About Us

Edwardson Associates is a niche planning consultancy.
We operate generally from the Wash to the Borders, and beyond as appropriate.

We are proud to offer a top class advisory service with outstanding success rates.

Our team of Qualified Chartered Surveyors, Town Planners and Architects advise cohesively on business matters;
specifically planning and feasibility.

We strive to achieve maximum added value and income generators for our client base.

The bulk of our work centres on identifying and releasing value.

We are often challenged with contentious cases where we aim to find solutions, and yield positive results.  

Experience

• Residential Development (New Build & Conversions)

• Strategic Local Plan Representation

• Business Growth and Diversification Advisory Work

• Tourism & Leisure sector - in depth involvement on a national basis: National Associate Members of the BH & HPA (British Holiday & Home Parks Association)

• Farm and Estate Diversification: identifying and releasing exploitation potential.

• Removal of Agricultural Ties and other similar restrictions

• Commercial Building proposals

• Residential / Static/ Touring Caravan / Glamping Development including site design and layouts

• Site Licensing

• Feasibility Appraisals

• Confidential research re planning history and potential - prior to purchase or sale

• Conservation Areas, Listed Buildings, AONBs, Green Belts. Open Countryside, Management Dwellings: pursuit of consents

• Redundant Building Conversions

• Pursuit of commercial and industrial consents

Approvals

Replacement Dwelling in Open Countryside

Expansion of Existing Leisure Park

• To include Riding + Equine Facilities

• 200 Photovoltaic Panels approved (50kw)

• North York Moors National Park - adjacent to a SSSI

Planning Permission Obtained for 14 Dwellings

• Land & Dwelling Originally Dismissed as a Housing Allocation

• Sensitive Conservation Area & Inadequate Access

• Proposal Negotiated with Conservation Officer to Demolish Existing Dwelling

• Land Successfully Allocated for 14 Dwellings in Local Plan

• Permission Obtained Despite Strong Public, Councillor and Parish Council Resistance

Farmyard Redevelopment Approved in Rural Open Countryside Location

• Contrary to Policy

• 4 Holiday Cottages

• 2 Residential Conversions

• 6 Residential New Build

• Success at 2 Planning Committees

• Conservation Area

• No Affordable Housing

Sensitive Mill Conversion and Redevelopment Scheme

• Adjacent to Railway Line

• Strong Neighbour Objections

• 5 Live Work Units (15 Bedrooms)

• 2 Offices

• Officer Support and Approval Under Delegated Powers

Expansion of Static Caravan Development into Open Countryside

• Officer support and approval via strategic committee members despite significant local objections

• Drainage issues (both historic and ongoing) resolved through negotiation with statutory bodies and local authority drainage team