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May 24, 2023
Active Design Guidance Update Launches
The updated Active Design Guidance was released recently, drafted by DLA on behalf of our clients Sport England.
May 16, 2023
Outline Planning Application Submitted for Residential Development at New Eastern Villages
David Lock Associates has recently submitted an Outline Planning Application (OPA) on behalf of Hannick Homes &…
May 4, 2023
DLA Named on Homes England Framework Panel
Homes England, has named David Lock Associates as one of 10 suppliers on Lot 2 of the Development and Regeneration…
March 15, 2023
Great Leighs, Chelmsford City Council, Essex – Strategic Growth Site
Masterplan Framework document to deliver around 950 new homes, 250 specialist elderly dwellings, together with a…
March 7, 2023
Proposed Reforms to the NPPF, Summary Response
In December 2022, the UK Government released a consultation document proposing changes to the National Planning Policy…
February 21, 2023
Project Skyway
David Lock on why we need to talk about a proposed long-distance network of drone based delivery ‘superhighways.’
February 9, 2023
Promotion at David Lock Associates
DLA is pleased to announce the promotion of Emily Benstead to the role of Planner. This recognition is a result of…
December 5, 2022
Houlton School wins RTPI Award for Planning Excellence
Houlton School wins the RTPI Award for Planning Excellence for ‘Excellence in Planning for Heritage and Culture’
October 27, 2022
DLA Working With STFC
David Lock Associates is delighted to be working with the Science and Technology Facilities Council (part of UK…
October 24, 2022
Build Your Career at DLA
We are looking for enthusiastic, bright and committed graduate planners to join our leading spatial planning practice…
October 18, 2022
New Recruits and Promotions at DLA
David Lock Associates is delighted to announce several new appointments following a recent recruitment drive, and…
October 3, 2022
Speedy Approval for Prospero Ansty Business Park
David Lock Associates recently secured full planning permission for three flexible B2/B8 units at Prospero Ansty…
October 3, 2022
Macclesfield Planning Permission Secured
David Lock Associates, on behalf of our client Vistry Homes, have recently secured detailed planning permission from…
September 28, 2022
Milton Keynes: ‘What’s the Point?’
We're delighted to be hosting Milton Keynes: 'What's the Point?' on October 20th, with Milton Keynes City Council at…
September 21, 2022
Recruiting Assistant CAD Operator
We are seeking an enthusiastic Assistant CAD Operator to join our team.
September 6, 2022
Effective Delivery of Strategic Sites: A Toolkit for Planning Authorities Wins RTPI Research Excellence Award
The ‘Effective Delivery of Strategic Sites: A Toolkit for Planning Authorities’ has won at the RTPI Awards for Research…
August 2, 2022
‘Effective Delivery of Strategic Sites’ Toolkit Shortlisted for RTPI Research Awards 2022
David Lock Associates, with PAS and the LGA, are delighted to have been shortlisted for the RTPI Awards for Research…
July 13, 2022
Baytree Milton Keynes in Full Swing
The Baytree Logistics Development Ltd ‘Baytree Milton Keynes’ industrial and distribution units recently became fully…
July 11, 2022
Active Design Guidance Consultation
As part of DLA’s longstanding work with Sport England, we have recently been commissioned to update their Active Design…
July 7, 2022
Remembering the Career of Ken Baker
Today is the Memorial and Celebration of Life of our dear friend and former colleague, Ken Baker, hosted by the Fred…
July 5, 2022
A Glimpse into the New Plan-Making Framework
The Levelling up & Regeneration Bill landed on 11 May. Behold! a new plan-making framework starts to appear as you read…
July 4, 2022
Houlton School Wins ‘Best Project’ Award
Houlton School has won the award for 'Best Project' at the West Midlands RTPI Awards 2022.
July 4, 2022
Helping to Create the Next Generation of Placemakers
We recently took a team of our planners and designers to a local secondary school, with Hallam Land, and ran workshops…
June 20, 2022
Permission Secured for Box Road
David Lock Associates, on behalf of our client Hallam Land, have received outline planning permission for up to 42…
June 17, 2022
Urban Design Graduate Opportunities
David Lock Associates are recruiting graduate Urban Designers, to join our dynamic and growing team and work on our…
June 16, 2022
DLA Appointed to Update Sport England’s Active Design Guidance
David Lock Associates are delighted to have been appointed to update and review Sport England’s Active Design Guidance,…
June 15, 2022
Permission Secured for Fonnerau Neighbourhood Design Code
David Lock Associates, working on behalf of Bellway Homes, have secured permission for an Overarching Design Code for…
June 13, 2022
Houlton School Wins 2022 Planning Award
Houlton School has won the award for best use of heritage in placemaking at the Planning Awards 2022.
