David Fovargue
Planning Director
Specialisms:
- Housing
- Planning applications and appeals
- Real Estate
- Strategic land promotion
David is a chartered town planner with over 20 years’ experience specialising in strategic land promotion and large-scale residential projects, from urban extensions to new garden communities.
David advises national housebuilders and landed estates, helping clients realise the full value of their assets while delivering lasting, positive legacies for local communities.
He takes a diligent and comprehensive approach to every project to ensure the best possible outcomes for his clients. He thrives on leading and collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to navigate complex planning challenges, balancing competing technical, environmental, and political factors.
Motivated by the national housing crisis, David finds satisfaction in supporting the delivery of new homes alongside essential infrastructure, habitats, and green spaces.
David is currently advising on several large-scale grey belt cases on sites across the country in response to the Labour Government’s radical changes to national Green Belt policy.
Key areas of expertise:
– Strategic land promotion
– Expert witness at planning appeals and local plan examinations
– Planning appraisals and strategies
– Large scale residential, garden communities and mixed-use schemes
– Urban regeneration
– Community and political engagement
I enjoy leading and working with teams and specialists across different disciplines to deliver success for my clients, often within the cut and thrust of local politics – problem-solving to balance competing planning, technical and environmental challenges. Knowing that I am helping to support the delivery of new homes, as well as associated infrastructure, habitats and green space, in the face of a national housing crisis is particularly rewarding - it is a key motivation behind all that I do. I also enjoy supporting junior colleagues in their professional development, helping them to truly realise their career aspirations and ambitions.