What Turley does

Turley is an independent UK and Ireland advisory consultancy providing planning, design, economics, environmental impact assessment (EIA), heritage, townscape and landscape, strategic communications, sustainability and ESG, and expert witness services. Founded in 1983 and employee-owned since 1996, the firm operates from 15 offices across the UK and Ireland and serves local authorities, property developers, housebuilders, and landowners on town and city centre regeneration, residential and mixed-use development, infrastructure, and data centre projects. Its customer base spans UK councils (Torbay, Salford, Telford and Wrekin, Sefton, Shropshire and others), Irish councils (Westmeath, Clare), and major developers and investors including Muse Developments, Lendlease, Barratt London/St George, Vita Group, Peel Holdings, and The Bristol Alliance.

The firm is organised around eight core service lines — Design, Economics, EIA, Expert Witness, Heritage/Townscape/Landscape, Planning, Strategic Communications, and Sustainability/ESG — and packages these into vertical showcases such as Data Centres Advisory and Town and City Centre Regeneration. It is not a technology company: the underlying technology is professional advisory expertise delivered by multi-disciplinary teams, with no proprietary software platform disclosed. The business operates on project-based professional services fees; pricing is not publicly disclosed and engagements are quoted per project.

Turley's go-to-market is enterprise field sales and direct client engagement, leveraging the 15-office UK and Ireland footprint to combine local market insight with national coverage. The firm is privately held as Turley Associates Limited (England), with no parent company or external institutional investors identified. It has invested in continuous internal progression (16 promotions in December 2025, 25 promotions in June 2026) and has a stated whistleblower/speak-up procedure and Cyber Essentials certification, reflecting formal governance. Strategic direction is signalled through showcase-led market positioning rather than disclosed financials.

Name

Turley

Legal name

Turley Associates Limited

Website

https://turley.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Turley is an independent, employee-owned UK and Ireland advisory consultancy (founded 1983, employee-owned since 1996) delivering planning, design, economics, EIA, heritage, strategic communications, sustainability and expert witness services across 15 offices to local authorities, developers and landowners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Planning and Development Consultancy

NAICS

Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers (5312), Offices of Real Estate Appraisers (531320), Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Tenant Representation (FSAEAJAF)

Keywords

• Planning consultancy
• Development advisory
• Urban regeneration
• Environmental impact assessment
• Heritage consultancy

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Advisory Services: Project-based consulting fees for planning, strategic communications, environmental impact assessment, heritage and landscape services to developers, local authorities, and landowners.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Turley is an independent advisory consultancy providing professional planning, development economics, heritage, townscape and landscape, environmental impact assessment, strategic communications, sustainability/ESG and expert witness services to public and private sector clients. It sells project-based advisory mandates supporting planning applications, regeneration programmes, data centre developments, and strategic residential schemes across the UK and Ireland. Services are delivered directly through 15 offices by multidisciplinary teams rather than via any licensed product or platform.

Product overview

Turley is an independent advisory consultancy offering a unified platform of professional services across planning, design, economics, environmental assessment, heritage, landscape, strategic communications, and sustainability. The firm operates through 15 offices across the UK and Ireland and organizes its expertise into eight core service lines (Design, Economics, EIA, Expert Witness, Heritage Townscape and Landscape, Planning, Strategic Communications, Sustainability and ESG). Key service showcases include Data Centres Advisory and Town and City Centre Regeneration, which represent specialized integrated service combinations targeting specific market sectors. Turley positions itself as a collaborative advisor working with public and private sector clients to shape sustainable places and communities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Planning Planning advisory services facilitating the delivery of development and managing integration into urban environments, including planning application submissions and appeals for developers, house builders, landowners and local authorities.
• Design Design services delivered as part of Turley's multi-disciplinary advisory offering for planning and development projects.
• Economics Economic advisory services including development case making, market analysis, and demonstrating the economic and social case for development projects.
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Environmental Impact Assessment services that set the right strategy and approach at early project stages to avoid regulatory risk and realise positive outcomes, including work on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
• Expert Witness Expert witness services providing authoritative testimony for planning inquiries and appeals.
• Heritage, Townscape and Landscape Specialist advisory services on heritage assets, townscape character, and landscape considerations for planning and development projects.
• Strategic Communications Strategic communications services translating development cases to political and community stakeholders to secure support for schemes.
• Sustainability and ESG Sustainability and ESG advisory services maximising sustainability benefits and ensuring market-leading ESG strategies for development projects, including creative solutions for data centre power and AI.
• Data Centres Advisory Specialist advisory services supporting data centre developments with integrated planning, economics, EIA, ESG, GIS, heritage, and strategic communications expertise.
• Town and City Centre Regeneration Specialist placemaking and regeneration advisory services for town and city centres, helping clients create thriving, inclusive, and future-proof destinations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25 promotions across UK and Ireland teams in June 2026
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Torbay Regeneration PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Torbay Council, Willmott Dixon and Milligan for town centre regeneration across Torbay, including The Strand Torquay harbourside redevelopment project. Turley provides Planning and Strategic Communications services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lichfields: UK planning, development economics, and design consultancy serving housebuilders, developers, and public-sector clients. Highly comparable to Turley in service mix (planning, EIA, economics, heritage), client base, and mid-tier scale.
• Montagu Evans: UK property consultancy offering planning, development, and advisory services to developers, investors, and occupiers. Direct competitor for planning, EIA, and regeneration mandates across the UK market.
• Carter Jonas: UK property consultancy with planning, development, and rural advisory practices. Comparable in size, geographic spread across the UK, and multi-disciplinary real estate advisory offering.
• Bidwells: UK property consultancy providing planning, development, and investment advisory services with strong presence in the Oxford-Cambridge arc, East Anglia, and Scotland. Overlaps with Turley on planning and regeneration work for developers and institutions.
• Gerald Eve: Independent UK commercial property consultancy offering planning, development consultancy, and strategic real estate advice. Competes with Turley for major UK development and regeneration mandates, particularly in London and the South.

Broad incumbents

• Savills: Global real estate advisory with a substantial UK planning and development consultancy practice. Broader portfolio (capital markets, valuation, investment) but overlaps directly with Turley in planning, EIA, and strategic regeneration advisory.
• Knight Frank: Global real estate consultancy with UK planning and development advisory capability. Larger and more diversified than Turley, but competes for planning applications, regeneration strategy, and developer-side mandates.
• Avison Young: Global commercial real estate services firm with UK planning and development advisory. Overlaps with Turley on regeneration and development consultancy for public and private sector clients.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure and environmental consultancy with significant UK planning, EIA, and design capability. Competes with Turley on large-scale Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects and complex regeneration schemes.
• CBRE: Global real estate services firm with a UK advisory and consulting practice covering planning, development, and ESG. Significantly larger scale than Turley but overlaps on developer and investor mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/turleyplanning
• Facebookfacebook.com/turleycharitabletrust

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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