June 9, 2022
Gavray Meadows CIC Consultation Event
DLA is pleased to be supporting L&Q Estates and the local community in setting-up an innovative Community Interest…
June 7, 2022
DLA appointed to lead the Gedling Design Code Pathfinder
David Lock Associates, in collaboration with Procter & Matthews Architects and Participatr have been appointed by…
May 30, 2022
Launch of Two Mile Ash Bluebell Circuit
Last month the Two Mile Ash Bluebell Circuit was launched, a local recreational route opening up two areas of woodland,…
May 30, 2022
Milton Keynes – Urban Provocations
In honour of Milton Keynes’ newfound city status, we’ve looked back at our Urban Provocation series which paid homage…
May 23, 2022
Cardington
David Lock Associates are delighted to have been appointed by Homes England, under the Multi Disciplinary Panel…
May 20, 2022
End of Season Promotion for Milton Keynes
After it’s ‘creation’ over 50 years ago, and on its 4th attempt to gain city status Milton Keynes has finally had the…
May 18, 2022
Promotion at David Lock Associates
David Lock Associates is delighted to announce the promotion of Dan West to Planner within the company.
May 17, 2022
On Levelling Up
For those whose lives are stuck in a bad way, the Levelling Up White Paper is full of wonderful prospects; the issue…
May 17, 2022
Recruiting Planners
David Lock Associates are recruiting graduate and MRTPI chartered planners to join our dynamic and growing planning…
May 16, 2022
Milestone for Cranbrook Town Centre
This week a series of major agreements and permissions have been completed resulting in a comprehensive plan for the…
May 11, 2022
Strategic Plans: a Review of Plans During the Duty to Co-operate Era
It’s been 10 years since the introduction of the NPPF and the Localism Act, and local planning authorities have since…
May 10, 2022
Houlton School Shortlisted for RTPI Planning Award 2022
David Lock Associates, alongside our colleagues at master developer Urban&Civic and Rugby Borough Council, have been…
April 22, 2022
Welborne Garden Village Shortlisted for Planning Awards 2022
David Lock Associates, alongside Buckland Development and Fareham Brough Council, have been shortlisted for the 2022…
March 10, 2022
Hanwood Park Progresses
The DLA project team working on the Hanwood Park Sustainable Urban Extension recently visited the site and are pleased…
March 8, 2022
International Women’s Day 2022
To mark the occasion of International Women’s Day, we invited our colleagues to sit down and discuss their experiences…
February 11, 2022
Integrated Rail in the North and the Midlands — Good Balance
The revised plans for HS2 and rail in the North and the Midlands are well judged against needs, rather than a betrayal…
January 12, 2022
Outline Application for ‘Hawkwell Village’ Submitted
David Lock Associates has recently submitted, on behalf of Hallam Land Management, an outline application to Cherwell…
January 10, 2022
Planning for the Historic Environment
Our new Heritage brochure showcases DLA’s expertise and long experience in planning for the historic environment.
December 20, 2021
DLA Appointed for Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Expansion Plans
David Lock Associates in collaboration with Fathom Architects have been appointed by the Science and Technology…
November 26, 2021
Welborne Receives Outline Planning Permission
The Outline Planning Application for Welborne has received planning permission from Fareham Borough Council, following…
November 18, 2021
Recruiting Senior Urban Designers
David Lock Associates’ portfolio of exciting projects continues to expand. We are now looking to recruit two senior…
November 18, 2021
Graduate Planner Opportunities
We are looking for enthusiastic, bright and committed planners to join our leading spatial planning practice next…
November 8, 2021
World Town Planning Day 2021
This year has bought some significant changes for the planning sector, which has opened the conversation up about…
November 5, 2021
Completion of Community Facilities at Dollman Farm, Houlton
The expansion of the hugely successful Dollman Farm area at Houlton has recently been completed with the opening of a…
November 3, 2021
Design Code approval at Wykham Park Farm, Banbury
A major milestone has been reached at Wykham Park Farm, Banbury, with the approval of the site-wide Design Code by…
October 26, 2021
Lost Cities of the Arc?
