SCP

Its multidisciplinary professional service offering ranges from advice and support at the earliest feasibility and master planning stages of development proposals to scheme option development, planning approvals processes and the implementation stages, including detailed technical design of infrastructure work, tender support, the principal designer role and site supervision.

Within strategy and master planning, it supports local authorities and developers in land allocations and site planning to ensure the best return on investment and the best outcomes for the developments by considering transport and infrastructure requirements at an early stage. It also enables developers to capitalise on site opportunities and at the same time, minimise and mitigate for risks during both the planning and construction phases.

The company’s experienced teams work with clients on site master planning and transportation site design, regularly liaising with town planners, architects and landscape architects, and provides input on all infrastructure needs, including highway layout, drainage strategy, flood risk assessments, site levels, utility investigations and all matters of phasing via 3D modelling packages. It will also lead on community and public stakeholder engagement and consultation.

SCP can assist in transport planning when clients are involved with projects involving highway or transport implications, by evaluating client needs and offering a range of services and documents to support planning applications to the local planning authority and post-approval implementation. It can also help develop transport strategy, whether that is development or site related or mode-specific (rail, bus, wayfinding, walking, cycling, etc.). Other services within transport planning can include layout design and swept path analysis, microsimulation modelling, junction design and modelling, expert witness services, planning appeals and travel plans.

Infrastructure design services range from the delivery of foul and surface drainage, earthworks, utility diversions and supply and new highway and altered junctions, supported by attractive public realm and essential on- and off-site measures to encourage use, e.g., bus stops and foot/cycle ways. SCP offers support pre- and post-planning for design, contract administration and site supervision for all types of highway projects nationwide. The feasibility and design skills within SCP support the design and tendering up to the commencement of work on-site. Other infrastructure services can include flood risk studies, highway design, project management, CDM and principal designer services.

Some of SCP’s clients and projects include Redrow, Allenby, Lidl, East Midlands Council, LNC Property Developments, EDF, and Morrisons.