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CapabilityReduce application Statement backlogs Landand increase Referencing productivity John Bebb Principal Business Manager [email protected] 07841 995 098 Contents The Company TerraQuest System Overview Land Referencing Experience Resource Capacity Quality, Data Security, Insurance The Company These include HS2, Crossrail, Heathrow, EDF Hinkley Point, Scottish Power transmission lines, Highways England road schemes, National Grid, TfL Station upgrades, and Local Formed in 1972 TerraQuest, now part of the Mears Group, is one Authority housing and regeneration schemes. of the UK's oldest and largest multi-disciplinary business support company specialising in land and planning services. TerraQuest therefore has considerable experience and expertise across many sectors including Utilities, Energy, Transport and TerraQuest is an Ordnance Survey business partner, is G-Cloud Regeneration schemes in urban and rural environments. accredited and custodian of the national Planning Portal, having TerraQuest is active across the UK and currently supports been appointed by DCLG in 2015. TerraQuest has over 250 projects in the north at Darlington, the south in Devon, Wales and personnel, approx. 110 of which are actively involved in delivering the South East. In Northern Ireland TerraQuest currently has a the land referencing service. team of over 60 involved in land referencing and land Specialising in land and planning services has required the registration, the latter on behalf of the Land and Property development of processes and proprietary systems specifically Services NI. designed to collect and manage large volumes of property TerraQuest works very closely with key stakeholders especially information. legal, environmental and engineering firms to ensure the TerraQuest land referencing services identify landowners and interdependencies between each discipline are fully understood occupiers within a specified area. This information is utilised to and as a result costs are controlled without compromising develop effective schedules and plans. The land referencing diligence and best practice. service supports Statutory Procedures including Compulsory TerraQuest is probably the UKs most technologically innovative Purchase Orders (CPO) and Development Consent Orders (DCO) company in the processing and management of land and applications under the Planning Act, Transport and Works Act, property information, introducing new methods of data Town and Country Planning and Parliamentary Bills, for collection and delivery. Our web-based solutions can address transportation, energy, regeneration and other infrastructural every aspect of land acquisition, from Site Access to Land development projects.. Registration. Our processes are ISO certified including ISO 27001 to address TerraQuest also provides outsourced planning services to local ongoing concerns regarding the secure storage of personal data. authorities which enables the Authority to remove backlog or TerraQuest has a reputation as a large project contractor as process applications quicker thus addressing current concerns testified by its involvement in many of the UK's major and high- with the speed of the planning process. profile infrastructure projects. System Overview Process Overview Land Acquisition and Recording System (LARS) Typical Stages and Outputs of the Land Referencing Process TerraQuest manages all referencing information within its Stage Output Land RegistryDocumentation; Draft Land Referencing proprietary Land Acquisition and Recording System (LARS) this Desktop Referencing Schedule and Maps includes: Contact Referencing 2nd DraftCPO Schedule and Maps; enquiryevidence FinalCPO Schedule and Maps; informationrequired for Preparation of Order Schedule and Statement of Reasons; Notices of Making the Order (incl. Map • Land Parcels • Addresses Site Notices); Proof of Service; Statutory Compliance File Preparation forPublic Inquiry Public InquiryPortal; witnessstatements Notices of Confirmation (incl. Site Notices); • Interests • Titles Confirmation Proof of Service • Parties • Site Reference Compulsory Acquisition/Acquisition by GVD Plans and individualplot plans foreach party; Agreement LARS is a geospatial solution enabling spatial data to be fully integrated with database records and electronic documents. The spatial extents of each Land Parcel and Title are digitised in LARS to maintain full referential integrity between data records. Data Flow Land parcel areas are automatically calculated from the spatial extents, and the database attributed accordingly. Non-Contact Contact Inputs Service The system also supports the recording of public footpaths, Inputs Outputs bridleways, cycle tracks, byways and any other rights of way. The