While COVID-19 distracted us, the Oxford-Cambridge Arc (as it now called) moved along, although the project still…
October 25, 2021
Public Exhibition for Sevenoaks Quarry
On Wednesday 20th October, DLA were delighted to present proposals for the redevelopment of Sevenoaks Quarry, Kent, at…
September 23, 2021
Innovative partnership unlocks development site
Work has commenced on the construction of seven dwellings on a canal-edge site in Milton Keynes following an innovative…
September 22, 2021
DLA welcomes new team members
We’re delighted to welcome several new DLA team members to our office in Milton Keynes. We
September 17, 2021
LGA Toolkit on Effective Delivery of Strategic Sites
Today sees the launch of the LGA Toolkit for the Effective Delivery of Strategic Sites. DLA worked with the LGA to…
September 9, 2021
Major Milestone at Houlton, Rugby
A major milestone has been reached today at Houlton, Rugby, with the opening of Houlton School.
August 17, 2021
Worcester Revisit – A New Urban Space
Cathedral Plaza, as it was termed, was our suggestion to create a new urban space that could help establish not only a…
August 9, 2021
David Lock Associates Announces Promotions
David Lock Associates has announced a series of senior promotions and graduate recruitment, adding strength to its…
August 6, 2021
Planning’s endgame or not?
The loud and well resourced opponents of planning, and particularly the 1947 settlement, are misreading the politics of…
August 6, 2021
Stonebond Properties to Deliver the First Homes at Waterbeach
David Lock Associates has been engaged in the promotion and delivery of the new town north of Cambridge, at Waterbeach,…
August 6, 2021
Baldock North Urban Extension Project
Work is now underway to bring forward proposals for the northern expansion of Baldock in Hertfordshire. David Lock…
July 23, 2021
Against all odds: A planmaking triumph of perseverance over adversity
Following the issuing of the Inspectors’ Report finding the Central Bedfordshire Local Plan sound, the authority…
July 15, 2021
Stevenage Borough Council goes live with Station Gateway Area Action Plan Consultation
Stevenage Borough Council recently went live with their public consultation, to gain thoughts on the area around the…
July 2, 2021
Priors Hall Marches On
Having negotiated outline planning permission for the Priors Hall development in Corby in March, DLA have now submitted…
July 1, 2021
‘Where’ is the Future of Logistics?
2020 was a memorable year for many reasons, specifically in the world of logistics; the sector broke all previous…
April 29, 2021
Looking Forward for Love MK Day 2021
With our office hub being in Central Milton Keynes and having being situated here for more than 30 years, the new town…
April 28, 2021
An important step forward for Hanwood Park
Outline planning permission for the ongoing easterly expansion of Kettering known as Hanwood Park and delivering as…
April 27, 2021
Recruiting Experienced Urban Designers, Masterplanners and Layout Designers
David Lock Associates’ portfolio of exciting projects continues to expand, and we are now looking to recruit.
April 20, 2021
RICS Guidance on Viability in Planning
The RICS has issued new guidance for financial viability assessments in planning (FVAs). The new guidance supports the…
April 12, 2021
Are you looking for a new challenge as we emerge from lockdown?
David Lock Associates is recruiting Senior Associate/Associate/Senior level planners
April 9, 2021
DLA launches the Digital Studio
We are delighted to be launching the DLA Digital Studio!
March 18, 2021
Latest score: Cambridge and MK 1, Oxford and Bucks 0
The Ox Cam Expressway has been ‘cancelled’ so where does that leave strategic infrastructure?
March 17, 2021
Permission secured for new homes at Macclesfield
DLA has secured outline planning permission for 310 new homes to the south of Macclesfield, on behalf of Vistry Group.
March 9, 2021
International Women’s Day 2021
This International Women’s Day presented us with a unique situation, given the current climate we aren’t able to…
March 5, 2021
Cranbrook Town Centre Milestone
Cranbrook has reached another hugely significant milestone this January with approval of East Devon District Council’s…
February 24, 2021
Digital Dagenham
During the global pandemic the importance of data centres has been realised, they are key pieces of national…
February 19, 2021
Circle Health Rehabilitation Hospital shortlisted for 2021 RTPI Planning Award
David Lock Associates and our architect colleagues at Bryden Wood have been named as finalists in the category for…
February 15, 2021
Logistics Permission Secured by DLA
DLA have successfully secured detailed planning permission, on behalf of our client Baytree Logistics Properties.
February 9, 2021
Promotions at David Lock Associates
David Lock Associates is delighted to announce the promotions of Victoria Owen and Matthew Hewitt to Planner positions…
February 8, 2021
Doncaster Railway Station
We are delighted to see the regeneration story at Doncaster continuing at pace with the completion of the new Railway…
January 12, 2021
Virtual Work Experience
Friday marked the end of our second week of Virtual Work Experience at David Lock Associates. Building on the success…
January 11, 2021
DLA Feature in RIBA’s London 21 Directory
DLA are proud to be included, with our architect colleagues at Bryden Wood, in the London 21 RIBA publication for the…
December 17, 2020
Standard method and constraints in five plans
The Planning for the Future White Paper proposes establishing housing requirements that factor in land constraints.…
December 14, 2020
Recruiting Ambitious Planners
We are recruiting Associate and Senior Associate level planners to join our busy and innovative company.
