Hive Land & Planning

Hive Land & Planning is a surveying and planning consultancy that has a strong track record across all sectors, including housing, town centre regeneration, mixed-use development, employment uses, logistics, retail and leisure. It is our combined public-private experience and surveying and planning expertise that helps us to stand out from the crowd. Hive’s range of public sector services include: Preparing and submitting planning applications on local authority owned land Advising on land portfolio strategies Project management of initiatives such as Garden Villages and Housing Zones, or individual sites Expertise in respect of large, complex, multi-ownership sites with significant infrastructure requirements Strategy, design and implementation of regeneration projects Bidding submissions or advice on devolution deals; in our first 12 months we secured £123.7m of HIF funding for our clients Agency and soft-market testing Incorporation of a place-making, design-led approach to projects Research and advice on housing delivery targets Whilst many public sector partners have the expertise in-house to undertake some of the services offered, Hive will provide a flexible resource which can be deployed quickly in response to demand. Hive’s range of private sector services include: Co-ordination and management of complex planning applications, including Section 106 negotiations, public/stakeholder engagement and Expert Witness at Public Inquiry Strategic and immediate land identification and evaluation Promotion of sites through the Local Plan process, including participation at Examination in Public Land/Site negotiations (pre and mid-contractual) Collaboration agreements (including promotion, option and equalisation) and land assembly Brokering in respect of multi-developer sites, including Registered Providers Managing the technical de-risking process Market engagement (including soft market testing) Multi-disciplinary team management Ransom mitigation strategies