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ViaPlan Limited – Planning & Highways Consultancy

 

Founder & Director: Aisha Khawar

 

Senior Planning & Highways Specialist | 20+ Years’ Local Authority Experience

 

 

 

ViaPlan Limited is a specialist planning and highways consultancy supporting local authorities across England. The consultancy was created to respond directly to capacity, resourcing, and technical pressures faced by councils, particularly in the delivery of S106, S38, and S278 agreements.

 

Aisha Khawar, Founder and Director, personally leads all consultancy work. With over 20 years’ in‑house experience working with local authority legal, planning, and highways teams, she brings a calm, pragmatic, and council‑focused approach to complex matters. Her experience spans county, metropolitan, unitary, and district authorities, including:

 

Birmingham City Council, Oxfordshire County Council, Broxtowe Borough Council, Crawley Borough Council, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Malvern Hills District Council, Dartford Borough Council, Cannock Chase District Council, Lancashire County Council, Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council, Stafford Borough Council and others.

 

ViaPlan offers a free drafting service to councils, with fees paid directly by developers. The consultancy provides drafting, negotiation, and completion of S106, S38, and S278 agreements, taking instructions directly from client departments and requiring minimal involvement from in‑house legal teams.

 

Services for Local Authorities include:

 

Drafting Agreements

  • No cost to the Council
  • Fees paid directly from developer 
  • Drafting, negotiating & completing S106, S38 and S278 Agreements 
  • Taking instructions directly from client departments 
  • Requiring minimal involvement from in‑house legal teams 
  • No resource implications to the Council

 

 

Training & Template

  • BCN, EN, SN, TSN & more
  • Bespoke training packages
  • Costs depend on frequency of sessions
  • Designed for client departments and legal officers
  • Flexible delivery: offered weekly, monthly, or ad‑hoc
  • Providing support to legal teams

 

Monthly Subscription

  • Dedicated weekly time slot for Teams meetings with clients.
  • Available on any day of the week to cater for client requirements.
  • Regular, consistent weekly support arrangement.
  • Direct assistance with complex planning and highways queries.
  • Follow-up written advice provided for clarity & audit purposes.
  • Consistent access to expert support without additional financial pressure on the Council.

 

 

Additional Services

  • Ad-hoc advice
  • Maternity/sickness cover
  • Bespoke packages
  • Backlog clearance

 

ViaPlan works exclusively for local authorities, ensuring no conflicts of interest in any of the work undertaken.

 

 

 

Contact us

Phone: +44 20 8078 0739

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Website: www.viaplan.co.uk

 

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