Challenge

Vail Williams was appointed by Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust to provide planning advice to support the Trust in achieving planning permission for a new £25m new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Slough town centre.

Our planners worked closely with the Trust to a tight schedule and Slough Borough Council through a planning performance agreement, to complete the planning process in a collaborative and efficient manner.

How we helped

• Worked with Slough Borough Council to agree a Planning Performance Agreement, ensuring good lines of communication, collaboration, as well as problem-solving between applicant and authority throughout.
• Undertook pre-application consultation meetings with the Council and community engagement events to ensure efficient stakeholder management.
• Worked closely with the Council to ensure any issues or queries were addressed swiftly to avoid delays to the planning programme.
• Monitored applications post-submission to ensure consultee comments were considered and addressed within the plans where necessary.

Result

• Worked closely with Slough Borough Council to get application from validation to planning committee in just 13 weeks, achieving resolution to grant planning permission at planning committee.
• The success of this application will ensure the efficient reuse of a formerly vacant site and will see completion of the Community Diagnostic Centre in 2025.
• Our planning team will continue to support the Trust through the construction process, assisting in the discharge of planning conditions to ensure consistency of communication with Slough Borough Council.