December 9, 2020
DLA is recruiting experienced masterplanners
We are looking for senior masterplanners with an outstanding track record to work on some of the UK's most significant…
December 7, 2020
Graduate job opportunities: Make sure your application stands out from the crowd
DLA is recruiting graduate planners and virtual work experience candidates.
December 3, 2020
Green light for major urban extension to Corby
DLA has secured two unanimous resolutions to grant outline planning permission at committee for a major cross-boundary…
November 27, 2020
The Planning White Paper – An Alternative Vision
In her headline speech at the TCPA Annual Conference, DLA’s Managing Partner Julia Foster argues that successful reform…
November 12, 2020
Become Part Of A Leading Creative Spatial Planning Practice
We are looking for enthusiastic, bright and committed planners and urban designers to join our leading spatial planning…
November 12, 2020
Garden Communities and New Towns Conference
DLA recently exhibited at a BEN Conference to highlight our work with Garden Communities & New Towns.
November 5, 2020
DLA retains EIA Quality Mark
Following a review of DLA's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) activities by the Institute of Environmental…
November 2, 2020
Planning Permission granted for new regional headquarters on major Midlands employment site
DLA is delighted to have secured planning permission from Rugby Borough Council, on behalf of Manse Opus (Ansty) LLP,…
October 28, 2020
White Paper – Planning for the Future – Response of David Lock Associates
As one of the largest independent town planning and urban design consultancy practices in the UK, DLA welcomes the…
October 14, 2020
DLA to provide masterplanning and infrastructure advice in Tunbridge Wells
David Lock Associates is delighted to be appointed by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council to advise on masterplanning and…
September 28, 2020
Planning Permission granted for Care Home in East Sussex
David Lock Associates has helped clients - Icon Design & Build - secure planning permission for an 84-bedroom Care Home…
September 23, 2020
DLA COVID-19 Risk Assessment
As the long autumn shadows stretch across the courtyard at North Thirteenth Street, we are settling into a new term.…
September 21, 2020
Unnecessary Trouble
Support for the principle of major reform of the planning system is widespread, but the Planning White Paper's ideas…
September 10, 2020
A win for DLA at the Planning Awards 2020!
DLA has won the award for plan-making at the Planning Awards 2020 for our work on the Strategic Growth Study for Milton…
August 17, 2020
Sport England – Making a Planning Application Guide
DLA has been delighted to work with Sport England on their Making a Planning Application Guide, which has recently been…
August 5, 2020
The Osborns at Welwyn Garden City
In an article for the TCPA celebrating 'Welwyn Garden City at 100', David Lock outlines the contribution of Frederic…
July 30, 2020
Plaster Pyramids and Market Places
Driven by and named after Article 25 of the United Nation's Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 25 is a…
July 23, 2020
Redevelopment in Aylesbury Vale given go ahead
David Lock Associates (DLA) has obtained outline planning permission on behalf of Mr Peter Dean and Archaylen Property…
July 17, 2020
South Oxford Local Plan Virtual EiP – a first view of the new ‘normal’
This week we have been representing Hallam Land Management at the virtual South Oxfordshire Local Plan Examination in…
July 9, 2020
Time to rebuild the public’s trust in our Planning System
Has confidence in planning as a public service ever been so low? Like most, I have been watching with interest as the…
July 7, 2020
Phase Two plans submitted for the regeneration of Hayle Harbour
Plans for ‘Phase Two’ of the Hayle Harbour regeneration project have been submitted to Cornwall Council by David Lock…
July 7, 2020
How DLA are helping to inspire the next generation of Town Planners and Urban Designers
This week we're embarking on our biggest technical challenge of lockdown so far. We've had DLA staff meetings with 60+…
July 6, 2020
The Planning system has been relaxed – The implications PART 2
Part one of this blog considered the temporary measures which have been introduced regarding relaxation of the rules on…
July 3, 2020
The Planning system has been relaxed – The implications PART 1
This two-part blog outlines how the planning system has been temporarily relaxed in response to COVID-19, how the…
July 2, 2020
Economic Planning Post COVID-19
When COVID-19 entered our vocabulary earlier this year, the virus was considered to be a great leveller. We all stood…
July 1, 2020
Demise of Intu – An inevitable step along a pre-destined journey?
