Pease Pottage, Crawley
DHA secured permission for a new business park at Pease Pottage, near Crawley, delivering much-needed employment opportunities and supporting the continued growth of this strategically important location in Mid Sussex.
On behalf of Pease Pottage Ltd, DHA’s Gatwick team provided transport planning and highway design advice in support of the planning application to redevelop a draft allocated site. The proposals were carefully developed to respond to the site’s strategic location and its relationship with the surrounding highway network.
A key consideration was the potential impact of the development on the operation and capacity of Junction 11 of the M23. DHA worked closely with Highways England (now National Highways) to assess the transport implications of the proposals and negotiate an appropriate package of highway measures and mitigation to support the development.
The application was progressed through detailed discussions with the highway authority and other stakeholders, helping to demonstrate that the proposals could be accommodated without unacceptable impacts on the strategic road network.
The project demonstrates DHA’s ability to provide integrated transport planning and highway design advice for employment-led development in locations where access to the strategic road network is a key planning consideration.
Project Team
Jonathan is a Director leading our Gatwick office. He joined DHA in 2005 and brings more than 30 years of planning consultancy experience.
Jonathan Buckwell MRTPI PISEP
Director
Prior to joining DHA, he worked with Hepher Dixon (now Savills) in Milton Keynes and London, contributing to major regeneration projects, including the Emirates Stadium.
Jonathan works across a broad range of residential and commercial projects and has also advised local authorities on major developments, including the Manston Airport Development Consent Order.
His notable successes include securing planning permission for a major industrial complex in Nottinghamshire, an urban extension in Cornwall, a 1 million sqft medical campus in Maidstone, and a 600-space HGV park in Ashford.
In addition to his consultancy work, Jonathan also chairs Developers East Sussex, an organisation that brings together public and private sector development interests across the county. Through this role, he has engaged directly with Secretaries of State and Ministers within the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on matters affecting development and economic growth.
Outside of work, Jonathan coaches a girls’ football team and enjoys the enduring highs and lows of supporting Leicester City.
Paul joined DHA in 2014 having previously worked for Kent County Council and the Department for Transport in the fields of development planning, transport policy, capital projects and public transport. Paul leads our Maidstone-based Transport Team and our public sector transport planning work.
Paul Lulham FCILT
Director
He provides advice to a range of clients throughout the UK to support the preparation of planning applications, Local Plans, transport strategies and the negotiation of developer contributions for transport infrastructure and services. He is also an experienced expert witness, having appeared at numerous Public Inquiries, Appeal Hearings and Local Plan Examinations.
Some of Paul's projects include:
- Millwall Football Club Training Ground and Academy, West Kingsdown;
- South East Maidstone Urban Expansion;
- Kent Medical Campus, Maidstone;
- Mole Valley Local Plan Transport Assessment;
- Hartopp and Lannoy Point estate regeneration, Hammersmith and Fulham;
- Chatham Waterfront and Mountbatten House, Chatham;
- Ledian Gardens Integrated Retirement Community, Maidstone;
- School of Science and Technology, Maidstone;
- Abbey Farm Primary School, Swindon.