Retail, Leisure & Town Centre Use Audits

Overview

This page is designed as a service-specific template for Retail, Leisure & Town Centre Use Audits. The content can be expanded with project examples, technical commentary, policy references and frequently asked questions.

Hadleybrooks Consultancy provides clear, proportionate and commercially focused advice, with outputs tailored to the planning decision, evidence requirement and client objective.

Typical scope

The service can include:

• Independent review of submitted retail or town centre evidence.
• Audit of assumptions, methodology and policy compliance.
• Identification of missing evidence or under-tested impacts.
• Review of sequential and impact assessment robustness.
• Clear recommendations for decision-makers.

Outputs

Outputs can include advice notes, planning statements, assessment reports, representations, rebuttal documents, evidence reviews and decision-ready written submissions.