That debt laden Intu finally went into administration last Friday did not come entirely as a shock to many observers of…
June 25, 2020
Two Mile Ash Bluebell Circuit approved
David Lock Associates were asked by the Two Mile Ash Environmental Group (TMAEG) if we could, as part of the company's…
June 24, 2020
The role of symbols in public spaces: are they outdated?
Senior Urban Designer Owen Reading questions the role of symbols in our public spaces.
June 22, 2020
Living in a “virtual inquiry” world – Top Tips
With The Planning Inspectorate's (PINS) move to "virtual" hearings and inquiries, DLA's Duncan Chadwick and Landmark…
June 18, 2020
‘Garden Villages and Garden Towns: Visions & Reality’ – Observations from the Coal Face
DLA's Heather Pugh reflects on the commentary on the perceived success of the current round of Garden Villages…
June 17, 2020
Decarbonising Transport – a role for ‘Manual for Streets’?
Senior Urban Designer/Planner Scott Gibson looks at how we can design our streets, to play a role in decarbonising…
June 15, 2020
A Pattern for our times
As lockdown continues, DLA's Simon Collier rediscovers the teachings of classic urban design text that is Christopher…
June 11, 2020
Plans for Glenvale Park SUE in Wellingborough move forward
A hat-trick of reserved matters applications for the Glenvale Park Sustainable Urban Extension at Wellingborough were…
June 11, 2020
Is a new era dawning for urban design and planning? Don’t bank on it just yet
It's time for a coordinated campaign for changes to public policy so that success is measured not only by the financial…
June 10, 2020
Design Code for Waterbeach given green light
Today, South Cambridgeshire District Council approved the Design Code for the first phase of development at Waterbeach.…
June 8, 2020
Lessons from my local park
Urban Designer Owen Reading writes about the human value of our local parks and the lessons we can learn for the design…
June 3, 2020
Virus Orientated Growth: Data Centres
Viruses are historically the enemy of computing capabilities. However, COVID-19 has caused a dramatic spike in the…
June 2, 2020
Duty to Cooperate – a pitfall for spatial planning
The Duty to Cooperate (DtC) has brought several Local Plans crashing down at Examination. The latest victim being the…
June 1, 2020
Scratching the sky
David Lock on the Department for Transport's decision to open up UK skies to advertising and messaging through…
May 27, 2020
An ever-growing case for Green (and Blue) Infrastructure
Since moving to Milton Keynes from London two years ago my family and I very quickly grew to love the city’s park…
May 22, 2020
Rejection of North Essex Garden Communities – A bitter blow for making places
The Local Plan Inspector’s rejection of two out of the three North Essex Garden Communities again shines a light on a…
May 21, 2020
Building Council Homes: Programme Study for Nottingham City Council
Nottingham City Council was successfully awarded grant funding from the Local Government Association's Building Homes…
May 18, 2020
Logistics post COVID-19: Why we need to love logistics
In less than 90 days, COVID-19 has changed the global logistics economy forever. For decades outdated misconceptions by…
May 14, 2020
Where is retail? Online…at the moment
I suspect the wider recovery will begin with WACD (What Amazon Can't Do), the problem is that a lot of this is about…
May 13, 2020
Promotions at DLA
DLA is delighted to announce two important promotions. Our colleague Nick Walker is promoted to Lead GIS Specialist,…
May 11, 2020
Delivering a new community for Banbury
Following the grant of outline planning permission in December 2019 for development proposals submitted by DLA, L&Q…
May 7, 2020
DLA’s Masterplan for Hinckley Town Centre wins support
David Lock Associates have recently completed the Hinckley Town Centre Public Realm Masterplan for Hinckley & Bosworth…
May 5, 2020
A city reclaimed by nature – what has Pripyat shown us?
As the lockdown reduces pressure on the natural world, DLA's Owen Reading recalls a trip to Chernobyl, where nature's…
May 5, 2020
Staines-upon-Thames – a masterplan for the town centre
Spelthorne Borough Council has appointed a team led by town planning and urban design experts David Lock Associates to…
May 4, 2020
Virtual Planning Committees
We're pursuing planning applications with 51 councils across England. On behalf of our clients, we're monitoring the…
April 30, 2020
Supporting our community
David Lock Associates sends our very best wishes to our entire community and beyond, as we continue to face very…
April 27, 2020
Hanwood Park, East Kettering
Working on behalf of Hanwood Park LLP, the principal developer/promoter of the East Kettering Sustainable Urban…
April 22, 2020
David Lock: Town and Country Planning in the time of Covid-19
The outbreak of Covid-19 has impacted the planning industry in a range of ways; David Lock discusses how in an…
April 21, 2020
Stewardship of public green space – using land values for endowments
David Lock on what might be done, at local and national levels, to make progress on the crucial issue of the…
April 15, 2020
DLA shortlisted for Planning Awards 2020
We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the Planning Magazine Award for Plan Making for our work on the Strategic…
April 15, 2020
Freeports & Zonal Planning
In February, HM Government published the Freeports Consultation¹ with the strapline "boosting trade, jobs and…
April 6, 2020
DLA’s 3D printer producing equipment for the NHS
DLA's Mark Prestige has been 3D printing face shield visor pieces for the NHS.
