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Urban environmental development planning.

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
UKJ4 - Kent
Contract value
£5,000,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
Not stated by buyer
Published
24 September 2026

Procurement

Contract period
8 October 2026 - 31 October 2030
48 months
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 90712000 Environmental planning
  • 90712100 Urban environmental development planning
  • 90713000 Environmental issues consultancy services

What happened

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council awarded this contract to Iceni Projects Limited | Opinion Research Services Ltd | Rapleys LLP | Ove Arup and Partners Ltd | RRR Consultancy Ltd | Chris Blandford Associates Limited T/A CBA | Ecology Solutions Ltd | Land Use Consultants Ltd. | Jeremy Benn Associates Ltd (t/a JBA Consulting) | The Environment Partnership (TEP) Limited | Huskisson Brown Associates | Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limited | Nexus Planning Ltd | Volterra Partners LLP | Norman Rourke Pryme Limited | VELOCITY TRANSPORT PLANNING LTD | Urban Movement | Ridge and Partners LLP | BIOREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP | Capita Property and infrastructure Ltd | Seronova Limited | Ethos Environmental Planning Ltd | Knight, Kavanagh & Page Ltd | Strategic Leisure Limited | BPS Dorking Limited (T/A BPS Chartered Surveyors) | Newmark Gerald Eve LLP | QUINTIC LLP worth £5,000,000. The contract runs until 31 Oct 2030.

Description

Local Authorities are required to produce a wide range of evidence base to support the development of their local plans. Including a commitment to starting a Local Plan review within six months of adoption of the plan. In order to assist with the development of the evidence and ensure a compliant Procurement Process has been undertaken, the partner authorities have committed to the procurement of an open framework, to cover multiple disciplines in a lotted structure.

This Framework will also be available for use by the following organisations: Maidstone Borough Council, Tonbridge and Malling Borough and Sevenoaks District Council. LOT 1: HOUSING LOT 2: BUILT AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT LOT 3: LANDSCAPE AND BIODIVERSITY LOT 4: EMPLOYMENT AND COMMERCIAL LOT 5: TRANSPORT AND PARKING LOT 6: SUSTAINABILITY LOT 7: SPORTS AND RECREATION LOT 8: VIABILITY Consultants may be awarded a maximum of three individual lots. Where a consultant is successful in more than three lots, only the three highest‐ranked will be awarded, and any additional lots will be excluded.

The Council will appoint a maximum of five consultants per lot.

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Iceni Projects Limited | Opinion Research Services Ltd | Rapleys LLP | Ove Arup and Partners Ltd | RRR Consultancy Ltd | Chris Blandford Associates Limited T/A CBA | Ecology Solutions Ltd | Land Use Consultants Ltd. | Jeremy Benn Associates Ltd (t/a JBA Consulting) | The Environment Partnership (TEP) Limited | Huskisson Brown Associates | Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limited | Nexus Planning Ltd | Volterra Partners LLP | Norman Rourke Pryme Limited | VELOCITY TRANSPORT PLANNING LTD | Urban Movement | Ridge and Partners LLP | BIOREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP | Capita Property and infrastructure Ltd | Seronova Limited | Ethos Environmental Planning Ltd | Knight, Kavanagh & Page Ltd | Strategic Leisure Limited | BPS Dorking Limited (T/A BPS Chartered Surveyors) | Newmark Gerald Eve LLP | QUINTIC LLP
Award value
£5,000,000

Contact

Address
Town Hall, Monson Way Royal Tunbridge Wells TN1 1RS UK, TN1 1RS
Contact name
Dan Hutchins

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