How to win: Technical Advice for Planning Decisions

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To support ministers and officials make planning decisions, specialist technical advice is needed on matters related to development to which the Planning Acts (particularly the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) and a variety of associated regulatory regimes (such as the environmental, habitats, hazardous substances, and health and safety, regulatory and permit regimes) apply (and potentially other areas as well). The planning consultancy and planning case officer advice required will be dependent on the nature of the specific development (“the Proposal”) and the nature of the specific land where development is proposed (“the Site”).

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MCHLG) scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £7,500,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 22 June 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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