Dorset Planning Consultant Ltd

Jo acted as the planning consultant in development of our parish's Neighbourhood Plan. Her expert technical advice and guidance has been invaluable and she also provided the working group with strong encouragement and support through the extended process. She conducted yourself over this time in a highly professional way and has been a pleasure to work with.

Hazelbury Bryan’s Neighbourhood Plan has been unusually complicated combining, as it has had to, the almost unique village composition of seven hamlets, of very differing sizes and characters, with initially some 26 sites offered for development along with additional applications during the period of preparation. Without Jo’s highly professional, friendly, patient guidance we doubt we should have ever reached this final stage of referendum. Such Plans are really quite a daunting process, taking considerable time and dedication, and frankly unless the committee preparing it has a member who has considerable experience in neighbourhood planning, the benefit of a consultant like Jo is invaluable.Val Rubie & Ian Stevenson (joint chair)

We employed Jo as a planning consultant, helping and advising us in the process of producing a neighbourhood plan for our parish. She demonstrated an extensive and in depth knowledge of the planning process and regulations, and there is no doubt that bringing our plan to fruition would have been a much longer and more difficult (if not impossible in our particular case) process without Jo's input. I have no hesitation in recommending Jo to other communities wishing to develop a neighbourhood plan.

Jo helped us raise an objection to a neighbours planning application. She took us through the whole process and wrote an outstanding letter on our behalf. Crossing our fingers the application now gets rejected

Jo Witherden was the planning consultant working with Fontmell Magna Parish Council to help develop our Neighbourhood Plan. Her knowledge of the planning system and her guidance and encouragement were instrumental in the preparation of our plan.I would recommend her services to anybody preparing a neighbourhood plan.

I had a complicated planning issue and used Dorset Planning Consultant Ltd ( Jo Witherden ) to assist me. Jo dealt with this efficiently, professionally and successfully and I would not hesitate to recommend her services and expertise.