Insights
Ardent’s Atlas
Atlas is Ardent’s bespoke spatial database management system that has been designed to support the full life span of a project from planning, into...
The challenges of managing consents and land for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs)
Major infrastructure projects regularly take anywhere between 5 and 10 years to deliver into operation from the initial stages of outcome definition;...
Accepted for Examination: The Keadby 3 Low Carbon Gas Fired Generating Station
In an effort to reduce the carbon intensity of electrically generated energy, and create sustainable energy production, the Planning Inspectorate has...
World Environment Day
Everyone can play a part when it comes to building a more sustainable future. World Environment Day is the perfect time to stop, think and question...
Global Parent’s Day
They say that being a parent is a full-time job, but what happens when the lines between your actual full-time job and being a parent become...
New York, New York! (The Ardent Big Apple Challenge)
Always looking at ways to maintain the Ardent team’s health and well-being, we decided to set a BIG challenge that involved getting them to dust off...
What is a Development Consent Order (DCO)?
A Development Consent Order (DCO) application is made by a Promoter in order to gain consent to undertake a Nationally Significant Infrastructure...
Notice Serving
Notice serving is a requirement for all statutory application procedures, and we are experienced in producing them in all relevant forms. Ardent has...
MetroWest Milestone Reached
On Monday 19th April 2021, the Portishead Branch Line (MetroWest Phase 1) 6 month Examination drew to a close. This marked the end of a milestone...
Survey Access
From small local projects to large‐scale national projects such as HS2, the team at Ardent has considerable experience in gaining access to...
What is Land Referencing?
Land Referencing is an integral part of regeneration schemes and project delivery, and we place great emphasis on this element of our work. By...
Lockdown: 1 Year on
Exactly 1 year ago today, the Government told us to stay at home for the first time. Since then the past year has been described as “one of the most...