March 23, 2020
Dollman Farm expansion approved
Working on behalf of Urban&Civic and alongside Juice Architects, DLA has secured reserved matters approval for the…
March 12, 2020
Contingency Planning for Coronavirus (CV19) – DLA Statement 12th March 2020
DLA is acting to minimise the infection risk to staff, clients and other professional contacts; and to maintain our…
March 5, 2020
DLA Australia has changed its name to kinetica
With some pride we can report that our sister company in Australia, known for the past 22 years as DLA Australia, is…
February 27, 2020
Radical reform at last?
We must be open to fresh thinking on the management of the use of land, says David Lock.
February 20, 2020
Urban Extension to Worcester given go ahead
Acting on behalf of Hallam Land Management Ltd., DLA has received planning consent for a high quality, mixed use…
February 17, 2020
DLA secure planning approval in Aylesbury Vale
Working on behalf of Brickhill Homes, DLA has obtained reserved matters approval for ten dwellings in the village of…
January 29, 2020
Local Development Orders and Enterprise Zones (Part 2)
Enterprise Zones were reintroduced in 2011, and a requirement upon acceptance of Enterprise Zone (EZ) status was that…
January 23, 2020
Welwyn Garden City’s Centenary
David Lock on Welwyn Garden City's origins and its Centenary celebrations in 2020.
January 21, 2020
2050 Growth Study for Milton Keynes
This week sees the publication of DLA’s MK2050 Milton Keynes Strategic Growth Study, undertaken as background evidence…
January 16, 2020
The Raynsford Review – ‘one year on’
A report one year on from the Raynsford Review, looking at how Planning has evolved since its publication, has been…
January 13, 2020
Planning Permission approved for a new hospital in Edgbaston
On behalf of Calthorpe Estates, DLA has secured detailed planning permission for a new children's cancer treatment…
December 23, 2019
Biggest Permissions 2019
After another year of excellent planning and masterplanning by our talented and hard-working team, DLA is delighted to…
November 21, 2019
Sports Management Magazine feature ‘Planning for Sport’
DLA's Planning Associate Joseph Carr features in the latest Sports Management magazine talking about our work with…
October 31, 2019
DLA’s Julia Foster joins panel of experts at UK Active National Summit
DLA's Managing Partner Julia Foster will be joining an incredible line up of speakers at today's UK Active National…
October 30, 2019
6,000-home Hampshire Garden Village approved
An outline planning application for Welborne Garden Village has received a 'resolution to grant' by Fareham Borough…
October 17, 2019
DLA travel to Kyiv for World Bank sponsored project
DLA's Owen Reading is in Kyiv this week supporting our sister company ITP on a World Bank funded rapid transit project…
October 16, 2019
Become Part Of A Leading Creative Spatial Planning Practice
DLA will be visiting universities in London, Sheffield and Newcastle over the next few weeks looking to recruit…
October 11, 2019
Plans for Houlton Secondary School given green light
DLA has negotiated reserved matters and listed building consent for a 6FE secondary / 6th form school at Houlton,…
October 10, 2019
Cambridgeshire County Council Civic Hub approved at Alconbury Weald
David Lock Associates has secured, under delegated powers, full planning permission for Cambridgeshire County Council's…
October 2, 2019
Graduate Recruitment 2019
As we enter the 2019 recruitment season, and the prospect of applying for a graduate role nears, we thought we'd share…
September 26, 2019
Squeezing it in – green belt planning is floundering
e all know that the providing enough houses in places that are attractive and where there is a chance to work and put…
September 12, 2019
DLA secures approval for 575 homes at Nuneaton
David Lock Associates (DLA) has secured Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council's approval for its outline planning…
September 12, 2019
Successful conclusion for development in Barrow, Lancashire
David Lock Associates has recently (05.09.2019) secured full planning permission for 233 dwellings at Barrow, near…
September 9, 2019
Office refurbishment continues at DLA
The refurbishment of our building has almost reached the halfway point!
September 4, 2019
Designing for good health, or simply good planning?
