Retail & Leisure

The leisure, retail and entertainment sectors are constantly evolving and reacting to the current economic climate and to changes in planning legislation and Government guidance. Our specialist knowledge in this field is strong and with our skills and experience we are able to assist occupiers, investors, landlords and developers through what is often a complex planning process.

Our team provides specialist planning advice in respect of the following:

• Out of town retail, restaurant and indoor leisure uses
• Town centre retail and restaurant uses
• Indoor leisure operators
• Hotels and conference centres
• Car supermarkets

Examples of our work include:

• Diggerworld, A11 – Major regional leisure destination proposal to be developed across 6 ha of land within the countryside adjacent the A11 trunk road.
• Europa Way, Ipswich – Mixed use development on the edge of Ipswich comprising up to 51,000 sq. ft gross sports, leisure and retail floor space beneath 142 dwelling units.
• Car Supermarket, Norwich - Change of use of existing derelict employment sheds and some 6 acres of redundant external space to form a new car supermarket.