Planning and Development Services in the North West, UK

CGR has considerable planning and development experience. We can offer pre-submission advice on a range of prospective development projects; coordinate and project manage the preparation of development schemes and planning applications and handle the negotiations with the local planning authority and other public bodies right through the process to a successful conclusion. We are also able to prepare, evaluate, review and comment on a range of planning strategies, policies and plans.

Charles Green is an experienced chartered town planner who has worked across the full range of planning practice including development, plans and projects. He led the preparation of the first Unitary Development Plan for the City of Salford together with extensive work on Salford Quays and other major projects. Salford Quays has transformed the former Manchester/Salford docks into a new quarter of the City and has received national recognition for best practice in waterside regeneration.

CGR has worked with Valley and Vale Properties Ltd to secure planning permission for the 237,659 sqm (2.6 million sq ft) Middlewood Locks mixed use development. The scheme involves the redevelopment of a 8.52ha derelict site at the centre of the Manchester conurbation. It includes 1754 apartments, nearly 68,000 sqm of offices together with a hotel and associated retail/leisure accommodation. The scheme is centred around the reinstatement and renovation of the former Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal.