David Diggle a director of national planning and urban consultancy, Turley Associates – which is also exhibiting – will address delegates at the IHEEM conference on ‘How to achieve best value for surplus NHS estate, and how to positively engage with the planning system’.
Turley Associates, a leading healthcare planning consultancy, has an established track record in obtaining planning permission for new hospitals and medical facilities. “We have extensive experience in dealing with complex planning applications for healthcare development, and in securing positive land use allocations in Development Plans for estate enhancement and expansion,” David Diggle explained. Recent high profile projects include securing planning permission for the new Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool for the Acorn Consortium – one of the Europe’s biggest, busiest, children’s hospitals. Turley Associates is currently advising a range of NHS organisations on disposal of surplus healthcare estate for alternative forms of development. The company regularly advises on:
• New healthcare development.
• Estate rationalisation strategies.
• Site masterplans and urban design.
• Planning applications.
• Development plan representations.
• Conservation and heritage.
• Site disposal.
• Environmental impact assessment.
• Residential care.
