Marilyn Brichard is a Town Planning Consultant with over 30 years experience in both the public and private sectors.

After spending the last 23 years working as part of a multi-disciplinary private practice, Marilyn is now working as an Independent Planning Consultant based at Sowerby, near Halifax in Calderdale and handles a full range of professional planning work over a wide area of the North of England.

Marilyn can help with a wide range of planning issues, including:

  • Assessing your Permitted Development Rights
  • Planning Assessments
  • Design and Access Statements
  • Planning Applications
  • Presentations to Planning Committee
  • Retrospective Applications
  • Planning Contravention
  • Notices Planning Appeals
  • Enforcement Appeals
  • Appeal Hearings and Public Inquiries
  • Listed Buildings and Conservation
  • Green Belt Proposals
  • Discharge of Planning Conditions
  • Activation of Planning Permissions
  • Agricultural Prior Notification

Marilyn is a Chartered Town Planner and Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and has full PI insurance. Her expertise is in understanding the fine detail of planning, what might not need permission, what conditions mean, and how to interpret the jargon. She specialises in mediating when agreements cannot be reached or when things have gone wrong.

Find out how Marilyn might be able to advise on your planning requirements.