Developer contributions viewpoint article by Richard Allman

Competing on an unlevel playing field

Principal Transport Planner, Richard Allman, reviews the challenges faced when unprecedented highway contribution requests coupled with time constraints threaten a development programme.  He emphasises the importance of early engagement and a robust, evidence-based approach to negotiation.
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The Rowe urban office first for Frasers Property

Balancing competing needs for urban office first

Development on constrained, inner-city sites can accentuate the need to balance competing requirements.  The priorities of the property developer, planning authority, Transport for London (TfL), future users and the local community all need to be satisfied, for successful execution of the project to deliver value to its myriad stakeholders.  In a recent commission, the added
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Motion directors

Motion’s latest movers and shakers

To help even more clients turn their plans into reality, the Motion team was significantly expanded during 2021.  The company continued to demonstrate its commitment to graduate development by appointing Andrew Nock and George Ratcliffe as Assistant Transport Planners.  Anna Mitchell also joined the transport planning team on a student work placement. 
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