Services
Empower your development projects with trusted land use planning expertise
Private Work
For expert planning testimony in support of your application before New Jersey land use boards, trust our firm. With a focus on land use, development, variances, and zoning matters, we can provide the confident and clear legal opinions that your project needs.
Public Work
Our firm provides reliable planning support for municipalities, including application review for land use boards, zoning ordinance review and amendments, Master Plan and Master Plan Re-Examination reports, and Redevelopment Studies and Plans.
- Expert Testimony
- Community Impact Statements
- Site Plan Development
- Master Planning
- Zoning Ordinances
- Redevelopment
Portfolio
Unparalleled expertise at your service
James Higgins, PP
- President
- James W. Higgins, Associates – 35 yrs
- Vice President
- Robert E. Rosa, Associates – 14 yrs
- Recognized by the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey as an expert in the field of planning.
- Was the Plaintiff expert witness in the landmark Sica vs. Wall Township case that established the 4 step process for evaluating Inherently Beneficial Uses.
Allison Coffin, PP, AICP
- Principle Planner
- James W. Higgins, Associates – 23 yrs
- Assistant Planner
- Sheehan Consulting Group – 2 yrs
- Planning Technician
- THP, Inc. – 2 yrs
- Accepted as an Expert Witness and testified in front of more than 100 Planning and Zoning Boards throughout New Jersey
James W. Higgins, Associates 