David Lock: Town and Country Planning in the time of Covid-19

DLA has secured two unanimous resolutions to grant outline planning permission at committee for a major cross-boundary urban extension to Corby, on behalf of master developer Urban&Civic.

In her headline speech at the TCPA Annual Conference, DLA’s Managing Partner Julia Foster argues that successful reform can only be achieved through the involvement of those who work at the heart of the planning system.

We are looking for enthusiastic, bright and committed planners and urban designers to join our leading spatial planning practice next summer.

DLA recently exhibited at a BEN Conference to highlight our work with Garden Communities & New Towns.

Following a review of DLA's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) activities by the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA), we have retained IEMA's prestigious EIA Quality Mark.

DLA is delighted to have secured planning permission from Rugby Borough Council, on behalf of Manse Opus (Ansty) LLP, for a new regional headquarters for gas giant Cadent at Ansty Park, providing nearly 9,000 sqm (GIA) of prime office space together with multi-storey car parking and a comprehensive landscape scheme.

As one of the largest independent town planning and urban design consultancy practices in the UK, DLA welcomes the opportunity to respond to the ideas and thinking set out in the White Paper.

David Lock Associates is delighted to be appointed by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council to advise on masterplanning and infrastructure, to inform the Council's work on their emerging Local Plan.

David Lock Associates has helped clients - Icon Design & Build - secure planning permission for an 84-bedroom Care Home at Harecombe Manor in Crowborough, East Sussex.

As the long autumn shadows stretch across the courtyard at North Thirteenth Street, we are settling into a new term. We do so in a world where the pandemic casts an even longer shadow; one that most of us did not dare to contemplate back in March.