White Young Green (WYG) provides a full range of services to the house building industry. This spans private residential, student housing, affordable housing initiatives and urban regeneration schemes acting on behalf of clients from individual landowners to major developers and public sector agencies. WYG has extensive experience in dealing with site appraisals, feasibility studies and technical assessments, as well as solving town planning problems associated with housing development.

Promoting sustainable development remains at the forefront of national Government policy and WYG assists in developing urban brownfield sites, sustainable urban extensions, EcoHomes and mixed-up schemes to fulfill these objectives through high quality design. WYG’s expertise includes:

Site appraisal and selection

  • Advise on the prospects of obtaining planning permission and coordinating applications
  • Identifying strategic locations to meet housing needs
  • Planning policy
  • Representations on development plans
  • Housing land supply
  • Affordable housing needs assessment
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Topographical survey
  • Geotechnical appraisals

Development Planning and Design

  • Urban context assessments
  • Master planning
  • Affordable, key worker and student housing
  • Sequential Test assessments
  • Planning applications and negotiation with planning authorities
  • Leading appeals at informal hearings
  • Expert witnesses at public inquiries

Engineering Design and Support

  • Building Regulations
  • Option Studies
  • Roads and drainage infrastructure
  • Environmental engineering services
  • Civil and Structural Engineering services
  • Building Services