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The Planning Collaborative is a State of Florida Certified Business Enterprise Woman-Owned Business
LAND USE PLANNING
services offered
Compatibility Analysis
TPC has completed compatibility analysis for Future Land Use Map amendment requests and site development approvals. This type of analysis looks at the impacts of the proposed land use change or development in relation to existing or anticipated uses in close proximity to the project site.
Due Diligence Reports
Due diligence reports, which study the proposed development against the Comprehensive Plan, the Land Development Regulations, state legislation, and other relevant documents and plans are written to ensure the proposed development will be consistent with these requirements.
Expert Witness Testimony
Allara serves as an expert witness to regional attorneys. She testifies regarding compatibility of uses and the application of the local Comprehensive Plan and Land Development Regulations to proposed and approved developments and the consistency of Comprehensive Plan amendments.
Comprehensive Policy Planning
Allara has authored Comprehensive Plan Elements and Land Development Regulations throughout her career in multiple jurisdictions including Bay County, Destin, Panama City, Mexico Beach, and Gadsden County, Florida. These policy and regulatory documents are adopted by ordinance.
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Allara Mills-Gutcher
Allara Mills-Gutcher
Allara Mills Gutcher, AICP, is a professional land use planning consultant located in Northwest Florida. She has over eighteen years of experience in both the public and private sectors.
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our work
With over twenty years of experience, Allara is versatile regarding the projects she is involved with. She has worked for both the private and public sectors; writing policy documents or interpreting them for clients.
Allara has worked with a wide spectrum of clients, including individual property owners, grassroot organizations, non-profits, and Fortune 200 companies as well as local governments.