DHA is the largest multi-disciplinary practice in the South East, delivering successful solutions across the UK.
Our range of town planning consultancy services, technical knowledge and track record of securing planning consent means we have delivered value and results for our clients. A snapshot of our successes can be found below.
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A new business park, offering much-needed employment opportunities at Pease Pottage, near Crawley in Mid Sussex, has been granted permission for Pease Pottage Ltd to redevelop a draft allocated site.
DHA Planning secured the unanimous support of Cornwall’s Strategic Planning Committee for a major mixed use extension to Liskeard in Cornwall.
DHA was part of the team that recently secured approval on appeal for the development of student accommodation in Canterbury for its client, Canbury Holdings.
Demolition of existing bowls pavilion and erection of a 4-storey building to provide a 62-unit retirement living complex.
On behalf of Tilbury Douglas for the Department for Education, DHA’s education team has recently secured permission.
DHA secured approval for what will be the first phase of a major residential development at East Hill in the Capstone Valley, Chatham.
With an ageing population and many in our community struggling to find the specialist care accommodation they need, DHA has been working for the last 18 months on a project that could be seen as a perfect response to the situation.
Work can get under way on the partial demolition and rebuilding of Wrotham Secondary School after DHA secured planning permission.
Conversion of existing outbuildings into an observatory and meeting spaces
Meeting the need for greater local elderly care provision
Planning permission secured for a mixed-use redevelopment at Station Road, Horley.
To include a nursery and 210-pupil primary academy, to support the Trent Basin Waterside residential development
DHA secured Reserved Matters consent for 209 homes at Wises Lane
DHA secured approval for 12 new town houses with access, parking and landscaping, designed by Clague Architects.
DHA appointed to lead the planning inquiry to secure 550 new homes
Safe drop-off zone for primary school pupils plus a new 40 space car park
At appeal, DHA successfully argued the case for a residential scheme in Margate
Time-expired buildings to be replaced with a new net zero carbon teaching facility.
Planning secured for restoration works to the Grade II* listed, Leas Lift in Folkestone.
A Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project in Kemsley, Kent.
Working with GrowUp Farms Ltd, DHA has secured consent for a 9,000 sqm extension to its existing vertical farm, Pepperness.
Young people are to benefit from more comfortable accommodation thanks to planning permission achieved by DHA.
Three contemporary homes set within ancient woodland have been given the thumbs up by Sevenoaks District Council after DHA helped steer the project through planning.
Permission secured for the demolition of all existing agricultural barns and a bungalow on site, followed by their replacement with six new homes.
Waiting lists are set to be cut after plans for a new medical facility were given the go-ahead by Maidstone Borough Council.
Plans secured for two new clifftop houses with stunning views over the Channel.
Detailed planning permission secured for Phase 2 of the Rosewood development in Langley.
DHA brought on board to secure planning for a new solar farm in the village of Guston, Dover.
A new high-quality community centre for residents in Paddock Wood, near Tunbridge Wells.
A Planning Inspector has allowed an appeal for 700 homes and awarded full costs to the applicant after concluding a site was "unquestionably a highly sustainable location" with relatively few harms.
DHA has been working with Palm Paper since 2009 to develop its 52-hectare site in Kings Lynn, Norfolk.
DHA have undertaken numerous projects for DS Smith, a leading global manufacturer of sustainable corrugated case materials and speciality papers, based at the Kemsley Paper Mill in Sittingbourne.
The Swanley Square scheme, which is an allocated site in Sevenoaks District Council's current Local Plan. With its close links to London via the nearby railway station and frequent bus services, the site is highly sustainable in transport terms.
Waterbrook Park, the 140 acre site near junction 10 of the M20 at Ashford, is to see the doubling of HGV parking capacity at the Ashford International Truck stop, as well as new commercial property, retail space and 400 homes.
Working on behalf of New Granville LLP, DHA Planning prepared a successful appeal against the refusal of planning permission for an estate regeneration project at the Granville Road Estate, Barnet.
DHA secured resolution to grant planning permission for a new community hub and 69 new homes in Southborough, Tunbridge Wells.
Permission has been granted to redevelop the longstanding vacant ABC Cinema site in Tunbridge Wells.
Three replacement energy-efficient apartment buildings for the Aintree Estate in Hammersmith.
New training academy and facilities for Millwall in the Green Belt near Brands Hatch.
23 self-contained units in Ashford for homeless people or individuals and families needing temporary accommodation.
