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Steps to Success
Land Use Analysis /
Preliminary Plan Design
We synthesize information and plan courses of action to shepherd your project through the complex and changing world of land use laws and regulations.
Conceptual Verification / Planning / Outreach
QES reviews the details of your project, determines how each piece will fit within the land-use entitlement whole, and prescribes a proper course of action.
Entitlement Submittal
and Case Processing
As projects move forward, we guide projects through the submittal process based on our deep experience in case processing and new regulations and policies that may come to light.
Project Approval
Process
We’re Southern California’s most trusted and efficient land entitlement service company. We’re laser-focused on getting your project to and through the approval process.
Over the many years of being present to the business of land use, we have developed key
relationships with the people and intimate knowledge of the process.
- Land Use Entitlement Submittals and Processing
- Transit Oriented Communities (TOC)
- Density Bonus
- SB 8 (formerly SB 2556 and SB 330) Replacement Unit Determinations (RUD)
- Conditional Use Permits
- Zone Change
- General Plan Amendment
- Adjustments
- Specific Plan Exemptions
- Specific Plan Adjustments
- Pre-Acquisition Consultation and Feasibility Analysis
- Site Plan Review
- Small Lot Subdivisions
- Single Family Subdivision
- Final Tract Map Condition Clearances and Map Recordation
- Tract Modifications
- Plan Approvals
- Variances
- Lot Line Adjustments
- Housing Covenant Coordination (LAHD)
- Project coordination
- Land Use Analysis and Research
A Partnership Built On Shared Interests
When you partner with QES, you’ll receive swift, personalized service that is attentive to your needs and understanding of your objectives.
We can also serve as your project representative for presentation of your project to local community groups, Neighborhood Councils Planning Commission and City Councils. We work closely with your public relations representatives, and land use counsel to navigate even the most difficult circumstances.
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Nimble and Proactive
Land entitlement is a fluid web of regulations that requires attention to the changing legislative environment. The discipline of land use is founded on regulatory rules that are in constant flux. The regulatory environment is constantly changing. By keeping apprised on proposed and newly enacted land use ordinances and regulations, we are often able to navigate the land use approval process efficiently with minimized delays.
It is our intention to share our knowledge and wisdom openly in order to effectuate a successful completion of all our projects.
Industries Served
- Real Estate Development
- Residential / Mixed Use
- Retail / Commercial
- Private entities and nonprofits
- Architectural Firms
- Private Schools
- Land Use Law Firms
- Environmental Consulting Companies
- Multifamily residential
- Single-family Residential
- Government Relations
Specialty Typologies
- Multi-Family Development Projects (Apartments / Condominiums), large and small
- Affordable housing (TOC, DB, SB35, Permanent Supportive Housing)
- Mixed- Use Development
- Single Family Home Development
- Commercial Shopping Centers
- Industrial / Manufacturing
- Self Storage
- Hotel / Office / Medical facilities
- Restaurant and Drive-Thru