Urban Design & Masterplanning Consultancy

 

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David Lock Associates

Employee-owned planning and urban design consultancy delivering strategic planning, masterplanning and regeneration projects across the UK.

David Lock Associates is a leading UK strategic planning, urban design and masterplanning consultancy.
For over 35 years, the practice has delivered sustainable communities, strategic growth and major placemaking projects through integrated planning and design expertise.
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David Lock Associates combines strategic planning, urban design and masterplanning expertise to deliver large-scale residential, mixed-use, regeneration and infrastructure projects from concept through implementation.

Planning Consultants

· Strategic planning · Site promotion · Development planning · Local plan advocacy · Planning consents · Stakeholder engagement

David Lock Associates leads complex planning strategies that secure policy support, planning permissions and sustainable growth outcomes.

Urban Designers

· Masterplanning · Design codes · Spatial frameworks · Public realm design · Community planning · Town centre revitalisation

Its urban design teams create compelling, deliverable places rooted in sustainable placemaking principles.

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Cranbrook, Devon

Masterplanned and secured planning for Devon’s first new town in centuries, delivering 8,000 homes, town centre, schools, transport infrastructure and community assets.
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Hawkwell Village, Bicester

Planning and masterplanning for a 3,100-home sustainable urban extension informed by Eco-Town principles.
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Sevenoaks Quarry, Kent

Complex strategic masterplanning and planning for a sustainable 950-home Green Belt community extension on an active quarry site.

What we do

Disciplines

  • Planning Consultants
  • Urban Designers
  • Strategic Development
  • Consultants



Project Type

  • Strategic land
  • New settlements
  • Garden communities
  • Residential
  • Mixed-use
  • Regeneration
  • Infrastructure


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Typical Project Size

  • Strategic sites to 8,000+ home settlements


Stage of Involvement

  • Policy
  • Site promotion
  • Feasibility
  • Masterplanning
  • Planning
  • Design coding
  • Delivery

 

Geographic Focus

  • UK


Open to connecting with

  • Developers
  • Landowners
  • Housebuilders
  • Investors
  • Local authorities
  • Infrastructure providers

What we deliver

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Integrated strategic planning and placemaking expertise that secures planning, shapes sustainable growth and delivers commercially viable communities.

 

How we like to work

David Lock Associates works collaboratively across multidisciplinary consultant teams, clients, public authorities and communities to shape better places through creativity, technical rigour and strategic leadership.

KEY CONTACTS

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Andrew Fisher

 

Partner


Leads planning, development and strategic project delivery.

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Julia Foster

 

Managing Director


Leads strategic planning, placemaking and long-term business direction.

 

 

 

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Robert Blake

 

Planner & Urban Designer


Combines planning and urban design expertise to shape sustainable communities.

Connect with David Lock Associates

 

 

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Phone: +44 (0)1908 666276

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Our Partners
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