NHS England has launched new guidance - Putting Health into Place - to draw together these two disciplines to achieve…
September 2, 2019
Restoration of listed building completed at Alconbury Weald
The repair and restoration of the Grade II listed Watch Office at Alconbury Weald has been completed following work by…
August 5, 2019
Permission granted for brownfield redevelopment in Buckingham
David Lock Associates has secured full planning permission for the demolition of a derelict former Scout Hall and its…
August 1, 2019
Detailed plans for Hayle Harbour win approval
DLA has secured Cornwall Council's approval of the Reserved Matters for a first phase of comprehensive regeneration at…
August 1, 2019
DLA appointed to support creation of Lichfield city centre master plan
Lichfield District Council has appointed David Lock Associates to help drive forward the creation of a new master plan…
July 31, 2019
Planning for a new Prime Minister
David Lock reviews some of the policy ideas for the new Prime Minister put forward by the influential centre-right…
July 22, 2019
Our office is undergoing major refurbishment
From 22nd July we will be carrying out extensive building works to our office to completely refurbish our reception and…
July 17, 2019
New Planning-for-Sport Guidance released
A new guide on how the planning system can help provide opportunities for everyone to be physically active has been…
July 3, 2019
Chipping away the Green Belt
Since 2011, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have published annual statistics of the Green…
June 24, 2019
Looking to the future for Hinckley Town Centre
A public consultation on the future of Hinckley town centre's public spaces has been launched this weekend (21/06/19).…
June 3, 2019
Hydrogen fuel cells for cars -a better path to follow?
David Lock suggests that the increasingly familiar charging infrastructure for electric vehicles may quickly become…
May 20, 2019
Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission – Call for Evidence?
I read the recent announcements that the Commission for BBBB have decided to start their activities with a 'call for…
May 16, 2019
David Lock Associates announces Promotions
David Lock Associates has announced a number of Planning promotions.
May 14, 2019
Resolution to Grant Consent for 6,500 New Homes at Waterbeach
South Cambridgeshire District Council yesterday resolved to grant planning permission for a new settlement at…
May 13, 2019
Drone License opens up new capabilities at DLA
DLA is excited to be able to offer an additional service to our clients following the success of our Systems Designer…
May 1, 2019
Pippedy pippedy PIP
I recently took part in a panel discussion with Planning Futures[1] on the topic of planning for SME builders. Since…
April 17, 2019
Success for young Urban Designer at DLA
Congratulations to DLA's Assistant Urban Designer and Planner Helen Hepher who has recently been awarded a Fred Roche…
April 4, 2019
Driverless Vehicles
David Lock looks at whether driverless vehicles will solve our transport problems.
April 4, 2019
Green light for Garden Neighbourhood plan in Suffolk
A master plan prepared by DLA for a new garden neighbourhood adjoining Beccles and Worlingham in East Suffolk has been…
April 3, 2019
CHLOE shortlisted for Planning Awards 2019
DLA's masterplanning tool CHLOE has been shortlisted in the 2019 Planning Awards for 'Use of New Technology in…
April 2, 2019
Success at National Urban Design Awards
DLA’s Owen Reading has won the award in the student category at this year’s National Urban Design Awards.
March 18, 2019
Double win for DLA at Business Achievement Awards
DLA are delighted to have received recognition at this year's Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards in two…
March 18, 2019
DLA Partner presents at Oxford to Cambridge Arc debate
Partner Heather Pugh appeared as part of a panel to discuss the Oxford to Cambridge Arc at a MOLA (Museum of London…
March 13, 2019
Spirit of new towns reflected in new gallery opening in Milton Keynes
David Lock Associates are delighted as corporate sponsors of MK Gallery that it is reopening its doors to the public on…
March 4, 2019
Fleecehold – creeping forward on stewardship
David Lock on stewardship arrangements for public green space and a House of Commons debate on freehold estate fees.
February 28, 2019
Building Better, Building Beautiful?
With “beauty” back on the agenda, will design quality be the lynchpin that makes new housing popular? asks Katie…
February 7, 2019
Special birthday greetings to Wyndham Thomas CBE
Click here to read David Lock's article for the TCPA on Wyndham Thomas CBE.
January 30, 2019
Bid to build extra care housing
David Lock Associates appeared at a Section 78 appeal hearing last week.
January 21, 2019
Construction underway on new urban extension to St Neots
Building work has started on a 2,800-home urban extension to St Neots.
January 20, 2019
Stewardship of SuDS
The issue of stewardship - of public assets of all kinds - must be fully addressed, says David Lock.
