DLBP reflects on another fantastic year
DLBP started off the year by expanding overseas and opening a second office in Atlanta, Georgia. This exciting new venture has proved to be hugely successful, with the US team securing rezoning for Spring Lake Village, an Active Adult community of 90 homes and clubhouse set within acres of landscaped grounds in Powder Springs, Cobb County. The team has also recently submitted a rezoning application for 125 homes at Gainesville, Georgia, and looks forward to progressing this and other new applications in 2024.
In London, the UK team has been exceptionally successful in advising and securing approvals on behalf of many new and long-standing clients. This has included securing planning permissions for two new care homes, comprising 154 care beds and over 8,000 sq m of floorspace, as well as preparing a further 10 applications for 821 care beds that are currently in the pipeline. This reflects our position as the leading senior living planning consultancy in the UK, evidenced by DLBP being shortlisted for Property Consultant of the Year at the prestigious LaingBuisson Awards 2023.
DLBP has made in excess of 100 planning submissions, resulting in us securing permission for countless new homes throughout the country, a new exhibition centre at Ramsbury Manor, new electric vehicle charging hubs, over 11,000 sq m of temporary event floorspace, and much, much more.
DLBP has continued to expand too. In the US, we welcomed Artagus Newell as Director of Planning and Devynn Glanz as Planner in March, and in the UK, we welcomed Elyse Kenny as Senior Planner in September and Ben Murphy as Principal Planner in October. DLBP is actively seeking to continue expanding into the new year, with opportunities currently for a Senior Planner / Associate Director of Planning and a Planner in the UK.
DLBP were also finalists for Planning Consultancy of the Year at the Planning Awards 2023, and Small Planning Consultancy of the Year at the RTPI London Planning Awards for Excellence 2023, both of which were fantastic events.
Thank you to all of our clients, and the project teams we work alongside, who have made this year so successful. DLBP wishes you all a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year.