex issues that will need to be worked through in a logical manner.
The opportunity to obtain good quality advice that will carry weight in the decision-making process is a particularly worthwhile investment.
This is a comprehensive and personalised service including engaging with consultees at the pre-application stage and providing detailed written advice.
This service is designed to be a transparent approach to decision making, involving, elected representatives, developers and the local community early.
This is to help developers appreciate the wider community benefits that their developments can achieve, whilst positively promoting sustainable growth and increasing the certainty around planning decisions.
The schemes that are likely to be suited to such a service are those that generally have an impact beyond their immediately adjoining sites (in view of their scale and/or strategic significance).
The DTS is recommended for the following development types.
- Provision of 25 or more dwellings
- Provision of over 2,000m2 of commercial space
- Change of use of over 2,000m2 of floorspace
- Development of tall buildings that exceed the London Mayoral referral threshold
Notwithstanding the above, it can sometimes be appropriate or necessary to elevate other types of development to a DTS process if complex and/or controversial planning issues, involving a variety of disciplines, are required to be discussed and resolved.
What is the service?
Once we have validated your request, your case will be allocated to a senior planning officer. We will make initial contact with you to arrange the Initiation Meeting within 5 working days of validation.
We will aim to arrange that meeting within 10 working days of making contact, although it is recognised that the scheduling will need to align with the applicant’s team and officers’ diaries.
The planning officer will assemble the project team to engage in the DTS process. We will manage the proposal as a project, with the planning officer coordinating the process and ensuring that all relevant issues are addressed at the appropriate times.
The service consists of an initiation meeting, followed by a series of further meetings aligned to an agreed project plan.
It also includes opportunities to present your emerging scheme to Havering’s Strategic Planning Committee (additional cost for smaller developments). Get advice on preparing for the meeting.
Unlike other pre-application advice services, where the more information you can give us the more assistance we can give you, for this service we strongly encourage you to contact us to discuss your scheme before carrying out significant design or feasibility work.
Therefore, you should contact us at the initial appraisal stage (RIBA Work Stage 0 Strategic Definition) so that you gain the most out of this service and the scheme’s evolution is informed by the input of the local planning authority.
Full details about how the DTS service operates are set out in our DTS advice note.
As with other pre-application services, the DTS requires up-front fee payment arrangements.
With the DTS service, the Council will require prior payment of a fee covering the initiation meeting.
Following this meeting and the preparation of a planning statement and project plan, the full cost of the service will be confirmed and set out in a Planning Performance Agreement (PPA).
The Council will then require payment of 50 percent of these fees before any further meetings take place. No further meetings following the mid-point of the pre-application process (as determined by the project plan) will take place until the balance of the fees specified in the PPA have been paid.
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Service |
What you get for the fee |
Not included in the fee |
Fee including VAT |
Fee excluding VAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
If you are considering a development of over 24 new residential units or non residential developments of more than 2000m2 |
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Initiation meeting |
Two-hour meeting with Senior Officer Planning Statement Project Plan Planning Performance Agreement |
Detailed planning response to proposal |
£7,257 |
£6,048 |
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Premium initiation meeting |
As above plus: One-hour early principles/introductory meeting with Planning Managers |
Detailed planning response to proposal |
£8,785 |
£7,321 |
After the Initiation meeting the below costs will be payable depending on the type of development |
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25-49 dwellings
Up to 3000 square metres non-residential |
2 x pre-submission meetings Written response to proposal 1 x post-submission meeting Review of submission documentation |
Presentation to Strategic Planning Committee Quality Review Panel Design Workshops Additional PPA Meetings External consultants (charged separately)
|
£28,680 |
£23,900 |
|
50-100 dwellings
Up to 3001 - 5000 square metres non-residential
Mineral extraction up to 10 hectares |
2 x pre-submission meetings Written response to proposal 1 x post-submission meeting Presentation to Strategic Planning Committee x 2 Review of submission documentation |
Quality Review Panel Design Workshops Additional PPA Meetings External consultants (charged separately)
|
£43,080 |
£35,900 |
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101-150 dwellings
5001-10000 square metres non-residential
Mineral extraction 10.1- 20 hectares |
4 x pre-submission meetings Written response to proposal 1 x post-submission meeting Presentation to Strategic Planning Committee x 2 Review of submission documentation |
Quality Review Panel Design Workshops Additional PPA Meetings External consultants (charged separately)
|
£57,360 |
£47,800 |
|
151-300 dwellings
Up to 20,000 square metres non-residential
Mineral extraction 20.1 – 30 hectares |
6 x pre-submission PPA meetings Written responses to proposal 2 x post-submission PPA meetings
Attendance at meetings with GLA Presentation to Strategic Planning Committee x 2 Review of submission documentation |
Quality Review Panel Design Workshops Additional PPA Meetings External consultants (charged separately)
|
£71,760 |
£59,800 |
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301-600 dwellings
Mineral extraction more than 30 hectares |
8 x pre-submission PPA meetings Written response to proposal 3 x post-submission PPA meetings
Attendance at meetings with GLA Presentation to Strategic Planning Committee x 2 Review of submission documentation |
Quality Review Panel Design Workshops Additional PPA Meetings External consultants (charged separately)
|
£100,320 |
£83,600 |
|
601-900 dwellings |
10 x pre-submission PPA meetings Written response to proposal 3 x post-submission PPA meetings
Attendance at meetings with GLA Presentation to Strategic Planning Committee x 2 Review of submission documentation |
Quality Review Panel Design Workshops Additional PPA Meetings External consultants (charged separately)
|
£129,120 |
£107,600 |
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901+ dwellings |
TBA x pre-submission PPA meetings Written responses to proposal TBA x post-submission PPA meetings
Attendance at meetings with GLA Presentation to Strategic Planning Committee x 2 Review of submission documentation |
Quality Review Panel Design Workshops Additional PPA Meetings External consultants (charged separately)
|
From £143,040 |
From £119,200 |