Enforcement defences are one of my specialisms. I have managed two highly successful planning enforcement, monitoring and compliance teams. I have also had a national influence on planning enforcement procedures having served on the Royal Town Planning Institute’s, National Association For Planning Enforcement Management Committee.

I have excellent persuasion and negotiation skills and am trained to handle difficult situations. I hold a certificate in Planning Enforcement from Cambridge University and have ten-years senior and management experience enforcing, planning and special controls.

Now a planning consultant, I have the necessary armoury to make the perfect ‘gamekeeper turned poacher.' Whether your local planning authority is investigating alleged breaches of planning controls that concern you or you have been served with an enforcement notice and wish to appeal to the Planning Inspectorate, I am ideally placed to help you.

Where appropriate, I will also use my knowledge of the Freedom of Information, Police and Criminal Evidence and Data Protection Acts to your advantage.

One of my old Enforcement stomping grounds, High Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne - Fantastic photograph by Lang Shot Photography where you can buy photographs of Newcastle’s Streets and Buildings

Enforcement. Gamekeeper turned poacher

“Darren has helped us through a very complex planning enforcement situation. We could not have done it without him.

Stacey Thompson, Chester-le-Street