The Print Rooms,
London
Located in Central London, close to London Bridge, our London office provides coverage across Greater London, Central London and wider. Our London team cover all types of residential, commercial and institutional projects, providing commercially focused planning, transport and viability advice.
Our Experience
Our London team leads on all types of projects from large scale Mayor / Greater Local Authority (GLA) referable schemes to individual high-end bespoke residential projects and major commercial and institutional development.
Our success in the Capital comes from a detailed understanding of the complexities of working with the boroughs and the Greater London Authority. We understand that the challenges of development in London are unique and require the most robust planning strategies.
We provide commercially focused advice from the outset, managing engagement with the boroughs and the GLA and helping to identify technical considerations which will shape a development; these include things which are of particular importance in the London Plan for specific development projects, such as the approach taken to affordable housing and viability, environmental and carbon reduction targets, accessibility requirements, transport matters and highways design considerations and the need to consider detailed matters such as fire strategy and servicing arrangements.
Our London office can advise on all development types across London and beyond.
London Team Leads
Jack joined DHA in 2019 after graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA (Hons) in City and Regional Planning and an MSc in Spatial Planning. Jack became a Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute in December 2023 and now joins Louise in developing our London portfolio.
Jack Harley MRTPI
Associate
Having started with us in our Kent office, Jack made the transfer to the London team in 2023 and has been integral in building that team up to what it is today.
Since joining DHA, Jack has worked on numerous residential, industrial and commercial projects, including:
- Redevelopment of two Grade II Listed former hospitals in Maidstone and Sevenoaks to provide residential units;
- Redevelopment of existing residential sites within urban areas to increase housing densities, with a particular focus on sustainable development measures.
- Conversion of Office space to residential;
- Erection of warehouse and agricultural buildings in Dartford, Gravesham, Sevenoaks and Tunbridge Wells.
Louise joined DHA in December 2025 to lead the London office bringing with her over 18 years' of experience from Pegasus Planning Group and DP9.
Louise Overton MRTPI
Director
She brings over 18 years’ experience in private consultancy, having previously worked at Pegasus Planning Group before joining DP9 in 2013. During her 12 years at DP9, Louise led and managed a wide range of large-scale and complex planning projects across London and beyond.
Her experience includes residential-led masterplan schemes such as Chelsea Barracks and the former Royal Mail site at Nine Elms in Wandsworth; major commercial developments including 1 Undershaft (the 74-storey tower) in the City of London, 105 Victoria Street in Westminster, and Angel Square in Islington; and life sciences developments such as 176–178 York Way in Islington. She has also been involved in revised proposals for the Whitechapel Estate in Tower Hamlets.
In addition to her London portfolio, Louise has secured planning permission for schemes outside the capital, including the redevelopment of St Mary’s Wharf in Guildford.
Matthew leads some of the practice's biggest projects, predominantly involving large scale residential development.
Matthew Woodhead MRTPI
Director
Matthew is one of DHA’s most experienced planners, with over 28 years’ experience across both the public and private sectors. He is dual-qualified in Planning and Urban Design, bringing a broad perspective to complex development projects.
Matthew leads some of the practice's biggest projects, predominantly involving large-scale residential development. This ranges from the promotion of land for landowners through to working with housebuilders and developers on major housing, mixed-use and regeneration projects.
He has secured permissions for clients for developments comprising many thousands of homes, while also bringing extensive experience in more bespoke projects, including one-off houses in the countryside.
Sascha joined DHA in 2025 and has nearly 20 years of planning consultancy experience in a range of sectors including housing, tourist and leisure accommodation, student and specialist older persons accommodation.
Sascha Wardley MRTPI
Associate Director
She has led multi-disciplinary teams to deliver schemes of all sizes from residential extensions in the green belt to complex large-scale mixed-use regeneration schemes.
Sascha is client-focused and commercially aware. She enjoys providing high quality planning advice and good customer service to a range of clients including landowners, developers, local authorities and housing associations. She is excellent at tailoring planning advice and strategies to client needs and aspirations and finding planning solutions to achieving these.