Major changes to how the Motis Business Centre at Cheriton Parc, near junction 12 of the M20, operates have been secured.
Reserved matters approval has been secured for Redrow Homes to deliver 184 homes on a site on the western edge of Cliffe Woods in Medway.
Families in Wokingham will soon benefit from a new school, providing a learning environment for 150 pupils with complex needs including social, emotional and mental health (SEMH), and Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) difficulties.
Permission secured for Infinity Ashford, a major residential scheme in the heart of the town.
DHA has secured permission for Medway Development Company to redevelop the landmark 1970s Mountbatten House in Chatham.
With the former Dinton Activity Centre in Dinton Pastures Country Park, Surrey, no longer fit for purpose, the decision was taken to build a new one.
165 high-quality homes secured for former Oakhill House campus in Hildenborough.
DHA was instrumental in helping award-winning Harris Federation Trust secure a resolution to grant planning permission for a new 1,150 student school on the University of Greenwich's former Avery Hill Campus.
Yellow Tree Capital, the South East specialist in securing finance for property developers and investors, called on DHA to help it secure permission for a new head office to accommodate its growth, enabling it to remain in central Sevenoaks.
Outline planning permission has been granted on appeal for a continuing care retirement community for DHA's client: Inspired Villages, and its proposed development in Broadbridge Heath, near Horsham.
Plans for new student accommodation and teaching building in Green Belt at Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Pembury, have been approved unanimously thanks to DHA's planning and highways advice.
Canterbury City Council has granted permission to Westerleigh Group to erect a new crematorium, incorporating a 98-seat chapel and waiting room, on a 14-acre plot of farmland off Bullockstone Road in Herne Bay.
Planning permission secured for a six-floor mixed use redevelopment in Dartford Town Centre. The development will be the latest of the recent positive steps to reinvigorate the town centre following the very effective public realm improvements around Market Street in 2021.
DHA worked with the site owners, the Department for Education, Medway Council and Historic England to deliver this viable scheme and to safeguard a Grade 1 listed medieval barn.
Having first identified this site over 20 years ago, DHA has successfully secured planning permission for 13 bespoke dwellings on land in Linton.
Kent Medical Campus, located at junction 7 of the M20, is to be home to an Innovation Centre after DHA secured planning permission on behalf of Maidstone Borough Council.
Plans to demolish Dover Grammar School for Boys and replace it with a new building on the same site have been given the go-ahead by Kent County Council.
Kier Construction (Southern) are now bringing forward a new secondary school in Bromley for the Department for Education, reinforcing DHA's track record for delivering education projects in South East London and Kent.
DHA are increasingly involved in medical and long term care development proposals and have recently secured permission for English Care Villages to transform a partially derelict industrial estate into a specialist care village in Leeds, Kent.
DHA's transport advice and a unanimous vote in favour by Maidstone Borough Council helped secure a new Marks & Spencer store at Eclipse Park near junction 7 of M20.
Plans to build five apartment blocks on a town centre car park in Medway have been approved thanks to the combined efforts of DHA's transport team and Guy Hollaway Architects.
A European first for the strawberry industry is already delivering on its promise of increased yields of higher quality fruit for a Kent producer after DHA helped Charltons secure permission for a £5m investment.
Supporting Kent's rural business community has always been an area of DHA expertise. This includes its work with Fridays, the family-owned free range egg producer, which has recently secured planning permission to replace two outdated 40-year-old rearing sheds at Tolehurst Farm, near Staplehurst.
Planning permission secured for a new teaching block at Mayfield Grammar School, on behalf of Kier Group.
Faced with increased demand for affordable accommodation for hospital staff, DHA was instructed by Springwood Developments on behalf of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
With the UK beer industry experiencing a resurgence and Kent being synonymous with hops, DHA has helped secure permission for a brewery and eight hoppers huts in Wateringbury, designed by TaylorHare Architects and with input from Heritage Consultants, Studio Sam Causer.
New football ground, community facilities and affordable housing on Green Belt land for Cray Wanderers FC.
DHA's planning and transport teams were involved with the development of Land West of Church Road for a number of years, and in January 2021 the scheme was finally approved at appeal.
Having worked with DHA for a number of years, Notcutts called upon the team to help propagate two important projects, one in Oxford and the other in Tunbridge Wells.
New headquarters with retail space, a wine-tasting room and storage for Vinorium, the UK's leading Australian wine merchant.
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