Credible, insight-led and high-impact support for Combined Authorities and Strategic Planning Boards — from evidence and spatial strategy through to deliverable growth.
Spatial Development Strategies (SDS) will soon be a statutory requirement across England. The challenge is not producing a strategy, but ensuring they shape Local Plans and drive housing delivery, infrastructure coordination and economic growth — rather than simply reflecting what is already planned.
Based on provisional examples from West Midlands and West of England Combined Authorities. Actual timelines vary by area, governance complexity and local factors. Source: PAS SDS Readiness Guide, MHCLG guidance.
We work across the full SDS cycle — from early readiness through to delivery frameworks — ensuring that strategy, evidence and implementation are fully aligned.
We are currently supporting Combined Authorities across England on work closely aligned to SDS preparation and delivery. Among the most important elements of our value added is ensuring that housing plans align with wider economic priorities — setting the right level of ambition and broad spatial distribution of housing to support long-term growth.
Our SDS work combines planning, analytical, policy and strategic expertise — bringing together senior practitioners and government-trained economists to bridge the gap between strategy and delivery.
Our team combines senior planning and policy expertise with strong analytical capability, enabling us to support SDS from strategic definition through to delivery.
