Bloomfields Chartered Town Planners, specialising in planning advice throughout the South East.

Bloomfields is the trading name for Lambert & Foster (Bloomfields) Ltd, the planning arm of Lambert & Foster and a firm of Chartered Town Planners providing planning and development consultancy services. Bloomfields has an excellent reputation for providing a first class professional, friendly and cost effective service. They work for individuals, limited companies, residents’ groups, local authorities and other public bodies.
Why use Bloomfields?
- The Bloomfields team has a range of expertise and experiences to draw upon from both the private and public planning sector.
- Bloomfields can utilise the wider professional services offered by Lambert & Foster and its letting, property management, agency, auction, valuation and rural professional departments.
- Bloomfields planning consultants undertake Continued Professional Development training as part of their membership of the RTPI and/or RICS.
- Staff regularly attend planning agents’ meetings with councils to maintain good relations with officers and managers and to keep abreast of local updates and politics.
- Bloomfields has an excellent working relationship with a wide range of specialist consultants which can be pivotal in achieving permissions and delivering to deadlines.
- The Bloomfields team deal with planning matters on behalf of clients across 25 councils in the south east.
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THE PLANNING TEAM

Thomas Ogden

Gary Mickelborough

Tim Duncan

Jonathan Booth

Katie Hurley

Dan Page

Nick Brandreth

Vicky Bedford

Sam Finnis

Beth Watts

Amy Mitchell

Russell Brown

Andy Burgess

Nicola Thomas

Sue Carter

Katherine Staples

Director
Thomas Ogden
BSc (Hons) MRICS MBIAC AssocRTPI
Tom joined Lambert & Foster in 2013. He is Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor and member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), a full member of the British Institute of Agricultural Consultants (BIAC) and an Associate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). As a highly organised and meticulous consultant he prides himself in dealing with contentious planning cases. Tom also sits on the National Fruit Show General Committee.
Outside of work Tom plays hockey and cricket when he can escape from his three daughters and wife! He also enjoys being outdoors, learning about trees and walking and working his spaniels.
Phone:01892 831 600

Director
Gary Mickelborough
BSc (Hons) MA MRTPI
Gary is a Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute with an RTPI-accredited Masters degree in Planning Policy and Practice. Gary joined the firm in 2014. In his approach to work, Gary combines an acute understanding of legislation and planning policy with the procedural requirements of Councils. He specialises in housing and residential development, with work ranging from the conversion of buildings under permitted development rights for private clients to larger housing developments with housebuilding clients. Gary works closely with the L&F agency department to generate onward sale of property generally at significantly increased values. Outside of work Gary is an avid Arsenal fan and a keen footballer, having played at a competitive standard, and takes pride in having scored in the first round proper of the FA Cup!

Managing Director
Tim Duncan
BSc (Hons) MRICS MARLA
Tim joined Lambert & Foster in 1994 and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1996. He studied at De Montfort University, having been educated at Lancing College. Born in Tenterden and having lived all his life in East Sussex and more recently Kent, he knows the local area well. Tim originally trained as a building surveyor and specialises in planning and development work. He is an RICS Registered Valuer. Outside of work Tim enjoys shooting, vintage tractors and has a private pilot’s licence and is often in the skies carrying out aerial surveys!
Paddock Wood:01892 832 325

Director
Jonathan Booth
BA (Hons) MSc MRICS FAAV
Jon hails from a family with close connections to the farming community in Kent. After 10 years working in London he returned to his roots by joining Lambert & Foster in 2014, having completed a Masters in Rural Estate Management at the Royal Agricultural University. By 2017 he had qualified as a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, a Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers and as a Registered Valuer. Jon now advises clients on a broad range of professional matters, including Valuation, Estate Management, the Basic Payment Scheme and Environmental Stewardship Schemes, Rural Grants and Compulsory Purchase and Compensation. Outside of work Jon is kept busy with two young daughters but can be found on the hockey or cricket field when time allows!
Paddock Wood:01892 832 325

Director
Katie Hurley
MRICS FAAV
Katie joined Lambert & Foster in 2010 after completing a Masters in Rural Estate Management at the Royal Agricultural University. She is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) a RICS Registered Valuer and a fellow of the Central Agricultural Association of Valuers (CAAV). Katie specialises in rural planning and valuations, carrying out work for Secured Lending, Tax and Planning purposes.
Katie lives on her family farm in East Kent where they farm a mix of arable, sheep and beef with a pedigree Sussex herd. Outside of work Katie is a keen tennis player and enjoys outdoor pursuits.
Paddock Wood:01892 832 325

