Connect Consultants Transport Planning NPPF

Planning Reform and the new NPPF

As promised, the consultation draft of the proposed new NPPF was released yesterday. We have until 23:45 on 24th September to respond. There is also some explanatory text published alongside the tracked-changes consultation draft. As a Transport Planning consultancy, we have be drawn to our familiar ‘Chapter 9 Promoting sustainable Read more…

Connect Consultants residential development

Planning Reform July 2024

“We will reform the planning rules to build the homes and infrastructure the country desperately needs.” “We will improve public transport, transforming our buses and our railways to connect our country. We will bring rail services under public ownership and put passengers at the heart of our transport systems.” – Read more…

Festus Robert, Connect Consultants

Welcome Festus Robert

We are delighted to announce that Festus Robert has joined Connect as a Graduate Transport Planner in our Transport Planning Team. He has a BSc in Civil Engineering from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, and a MSc in Transport Engineering and Planning from the University Read more…

Connect Consultants success for Hallmark Care Homes in Ingatestone

Transport Planning Win at Ingatestone

£450,000.00: SAVED. (and permission granted for Office Headquarters and Care Home in Ingatestone) As much as all highway engineers and transport planners love modelling, designing and building new junctions, this one was simply unnecessary… …and, in successfully removing the need for the signal junction, we saved the development a hefty Read more…

Bike Week 2023, Connect Consultants

Bike Week 2023

This week is Bike Week 2023. Actually, it’s Bike Week 100, as this year it is celebrating its centenary. Cycling UK promotes this week as a celebration of everyday cycling for everyone, and at Connect we like to celebrate it by encouraging our team members to do the right thing Read more…

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Geraint has ReConnected

We are very pleased to announce that Geraint Jones has returned to Connect Consultants, taking the role of Director to lead the Highway Design Team. Geraint had previously worked with Connect for 14 years, and his return to the company is very welcome. He will be managing the Design Team Read more…