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Davent Town Planning - About David Nicolas Taylor

David Nicholas Taylor established DAVENT Town Planning in 2025. In 1990 he obtained a four year full time BA Honours Degree in Town Planning from Leeds Polytechnic. His 1990 thesis was “The Implications for spatial land use policy making of a sea-level rise induced by atmospheric warming.” He was accepted by Liverpool University to undertake an M.Phil to research sea-level rise, and later studied MSc Urban Renewal at Liverpool Polytechnic.

He holds a post-graduate Diploma in Management Studies and NVQ5 “Team Building”.

David was a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute for twenty five years dating from 20th January 1993; becoming a member whilst employed by The Long-Collins Partnership of Chester: John Long FRTPI (Fellow) and John Collins OBE PPRTPI (Past President).

He was a Chartered Member of the Institute of Management for fifteen years dating from 27th August 1998 (Member no. 429930) and has previously held Associate Membership of the Royal Institute of British Architects and Membership of The Institute of Directors (Member no. T208328).

In his spare time he has been a Samaritan and an outreach worker with the homeless for thirty years; he was a parent-governor at Springfield Special Needs School of Crewe; he has been a member of MENSA since 1989 (IQ 158); he represented Barnsley Schools and South Yorkshire Schools at football; and in 2016 he was Worshipful Master of Crown Lodge 9006.
He has a very successful track record, with over fifty planning permissions, successful planning appeals and written objections across a wide variety of development types including Agriculture; Barn Conversions; Commercial; Equestrian; Householder; Inland Marinas, Log Cabin Holiday Parks; Minerals; Residential Development.

This success is a result of his experience and ethical value system only to undertake projects that in his opinion have at least an 80% chance of obtaining planning permission.
Potential clients should be assured that David would work diligently on their behalves to secure planning permissions that would maximise their land values to give them significant financial rewards.

His wide-ranging client base has included:-

  • Sir John Carter
  • Bryan Hallows BVSc MVSc CertWEL MRCVS
  • Lord Grey (Hereditary Peer)
  • John Thornton (Thornton’s Chocolates)
  • Willie Morgan (Manchester Utd. & Scotland)
  • William Tute BVSc MVSc Lord Wade (Life Peer)
  • David Wootton CBE

    • Davent Town Planning - Planning Wins

    Planning permissions for major development;
    • 1 Planning Consent – Extension to Waveney Marina, Norfolk Broads National Park.
    • 2 Planning Consent – 585 berth marina retail, gastro pub and holiday lodge park in Green Belt.
    • 3 Planning Consent – One million tonnes of sand and gravel. Lower Brockholes, Preston.
    • 4 Planning Consent – 47 dwellings Hill House, Newcastle Road, Hough, Cheshire.
    • 5 Planning Consent – 17 dwellings in open countryside, Birch Heath Road, Tarporley.
    • 6 Planning Appeal Won – 200 berth marina, Wrenbury, Cheshire.

    Strategic housing land identified for residential development:

