SERVICES
Planning consultancy
Comprehensive planning consultancy across commercial and residential development sectors.
From early advice through to delivery, our planning consultants help you navigate the planning process and move your project forward.
With teams in London, Birmingham and Bristol, we provide planning consultancy to landowners, developers, housebuilders, private investors, promoters, public bodies and local authorities across the UK.
Our town planning consultants combine specialist expertise with market intelligence, property research and geospatial capabilities. This integrated approach allows us to assess development potential, address planning challenges and shape a clear strategy around your objectives.
Our development planning services span residential development, estate regeneration and strategic land promotion, including new towns and garden villages. We also advise on purpose-built assets, business parks, offices, retail developments and town centres.
Why partner with us on planning
Our planning services
Our residential development planning team advises landowners, developers, housebuilders and investors across the residential and living sectors. We promote land through local plans, shape planning strategies and seek permission for projects ranging from bespoke homes to major mixed-use and regeneration schemes. Our planning consultants also support high-density urban living, including build-to-rent, co-living and senior housing, alongside affordable housing and estate regeneration. By combining town planning expertise with wider property insight, we can advise from early site promotion through to marketing and transaction.
- Site and land promotion through local plans
- Build-to-rent, co-living and senior housing
- Residential-led mixed-use and affordable housing developments
- Estate regeneration projects
- Bespoke homes, conversions and extensions
- Site marketing and transactions
Our commercial property planning consultants advise developers, asset managers, institutional investors and occupiers across the public and private sectors. We provide planning consultancy for new development, changes of use, asset repositioning and the protection of existing assets. Experience spans offices, business and retail parks, life sciences, logistics, hotels, leisure and mixed-use urban projects. We also support portfolio reviews, local plan promotion and site transactions, helping you understand planning risk, identify opportunities and make informed decisions about individual properties or wider portfolios.
- Portfolio reviews, due diligence and local plan promotion
- Changes of use, asset management and asset protection
- Commercial repurposing and permitted development rights
- Business parks, retail parks, life sciences and logistics
- Town-centre retail, leisure and hotel developments
- Mixed-use, office, site marketing and transaction advice
Our strategic land planning team works with landowners, promoters and investors to unlock the long-term potential of greenfield, brownfield and Green Belt sites. Working alongside Knight Frank’s land agency, rural asset management and country specialists, we provide support from early appraisal and development strategy through to local plan promotion, planning applications and delivery. Our town planning consultants also advise on major regeneration, urban extensions and new communities, with specialist support for Environmental Impact Assessment, appeals, public inquiries and Expert Witness work.
- Planning appraisals, development strategies and portfolio reviews
- Local plan promotion, examination support and Green Belt release
- Lead planning consultancy, applications and Environmental Impact Assessment
- Greenfield, brownfield, regeneration and new-community development
- Appeals, public inquiries and Expert Witness services
- Estate stewardship, site marketing and transactions
How our planning consultants support your project
Our planning consultants help you understand what may be achievable on a site and navigate the planning process with a clear strategy. Developers, landowners and occupiers can involve our planning consultants from the earliest stages of a project or bring us in when specialist advice is required.
As your planning permission specialist, we can assess a site’s planning potential, identify opportunities and constraints, and guide the preparation and submission of a planning application. We also support negotiations through to determination, helping address planning matters as they arise. Where further representation is needed, our expertise extends to planning appeals, public inquiries and Expert Witness services.
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Frequently asked questions
A planning consultant interprets planning policy and advises how it may affect a property or development proposal. They provide strategic guidance on the most appropriate route forward, helping you understand the planning context and make informed decisions before committing further time or investment to a project.
You may benefit from a planning consultant if your proposal involves planning risk, complex policy considerations or uncertainty about what may be achievable. Seeking specialist advice early can clarify your options, highlight potential issues and help you decide whether, and how, to progress your plans.
Planning consultant fees vary according to the scale and complexity of the project, the type of advice required and the scope of the instruction. As requirements differ between projects, speaking with our planning team is the best way to establish the appropriate support and likely fee for your circumstances.
There is no single timeframe for the planning process, as timing depends on the nature and complexity of the proposal and the route required. Larger or more involved projects may require additional consideration. Our planning consultants can help you understand the likely process and considerations for your particular project.
A planning consultant focuses on planning policy, strategy and the route towards securing permission, while an architect is primarily responsible for the design and technical development of a scheme. The two roles often complement each other, bringing different expertise to help shape a development proposal and guide it through the wider project process.