E-Confirmation OS E-LIQs Consultation system maintains a full audit log of site visits and both telephone Mapping Schedules Support and written enquiries are updated on a continual basis. Land Book of All incoming documents (e.g. Official Copies, Filed Plans, Land Registry Reference Titles & plans Interest Questionnaires, Confirmation Schedules etc). are TerraQuest scanned and linked to the core record within LARS. GIS Local Database S42,S46,S134 Authority NtT & GVD The Book of Reference (Schedules), plans and notices are Details LARS Notices produced via an automatic process from LARS. Statutory Undertaker Examination Details Support Site Visit Details Project Experience CPO Schemes The following projects have involved some or all of the following Development of infrastructure projects to support national Land Referencing Services initiatives is reliant on securing the relevant powers to acquire Desktop Referencing Notices of Making Confirmation the necessary legal interests in land. Effective acquisition of land Contact Referencing CPO Schedule and Map GVD/NtT and NoE is critical to the reduction of both cost and risk to major infrastructure schemes. Birmingham City Council – Paradise Circus Redevelopment Fareham Borough Council - Welborne Garden Village TerraQuest can mobilise quickly and apply its data management L.B. Waltham Forest - Marlowe Road L.B. Southwark – Elephant & Castle Regeneration and systems which are second to none in the industry in L.B. Harrow – Grange Farm Close delivering the right information to stakeholders at the right time L.B. Wandsworth – Alton Estate in the right format. This is a major consideration for complex, L.B. Wandsworth – York Road/ Winstanley Estate multi stakeholder programmes working to demanding L.B. Bexley – Erith Town Centre timeframes where requirements can change but delivery dates Warrington B.C. - Warrington Waterfront Warrington B.C. – A57 Lingley Green Avenue do not. Warrington B.C. – Burtonwood Road Warrington B.C. – Western Link Road TerraQuest work very closely with all stakeholders typically legal, Birmingham City Council – Perry Barr (Commonwealth Games) environmental and engineering teams to ensure the Birmingham City Council – Axis Building interdependencies between each discipline are fully understood Portsmouth City Council - City Centre Link Road and that costs are controlled without compromising diligence Nuneaton and Bedworth Council – Camp Hill Regeneration Wigan & Bolton Council – Key Route Network and best practice. Cheshire East Council – Crewe Station Hub Since 1972 TerraQuest has undertaken literally 100’s of CPO Anglesey County Council – A5025 upgrade L.B. Enfield – Meridian Water schemes and cover the entire process from desktop research L.B. Enfield – Montagu406 through to GVD. Those undertaken within the past three years L.B. Barnet - Brent Cross Shopping Centre Redevelopment and those on which we are currently engaged include the Thurrock Council – Purfleet Regeneration following. Land Referencing Service Birmingham City Council – Brickfield Road Nottingham County Council – Gedling Access Road Ebbsfleet Development Corporation – Grove Road Windsor & Maidenhead Council – The Landing Cheshire East Council – North West Crewe Highway Darlington Borough Council – Darlington Station Regeneration London Borough of Ealing – The Green, Southall Torbay District Council – Crossway Shopping Centre, Paignton Bradford Borough Council – Harrogate Road/New Line DCO / hybrid Bill Projects Strategic Infrastructure Schemes TerraQuest has outstanding DCO credentials and have been Legislative involved in infrastructure schemes involving Roads (Highways Client Scheme England), Rail (HS2, & Crossrail 1&2), Energy including (Nuclear, Regime EDF Energy Hinkley Point C Nuclear Station DCO Tidal, EfW, Hydro, Carbon Capture, and Gas-Fired) plus EDF Energy Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station DCO Transmission Lines (National Grid and Scottish Power). NuGen Moorside Nuclear Power Station DCO Scottish Power North Wales Grid Connection DCO Scottish Power Mid Wales Grid Connection DCO We therefore fully understand the challenges, complexities and Scottish Power North Shropshire Connection DCO risks involved and how they should be mitigated in order that a Tidal Lagoon Power Swansea Tidal lagoon DCO compliant process is observed resulting in a successful outcome. Capture Power White Rose Carbon Capture DCO Stag Energy Hirwaun Gas-Fired Power Station DCO Stag Energy Progress Gas-Fired Power Station DCO Stag Energy Abergelli Gas-Fired Power Station DCO Stag Energy Millbrook Gas-Fired Power Station DCO Stag Energy Deeside Gas-Fired Power Station DCO Alternative Energy Boston EfW project DCO Heathrow Airport Ltd Expansion at Heathrow DCO HS2 Phase 1 London Metropolitan area hybrid Bill HS2 Phase