    • 7 Planning Consent – 113 dwellings Hill Top, Davenham, Cheshire. Stuart Milne.
    • 8 Planning Consent – 44 dwellings Chestnut Avenue, Shavington, Cheshire. Wain Homes.
    • 9 Planning Consent – 28 dwellings Cheerbrook Road, Willaston, Cheshire.  Wain Homes.
    • 10 Planning Consent – 111 dwellings Butter Cross, Rossendale Road, Burnley. Seddon Homes.
    Planning Permissions for Minor Development:
    • 11 Planning Consent – 4 detached dwellings, “Greenfields” Nantwich.
    • 12 Planning Consent – 4 dwellings, Hampton Heath, Cheshire.
    • 13 Planning Consent – 2 detached dwellings, Nomansheath, Cheshire.
    • 14 Planning Consent  – 2 detached dwellings in Green Belt, Church Lawton.
    • 15 Planning Consent – 2 detached dwellings in Green Belt, Engelsea Brook, Crewe.
    • 16 Planning Consent – 2 detached dwellings, Stoneley Road, Crewe.
    • 17 Planning Consent – 1 detached house.  Prees, Shropshire.
    • 18 Planning consent – 1 detached house to garden and front 2 storey extension to host dwelling.
    • 19 Planning Consent – Link-detached house to a pair of semi-detached houses. Buerton, Cheshire.
    • 20 Planning Consent – Relocate Grade 2 Listed 16th Hawk Inn to form a new dwelling.
    • 21 Planning Consent – Horton Green, Cheshire: One barn conversion.
    • 22 Planning Consent – Rope Farm, Cheshire: Four barn conversions.
    • 23 Planning Consent – First floor Commercial Extension, Bennetts Carpets, Edleston Road, Crewe.
    • 24 Planning Consent – Veterinary rehabilitation unit. Gable Cross Farm, Tilston, Cheshire.
    • 25 Planning Consent – B1 Business Use at ancillary barn, Bilberry Cottage, Somerford, Congleton.
    • 26 Planning Consent – Dog grooming studio and academy,
    • 27 Planning Consent – Boarding Kennels, Poole Lane, Nantwich, Cheshire.
    • 28 Planning Consent – Childminding business at a domestic home, Winsford.
    • 29 Planning Consent – Outbuilding for B2 Use as Memorial Stone Masonry, Bradwall, Sandbach.
    • 30 Planning Consent – Funeral Parlour, Congleton Rd, Sandbach
    • 31 Planning Consent – 204 solar panel farm, Muckleston Nurseries, Shropshire.
    • 32 Planning Consent – Modular classroom at Springfield Special School, Crewe.
    • 35 Planning Consent – 12 year extension to inert landfill and development of trout fishery, Notts.
    • 34 Planning Consent – Remove Section 106 Tie – Spring Bank Stud, Cheshire.
    • 35 Planning Consent – Remove Section 52 Tie – Badgers Rake Stud Farm, Wirral.
    • 36 Planning Consent – 2,400 sqm floodlit ménage and 26 stables, Lawns Livery, Cheshire.
    • 37 Planning Consent – Second agricultural dwelling. Broad Close Farm, Barnsley.
    • 38 Planning Consent – Remove Section 52 Agricultural Tie – Shannon, Oldcastle Heath, Cheshire.
    • 39 Planning Consent – 300% extension to Lilac Cottage, Oldcastle, Cheshire.
    • 40 Planning Consent – Front 2 storey extension to dwelling, Haslington, Crewe.
    • 41 Planning Consent – Extension to 17th cottage, Peckforten Conservation Area, Cheshire.
    • 42 Planning Consent – 2 storey side and one storey rear extension. The Gables” Broomhall, Cheshire.
    • 43 Planning Consent – Second storey side extension to form office space, Arley Close, Crewe.
    • 44 Planning Consent – To extend gardens into open countryside at three neighbouring dwellings.
    • 45 Planning Consent – 2 storey building in rear garden for the restoration of classic farm tractors.
    • 46 Planning Consent – Remove TPO tree in rear garden to 8 Redshank Ave, Winsford.
    • 47 Planning Consent – Remove a group TPO at Newcastle Road, Hough.
    • 48 Retrospective Planning Consent – Domiciliary extension comprising kitchen-diner, living room, two bedrooms, bathroom and storage room. “West way”, Holmes Chapel.
    • 49 Planning Appeal Won – Access to sports field via a trunk road lay-by, Kirkstone House School
    • 50 Planning Appeal Won – Second agricultural dwelling. Spring Bank Stud Farm, Cheshire
    • 51 Planning Appeal Won – Portal building near Grade 2 15th C. Water Tower. Doddington, Cheshire.
    • 52 Planning Appeal Won – Lawful Development Certificate for rear garden. Spinney Cottage, Rushton.
    • 53 Planning Appeal Won – 2 detached dwellings in Green Belt, Church Lawton.
    • 54 Planning Appeal Won – Link-detached house. 17 Silverstone Drive Buckley, Wales.
    • 55 Planning Objection Upheld – Deletion of Congleton LDF Policy CR11 for a 34 hectare business park.
    • 56 Planning Objection Upheld – Prevented expansion of a broiler farm, Woodhall Spa, Lincs.
    • 57 Planning Objection Upheld – Prevented expansion of Brookfields Nursing Home, Nantwich.
    • 58 Planning Objection Upheld – Prevented an Indian restaurant, Shavington, Cheshire.

