Planning Consultancy Services

Our Planning Consultancy team comprise experienced town planners with extensive experience in Ireland and the UK.

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Planning Consultancy Services

Our Planning Consultancy team comprise experienced town planners with extensive experience in Ireland and the UK. By leading the early stages of a project, our experts identify opportunities to increase the certainty of approval and thereby reduce costs and accelerate development times.

Our planning services can be delivered independently or integrated with other services to suit clients’ needs.

Range of experience

We have a wide range of experience in residential, commercial and retail developments, ranging from development control to forward planning. We provide planning consultancy services from inception to completion, including advising on site feasibility in the context of national, regional and local planning policy.

Reputation for problem solving

Our team have developed a reputation for problem solving and making progress in difficult situations of competing constraints. This is achieved through knowledge of the planning system, daily application of planning law, creativity in design, team working and by placing a high value on negotiation and discussion.

Virtus offer a comprehensive town planning consultancy service. Our chartered town planning practice sits alongside the company’s project management and quantity surveying services, offering significant benefits in terms of knowledge and synergy.

Planning Services | Planning Project Management

  • Specialists in planning stage project management
  • Preparation of detailed planning stage programmes
  • Co-ordination and management of design/project teams

Strategic Planning Advice

  • Strategic Planning Advice
  • Planning Advice for Due Diligence/Site Purchase
  • Site Feasibility Studies
  • Advice on development contributions and levies
  • Advice on vacant site levy
  • Advice on exempted development
  • Planning enforcement matters

Development Management

  • Planning Applications
  • Planning Appeals
  • Expert Witness at Oral Hearings
  • Planning Compliance
  • Strategic Housing Development Applications
  • Preparation and Management of Environmental Impact Assessment Reports

Planning Assessments and Reports

  • Retail Impact Assessments
  • Planning Reports and Supporting Statements
  • Social Infrastructure Audits
  • Childcare Demand Analysis

Forward Planning

  • Submissions on Statutory Plans
  • Engagement with local planning authorities
  • Advice on development potential