About Prospero
Our experience has provided varied and challenging work opportunities with exposure to many different types of developments. Our experience in both the public and private sectors gives us a unique position in understanding the challenges to development, as well as the solutions to complex planning problems or planning applications.
Meet Prospero Planning
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Emma Watkins
Carmarthenshire County Council
Prospero Planning was appointed to act on behalf of Carmarthenshire County Council in September 2020 where there was a significant backlog of applications to handle due to various staff absences and rollout out of a new document management system. It all coincided with the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic including remote working and…
Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park
Prospero Planning was awarded the contract to provide cover for a Senior Planning Officer on behalf of Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park in 2021. The appointment was brought about by severe technical difficulties that the authority had experienced alongside the challenges posed by Covid-19 and a long-term sickness absence within the team. Officers were…
Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park
Prospero Planning was selected to provide Planning Officer cover on behalf of Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park for the duration of a maternity leave absence within the in-house team. Two of the Prospero team working together made up a full-time equivalent and inherited full responsibility for all planning matters arising in one of the four geographic…
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
Prospero Planning originally took on a short-term assignment with Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (BGCBC) to help clear a backlog of 25 planning applications. Nine months later, we were still working with BGCBC, having become an indispensable part of the team. We originally joined to help evaluate and make recommendations on a backlog of householder…
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Prospero Planning have supported Pembrokeshire Coast National Park on multiple occasions during the past ten years, working on planning applications, pre-application enquiries and appeals, providing seamless cover at times when the team was stretched due to long- and short-term sick leave, vacancies and appeals. Most recently, they were having difficulty in recruiting permanent staff, and…
Vale of Glamorgan Council
Prospero Planning have assisted the Vale of Glamorgan many times over more than ten years, providing resource and expertise to help during periods of pressure due to factors such as staff absence and application influx. Most recently, we joined the team following the departure of a senior planner which coincided with an increase in application…