January 10, 2019
Digital Fields of Brown
Brownfield land registers were introduced in 2017 as a way of providing up-to-date and consistent information on…
January 10, 2019
DLA Planning Appeal Success in Aylesbury Vale
DLA has won an appeal and had permission granted, on behalf of a private landowner, to build 10 dwellings in the…
January 2, 2019
Local Development Orders and Enterprise Zones
Enterprise zones were reintroduced in 2011, and a requirement upon acceptance of Enterprise Zone (EZ) status was that…
December 20, 2018
DLA achieves Outline approval for new homes at Macclesfield
Cheshire East Council has approved an Outline application DLA submitted on behalf of Bovis Homes for up to 330 homes to…
December 13, 2018
Green light for Eastern Gateway enterprise park
DLA has received outline planning permission on behalf of Ipswich Borough Council, for 100,000 sq m of employment and…
November 29, 2018
Fact-finding in Myanmar
Stephen Haines, Urban Design Partner at DLA, is currently engaged in an exciting fact-finding project in Yangon,…
November 29, 2018
Lessons in Early Infrastructure Delivery at Houlton
Two major milestones in the delivery of infrastructure at Houlton, Rugby have recently been reached, highlighting Urban…
November 26, 2018
DLA planner wins award
DLA's Assistant Planner Emma Woodhouse has been awarded the RTPI North East Student Award for a group project titled…
November 20, 2018
Planning 2020
The final report on the Raynsford Review of Planning was launched in the House of Lords today (20th November).
November 15, 2018
Buzzing Bees at DLA
In June earlier this year, DLA welcomed 20,000 worker bees and a queen to a new beehive in our garden.
November 12, 2018
Government responds to the NIC Recommendations for the O2C Arc
Somewhat under the radar, the government published its response to the NIC’s Partnering for Prosperity in the…
November 7, 2018
New appointments at DLA
We are pleased to welcome back Andrew Williamson who joins us as a Senior Associate to take up the position of Creative…
October 11, 2018
Milton Keynes Community Foundation Vital Signs 2018
“By most measures, Milton Keynes is a highly successful place: growing population, strong average earnings, high Gross…
October 8, 2018
Become part of a leading creative Spatial Planning Practice
DLA will be at Cardiff University and the University of Birmingham Careers Fairs this week looking to recruit graduate…
September 17, 2018
Over 5,000 new homes approved for new community in Peterborough
Outline planning consent has been granted for 5,350 new homes at Great Haddon in Peterborough.
August 9, 2018
Chinese delegates return to MK
DLA recently welcomed back delegates from Hangzhou in China for a study tour of Milton Keynes.The senior urban…
July 26, 2018
On stewardship
David Lock on the importance of long-term stewardship of community assets within the Garden City model.
July 25, 2018
High Densities – the NPPF’s solution to the housing crisis?
In the planning tug-of-war of unattainable housing need and design quality, higher density development should be…
July 18, 2018
How long does it take to adopt a local plan?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government track progress of local plans for local planning authorities…
July 16, 2018
Groundbreaking – work starts at Ansty
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government track progress of local plans for local planning authorities…
July 5, 2018
DLA commissioned for strategic development in Braintree
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government track progress of local plans for local planning authorities…
June 25, 2018
DLA to present at National Infrastructure Forum 2018
Following her popular 2017 presentation, DLA’s Heather Pugh will again be presenting at this year’s National…
June 14, 2018
Marston Valley
DLA is pleased to be leading the consultant team who submitted an Outline planning application for a series of villages…
June 6, 2018
David Lock Associates sponsor Housing Session at the Oxford Cambridge Corridor Economic Growth Conference
On the 21st June, prominent business and public-sector leaders will come together in Milton Keynes for the Oxford…
June 4, 2018
Central Primary Street gets approval at Rugby
David Lock Associates has secured reserved matters approval for the Central Primary Street at the Radio Station Rugby…
May 22, 2018
Promotions at David Lock Associates
David Lock Associates has announced a number of promotions.
May 21, 2018
Plans submitted for Historic Hayle Harbour
Plans for a mixed-use scheme to regenerate Hayle Harbour have been submitted to Cornwall Council by David Lock…
May 20, 2018
“Planning 2020”
The interim report on the Raynsford Review of Planning was released in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 15th May.
April 17, 2018
Endorsement for major employment facility in the Midlands
Rugby Borough Council has resolved to grant planning permission for a 46,000 m² manufacturing facility at Prospero…
April 16, 2018
High Density
David Lock on questions surrounding the issue of high development densities.
March 21, 2018
Wintringham: Resolution to Grant for 2,800 homes in St Neots
Huntingdonshire District Council has resolved to grant planning permission for a new urban extension at St Neots in…
March 20, 2018
DLA secures timely approval in Northampton
DLA has obtained Reserved Matters approval for a large, first phase of a 1,000-home southerly extension to Northampton…