Policy, Strategy, Early Engagement & Evidence

• Local Plans 
• Bus Strategy 
• Business Cases 
• Bidding for Funds 
• Local Transport Plan 
• Parking Studies and Strategies 
• Options Development and Assessment 
• Pinch point Identification and Prioritisation 
• Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans 
• Transport Modelling Specification, Analysis and Interpretation

• Site Selection 
• Local Plan Allocation 
• Evidence for stakeholders 
• Developing a Transport Vision

We offer comprehensive support to clients in strategic planning for new development and transport infrastructure initiatives. Our expertise includes preparing robust evidence to underpin key policies such as Sustainable Transport Strategies, Pinch Point Identification and Mitigation, Carbon Reduction Frameworks, and Air Quality Action Plans. Additionally, we assist in the preparation of statutory documents, including Local Transport Plans and transport-related chapters within Local Plans.

Our work typically focuses on the medium to long term, looking 2 to 10 years ahead of infrastructure delivery. For broader strategic initiatives, such as Strategic Growth Plans, our planning horizon can extend up to 30 years. 

For scheme development, bids and business cases our approach reflects the requirements on presenting evidence to support the five dimensions of a government bid or business case:

• Strategic Identifying the problem, evaluating options, and justifying the chosen solution. 
• Economic Assessing the scheme's value for money. 
• Financial Determining funding sources for the scheme. 

• Commercial Outlining procurement methods in line with legal and regulatory requirements. 
• Managerial Ensuring efficient, safe, and timely delivery through robust procedures. 

We support developers, landowners, architects, and land agents in bringing forward new developments that deliver housing and employment opportunities. Our services are designed to remove the risk from the early stages of larger planning applications by embedding transport and highways considerations from the outset—well before a planning application is submitted. This proactive approach helps streamline the process and improves the likelihood of a successful outcome. 

We typically work as part of the wider architectural and planning team to ensure transport and highways are fully integrated into the design from the beginning, avoiding costly revisions to undeliverable schemes later in the process.

Our work often begins with strategic input to help shape a transport vision for the site, including early engagement with highways officers to understand local concerns, constraints, and opportunities. From there, we identify key transport-related challenges and opportunities, allowing us to recommend tailored approaches for each site. Typical areas usually addressed include: 

• Site access 
• Sustainable travel (walking, cycling and bus journeys)

• Off site constraints to the highways network and the possible requirements for offsite mitigation. This may involve recommending transport modelling that would support decision making by the promoter and/or the Local Highways Authority (LHA)/ Local Planning Authority (LPA).   
• Concept drawings suitable for planning applications.