    Davent Town Planning - Project Management

    David Nicholas Taylor has a very successful track record of project managing a full complement of expert evidence to support proposed development.

     

    MAJOR PLANNING APPLICATIONS (STATUTORY 13 WEEK DETERMINATION PERIOD)

     

    For major planning applications, such as housing estates, minerals or marinas, David Nicholas Taylor has project managed the following experts.

     

    ACOUSTICIANS  – Cheshire Environmental Associates

     

    AGRICULTURAL LAND CLASSIFICATION  – Jonathon Charlesworth

     

    ARCHAEOLOGY – Dr Ben Geary BA MSc PhD

     

    ARCHITECTS – Daniel Mathias Architecture Ltd, Miles Design Ltd, Off the Wall Architectural Services

     

    BARRISTERS –  John Barrett KC, Piers Riley-Smith KC, Mark Ronson

     

    COAL RISK ASSESSMENTS – Worms Eye Ltd.

     

    ECOLOGY & PROTECTED SPECIES – Dr. Martin Page

     

    FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENTS – Bob Hindhaugh

     

    GROUND SURVEYS – Worms Eye Ltd.

     

    HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS – Henderson Heritage

     

    HIGHWAYS, TRAFFIC & TRANSPORT – Bob Hindhaugh Associates, Scott Wilson

     

    LANDCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS  – Sue Griffiths Associates

     

    TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS – Geomatic Surveys Ltd

     

    TREE SURVEYS – Amenity Tree Care, Tree Care Consultancy

     

    TRICS MULTI-MODAL TRIP GENERATION ANALYSIS – Bob Hindhaugh Associates

    Planning consents for nationally significant major developments are shown below. Certain applications have required him to address public local meetings of 300 people and to be interviewed by newspapers and on the radio.

    PLANNING PERMISSION 05/0276/FUL

    Waveney Marina

    Beccles, Suffolk

    Norfolk Broads National Park
    Expansion with material deposited

    by Environment Agency license

    PLANNING PERMISSION 9/2007/0470

    Mercia Marina (largest in Europe)

    South Derbyshire Green Belt

    585 berths

    Gastro-Pub, Retail outlets

    Log Cabin Holiday Park

    PLANNING APPEAL APP/R0660/A/14/2228777 

    Cholmondely Road, Wrenbury

    Cheshire

    200 berth Marina

    PLANNING PERMISSION 06/06/0192

    Lower Brockholes, Preston

    1 million tonnes sand & gravel extraction

    restoration and creation of fishing lake

    MINOR PLANNING APPLICATIONS (STATUTORY 8 WEEK DETERMINATION PERIOD)

     

    For minor planning applications for the proposed development of up to four dwellings a topographical survey is essential. For the architect they provide accurate data on changes in ground levels, ground undulations or slopes and for the tree surveyor they allow on-site trees to be accurately plotted.

     

    Should a proposed development require the creation of a new highway access or be located in the close vicinity of a water feature or woodland, a planning authority may require a highways survey and a protected species survey (Bats, Badgers and Great Crested Newts).

     

    The following experts have been members of David Nicholas Taylor’s project management teams for Minor planning applications.

     

    TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS  – Geomatic Surveys ltd, Survey Systems, Matthew Powers, Tree Care Consultancy

     

    TREE SURVEYS – Old Oak Tree Care, Amenity Tree Care, Buckland Tree Care

     

    ECOLOGY & PROTECTED SPECIES – Dr Martin Page, Rebecca Sambrook, Whycher Wildlife Ltd

     

    HIGHWAYS, TRAFFIC & TRANSPORT – Simon Boon, Bob Hindhaugh Associates, Thomas Simpson

     

    ARCHITECTS – Architectural Planning Partnership, Ian B. Taylor Architecture, JRC Architects, Kevin Dean Construction Design Services, Miles Design Ltd, Mike Harris Architecture Ltd, Daniel Mathias Architecture Ltd, Off the Wall Architectural Services, Tecwyn Williams R.I.B.A