Associate Director
Dan Page
BSc (Hons) PGDipSurv MRICS FAAV MBIAC
Dan grew up and worked on his family beef and lamb farm in West Kent before completing his undergraduate Geography degree at the University of Bristol in 2006. Having worked for 13 years at a Sussex based Chartered Surveying Firm, Dan moved to Lambert & Foster in 2020. Dan qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 2010 and as a Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers in 2011. Having advised clients on a range of rural professional and agency matters, Dan now tends to specialise in rural and agricultural planning, as well as valuation, utility and compensation work. Dan is also an RICS Registered Valuer and a member of the British Institute of Agricultural Consultants (BIAC).
Outside of work, Dan has a young family which keep him rather busy, but when time allows, Dan is a keen cyclist and runner and likes nothing more than a cycle tour of a European mountain range, or more closer to home, taking the kids on a few laps of Bedgebury Forest!
Phone:01892 832 325

Consultant
Nick Brandreth
BSc FRICS
Nick hails from the Lincolnshire Fens and decamped to London in the late 1970’s to qualify at South Bank Polytechnic in surveying. Having married a Lincolnshire farmer’s daughter who decided to farm in Kent, he joined Lambert & Foster in the mid 1980’s to become the first non-auctioneering qualified surveyor in the Practice. Nick specialises in planning and development matters which has traditionally been centred around agricultural buildings but in more recent years has expanded into residential and some commercial development but always maintaining a strong link with agriculture and horticulture.
Paddock Wood:01892 832 325

Senior Chartered Associate
Vicky Bedford
BA(Hons) Pg Dip MRTPI
Email:Vicky.Bedford@bloomfieldsltd.co.uk
Phone:01892 831 600

Senior Chartered Associate
Sam Finnis
BSc (Hons) MA MRTPI
Email:sam.finnis@bloomfieldsltd.co.uk
Sussex:01892 831 600







What our clients say
We couldn’t be happier with your expertise
Sometimes in these times, it is hard to find people whom one can trust but rest assured that we couldn’t be happier with your expertise.
They worked tirelessly, through many setbacks and achieved our desired outcome
We were recommended to Bloomfields after we purchased an unusual building with a very difficult planning history, with the aim of converting it into a… house. They worked tirelessly, through many setbacks and achieved our desired outcome. We now have a home of which we are justly proud. The professional team treated us as individuals, not ‘clients’ and their enthusiasm for the project matched ours. They exceeded any expectations we had and shouldered all of the stress and worry associated with liaising with the Council. They always kept our aims to the forefront and kept us well informed at every stage. We have no hesitation in highly recommending Bloomfields to others facing planning related issues. Read more “They worked tirelessly, through many setbacks and achieved our desired outcome”
A very personal and personable service all round.
We were recommended Bloomfields as a planning consultant. Anna and her team are the absolute paradigm of professionalism and took our case against massive odds… to a very successful completion. Nothing was too much trouble for them. A very personal and personable service all round. We will certainly be recommending their services to anyone we know who has planning issues or concerns. Read more “A very personal and personable service all round.”
Bloomfields delivers results.
Bloomfields delivers results. They turned around a very difficult situation and achieved a positive outcome using professional skill, patience and determination.
Good help and advice all round
I will just take a moment to say many thanks to all involved with our project here. It was a pleasure to deal with you… and we are very happy with the outcome, even though we decided to sell in the end, which wasn’t our initial intention but I have to admit that it made good sense. Good help and advice all round. We will not hesitate to contact you again and of course will always recommend your services. Read more “Good help and advice all round”
Professional and determined to succeed
We have used Bloomfields for well over a decade for all our planning work. They have achieved a successful outcome for a wide range of… ongoing work, including the resolution of longstanding planning matters. They are professional and determined to succeed but are also friendly and approachable. Read more “Professional and determined to succeed”
We experienced an incredibly challenging planning situation for our £86 million new campus
We experienced an incredibly challenging planning situation for our £86 million new campus in Gillingham. Bloomfields saved our project through a superb combination of persistence,… negotiation and hard work. We now put all our planning through them. Read more “We experienced an incredibly challenging planning situation for our £86 million new campus”
Bloomfields was professional and conscientious and never gave up
Bloomfields were instructed to provide expert witness evidence at a Public Inquiry relating to an enforcement appeal. In reviewing the case Bloomfields saw another way… forward. Over many months, they negotiated with all parties to postpone the Inquiry, submit a revised planning application and achieve planning permission for the works that had been enforced against. The appeal has now been withdrawn and my business can continue, which has been such a relief. Bloomfields was professional and conscientious and never gave up, even when there were many obstacles placed in her way. I would not hesitate to recommend Bloomfields for planning related work. Read more “Bloomfields was professional and conscientious and never gave up”