Planning Applications, Appeals and Advice

• Planning procedure is the core of Urb’s business. Urb’s principal has been helping clients navigate projects (big and small) through the planning system for 15 years, working with major infrastruture projects (such as Light Rail, Airport Runway, PPP schemes, Town Centre Expansions & Enterpirse Parks) to domestic scale developemnts.
  

Strategic Environmental Assessment:

• Greater London Authority, Integrated Assessment (SA + EqIA) for Croydon Opportunity Area Planning Framework (Dec 2011 to Feb 2012)
• Fingal County Development Plan SEA 2011-2017 SEA Planning input to SEA with particular focus on Alternatives for Fingal Co. Co.
  
• Dublin City Development Plan 2011-2017 SEA Mentor
  

Retail:

• Carlow Town Retail Strategy Update (Feb 2012)
• Experience in preparation of Retail Impact Statements, Retail Strategies, and Objections
• Town centre ‘Offer’ analysis
  

Town Centre:

• Failte Ireland - Briefing Paper on potential of shared surface works for town centre management and visitor experience (Nov 2011)
• Urb has a unique profile in Ireland combining Planning and Place Management expertise.  As an Associate Member of IPM we bring a fresh perspective to the challenge of town centre decline, including BIDs and Partnerships
  

Expert Witness

• Richard Hamilton has appeared as an Expert Planning witness in a range of different spheres including the National Roads Authority, Dublin Airport Authority, Devondale Ltd., JC Decaux and the Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association
  

Development Plans, Local Area Plans and Social Infrastructure

• Urb’s Principal has prepared Plans throughout Ireland, including Kinsale, Maynooth Environs, Mullingar -Robinstown, Maynooth Environs, Dublin (various) and Social Infrastructure Audit for the Dublin Docklands Development Authority
  

Masterplan, Design Coding and Implementation

• Detailed Masterplanning, Design Coding, and implementation measures present the tools for transforming broad visions and policy statements into tangible and managable development projects

Framework Plans

• Prepared Integrated Framework Plans for Land Use and Transportation on behalf of the Dublin Transport Authority and Wicklow County Council