David joined Savills as a director in the leisure team in 2014. He specialises in all planning and site licensing matters affecting the holiday caravan and luxury lodge market.
David is expert in all planning and site licensing matters affecting the holiday park industry. He specialises in the preparation and submission of planning applications for holiday caravan parks, holiday lodge sites, glamping, holiday cottage developments, mobile home parks and all matters relating to the Planning and Site Licensing Acts.
David project manages all forms of holiday park planning; overseeing expert input on highway, landscaping, ecology, flood risk and design issues.
He undertakes planning appeals (hearings and inquiries) and provides expert advice, advocacy, design and site layout relative to the caravan industry. David writes regular articles on planning and site licensing law in associated press journals and has the benefit of nationally recognised cases in the Journal of Planning law (JPL).
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Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Estate Management
- Diploma Professional Development
- MRICS
- National Assessor & Examiner for the Planning & Development Faculty of the RICS
Clients
- Park Holidays (UK) Limited
- Haulfryn Group
- Tingdene Parks
- Allens Caravans Estates Limited, Salop Leisure
- Duchy of Lancaster
- The Grosvenor Estate (Eaton)
- Holkham Estate
- Bluewood Lodges
- Multiplicity of individual and group UK holiday park operators
David's Expertise
- Planning applications
- Holiday park design and site layout
- Site licence advice
- Planning appeals
- Expert witness and advocacy
- Development plan reviews
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