Pure Town Planning

Pure Town Planning operates as a specialist independent town planning consultancy, providing services across the south of England. The firm was established in Bournemouth by its Directors, Matt Annen and Dan Wilden, and maintains additional offices in Winchester. The company focuses on delivering planning results for a diverse range of clients, primarily within Dorset and Hampshire, while also extending its reach across the broader southern UK region. The team consists of Chartered Town Planners who offer expertise in navigating the complexities of the planning system.

The foundation of Pure Town Planning is built upon three core principles: clarity, honesty, and value. The firm is committed to demystifying planning jargon, ensuring that all advice provided is straightforward and easily comprehensible for clients. Transparency is a key operational tenet, with the company striving to ensure clients have a clear understanding of project expectations, timelines, and realistic potential outcomes from the outset. Pure Town Planning prioritises honesty, offering direct assessments of a proposal's viability and promptly communicating all project updates, whether positive or challenging.

Furthermore, the company aims to deliver value by managing its own costs efficiently and by providing strategic advice and negotiation on application fees, thereby helping clients avoid unnecessary expenses and reduce contributions such as CIL and Section 106. Pure Town Planning offers a comprehensive suite of town planning consultancy services. These services commence with initial advice and site appraisals, guiding clients through the preliminary stages of their projects. The firm is equipped to handle pre-application enquiries, manage the submission of planning applications, and secure various other consents, including those for Conservation and Listed Building projects.

A significant aspect of their work involves managing planning appeals, which can take the form of Written Representations, Hearings, or Public Inquiries. Additionally, the company provides expertise in resolving planning enforcement cases and prepares essential documentation such as Design, Access, and Planning Statements. Their offerings also extend to strategic planning, local plan representations, outline and reserved matters applications, and negotiations concerning planning conditions. The firm's project portfolio demonstrates experience across a wide array of development types.

Pure Town Planning has worked on householder remodels and extensions, commercial and industrial developments, and projects involving heritage and conservation redevelopment. The company also undertakes work on replacement houses and major and mixed-use developments. Its client base is broad, encompassing individuals, homeowners, businesses, property developers, and major national housebuilders. The firm's completed projects, detailed within its portfolio, span residential, commercial, householder, public sector, rural, and heritage categories, reflecting its versatile capabilities in the planning sector.

Pure Town Planning has specific experience in the Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) sector. The firm successfully secured full planning permission for a student accommodation complex in Winton, Bournemouth. This particular project involved the development of a new three/four-storey block situated within a rear courtyard, alongside a first-floor extension and the conversion of space above existing retail units. The completed development provided a total of 22 student units.

Pure Town Planning's role in this project included managing the pre-application process and subsequent planning submissions. The firm engaged in negotiations with planning officers regarding design modifications and addressed concerns related to on-site car parking, advocating for the scheme as a car-free development due to its sui generis use for students. This development contributed to the local student accommodation stock and aimed to foster economic growth for nearby businesses.