Get consent.
Leave the place better.
Transport planning that gets schemes to a decision. We work with developers, and the architects, planners, engineers and agents behind them, to get the highways side of an application agreed.
- Director-ledThe person you speak to does the work
- 13+ years150+ schemes, from single plots to Local Plan sites
- Fixed feesAgreed in writing before we start
- Two-day replyA straight answer and a quote within two working days
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For the people who bring schemes forward.
We fit around the way you already work, whether the scheme is yours or your client's.
Developers and landowners →
Know what the council will ask for before you buy, sell or pay for a design. A fixed fee, a straight view on risk, and one person to call.
Architects →
Transport input while the layout can still change. Access, visibility, parking and bin lorry tracking checked early, so nothing gets redrawn late.
Planning consultants →
Transport evidence that supports your planning statement and arrives by your submission date. Highways comments answered quickly. Your client stays your client.
Engineers →
An access strategy and Section 278 scope that sit comfortably with your highway and drainage design, with Road Safety Audits coordinated for you.
If your scheme touches a road, the council will want transport evidence.
We provide it, sized to the scheme. Sometimes that means a short technical note rather than a thick report. Where a scheme gives something back, such as a footway or a crossing, we make sure the council sees it.
All services in detail →Three questions every council asks.
Answer three quick questions and see where your scheme's effects land, and which reports it's likely to need. No email required.
1 · What are you proposing?
2 · How big is it?
Choose what you're proposing first.
3 · How will people get in and out?
- At the gate
- In the neighbourhood
- On the network
Your scheme is likely to need
Indicative only. Requirements vary by council. We'll confirm for your site, with a fixed quote.
Answer the questions and the rings will light up where your scheme's effects will land.
At the gate
Can people get in and out safely?
We design the way in, including the junction, sightlines and footways, so it's safe and built to council standards.
In the neighbourhood
Can people walk, cycle or catch a bus?
We check the routes to schools, shops and stops, and improve them where they fall short.
On the network
Can the local roads cope?
We test the extra traffic properly, and propose fixes only where they're genuinely needed.
You deal with the person doing the work.
Ripple is Ripple Development Planning, with 13 years in transport planning and a simple way of working: you deal with him directly.
13+
years in transport planning
150+
schemes advised on across his career
1
person, from first call to decision
Senior from start to finish
The person you speak to is the person who does the work. Nothing is handed to a junior once the job is won.
A straight answer
We'll tell you what the council will ask for and what it won't. If you don't need us, we'll say so.
Fees that fit the scheme
A fixed quote, scoped to the size of the site. No surveys or modelling for the sake of it.
Specialist partners for surveys and audits
About Ripple →Send.
Tell us where the site is and what's proposed. A postcode and a sentence will do.
Scope.
We tell you what the council will need, what it won't, and give you a fixed fee.
Submit.
We do the work, deal with the highways officer, and stay with it until there is a decision.
Tell us where.
We'll tell you what it needs.
No obligation. A reply from the person who'll do the work, within two working days.