Name

Stansgate Planning Consultants

Legal name

Stansgate Planning Consultants Limited

Website

https://stansgate.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Stansgate Planning Consultants is a UK-based town planning and development consultancy based in Stratford-upon-Avon, serving private developers, public sector clients, trusts, and individuals across the West Midlands and beyond. It delivers planning applications, appeals, expert witness, site promotion, and in-house application plans.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Warwick

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Planning Consultancy Services: Professional fee-for-service consultancy providing independent, objective town planning and development services to private and public sector clients. Revenue is generated through consulting fees for services including planning applications, planning appeals, expert witness, enforcement matters, lawful development certificates, site promotion, and planning appraisals.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Independent town planning and development consultancy providing a full suite of services from initial site appraisals and planning applications through to appeals and expert witness representation. Services include application plans, planning and development appraisals, planning applications across all sectors, planning appeals at written representations, hearings, and public inquiries, expert witness testimony, enforcement matters, lawful development certificates, and site promotion through the local plan process.

Product overview

Stansgate Planning Consultants offers a unified suite of town planning consultancy services rather than a software product. The core service portfolio comprises seven integrated service lines: Application Plans (in-house architectural drawing services), Planning and Development Appraisals and Planning Advice (strategic site assessment), Planning Applications (submission and management), Planning Appeals (representation at all appeal formats), Expert Witness (inquiry testimony), Enforcement and Other Matters of Planning Law and Practice (compliance and retrospective applications), Lawful Development Certificates (lawfulness verification), and Site Promotion (local plan allocation). These services work together to provide end-to-end planning consultancy from initial site assessment through to appeal representation, with the company able to coordinate multi-disciplinary project teams as required.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Application Plans In-house architectural service producing site location plans, block plans, and elevation and floor plans for planning applications. Offered at competitive rates including for clients where planning input is not required or for revisions to previously approved schemes.
• Planning and Development Appraisals and Planning Advice Advisory service assessing the development potential of sites, analysing planning policies, site constraints and opportunities, and providing strategic recommendations for clients considering acquisition or submission.
• Planning Applications Preparation and submission of planning applications across all development sectors including householder, full permission, listed building consent, and prior approvals.
• Planning Appeals Representation at written representations, informal hearings, and public inquiry appeals against refused applications or conditions.
• Expert Witness Expert witness representation at planning inquiries for individuals, developers, and Local Planning Authorities, including proof of evidence and verbal testimony.
• Enforcement and Other Matters of Planning Law and Practice Assistance with enforcement proceedings, retrospective applications, and breach of condition issues, including responding to enforcement enquiries, meetings with enforcement officers, and formal enforcement appeals.
• Lawful Development Certificates Applications establishing existing lawful use or confirming proposed development does not require full planning permission, with thorough evidence review and advice on prospects of success.
• Site Promotion Site allocation through the local plan process, including submissions to calls for sites, local plan examinations, and neighbourhood planning.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 10,000 projects completed across all scales from householder proposals to large residential, retail, commercial and industrial schemes
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• BPN ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated on Moreton Paddox project, an exceptional quality Paragraph 84 house in Warwickshire where Invisible House design was interpreted into stunning architecture and permission secured through written representations appeal.
• BHP DesigncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorked with BHP Design on Darlaston Road, Walsall project delivering 10,498sqm commercial floorspace on a long-derelict site, addressing constraints of M6, River Tame, Walsall Canal, and listed structures.
• Westbridge CommercialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with commercial agents Westbridge Commercial for demand assessment in securing allocation and outline planning permission for 11 hectares of employment development at Alcester Employment Site.
• Bannersgate TransportationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTransportation consultancy partnership on Alcester Employment Site project to resolve highways issues in securing Green Belt release and planning permission.
• Planning PortalsupportingTechnology or IntegrationAccredited partner shown on company website footer, providing digital submission services for planning applications.
• MCK Associates LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesign partner on Lowther Holiday Park extension project for 125 additional pitches on 24.6 hectares near Lake District National Park.
• Hayward Smart ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with Hayward Smart Architects on School Sports Pavilion project in London, devising plans meeting national sporting body requirements and securing Sport England support.
• AP ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorked closely with AP Architects on Woodcote Green replacement dwelling project, designing net zero property in elevated position at edge of ancient woodland and within West Midlands Green Belt.
• Barton Hyett AssociatessupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerArboriculturist consultant on Woodcote Green project, working with AP Architects to produce scheme meeting site constraints including ancient woodland protection.
• Focus Environmental ConsultantssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEcology consultancy on Woodcote Green project ensuring suitable mitigation for ancient woodland and protected species protection.
• Nicholas Pearson Partnership LLPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking with Nicholas Pearson Partnership LLP on Ragley Estate access track improvements for events management at grade I listed property with grade II* registered park and garden.
• Archaeology WarwickshiresupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerHeritage archaeology consultancy partnership on Ragley Estate project for access track maintenance and improvement works.
• Kjokken Limited ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Kjokken Limited Architects on Smallwood Street, Redditch project for conversion and extension of office and warehouse to 9 apartments plus retained office space.
• Kenmoore DesigncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerArchitectural partner on Waterloo Road, Bidford-on-Avon convenience store project, securing change of use from car rental centre to retail.
• Highgate Transportation LimitedsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerTransportation consultancy on Waterloo Road convenience store project providing technical expertise for planning submission.
• PRC GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlans and Design & Access Statement production for Land at Goscote Lane, Walsall - hybrid application for up to 263 new homes.
• Delta Vector EngineeringsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerStructural engineering partnership on Aston Cantlow Class Q barn conversion, ensuring proposals compatible with existing structure without modification to primary structural elements.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Turley: Turley is one of the UK's largest specialist planning consultancies with offices nationwide, providing planning applications, appeals, and EIA services. Comparable in service mix and professional services model, though larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Quod: Quod is a London-headquartered planning and development consultancy working on large-scale regeneration, residential, and mixed-use schemes. Comparable in core planning services and complex-project focus, with stronger London/major-project weighting.
• Lichfields: Lichfields is a UK-wide town planning consultancy offering planning applications, appeals, and development advisory across residential, retail, and leisure sectors. Most directly comparable peer given similar size, RTPI-aligned professional services model, and UK planning focus.
• Pegasus Group: Pegasus Group is a multi-disciplinary planning, design, and environmental consultancy with UK-wide offices. Comparable in offering planning and development services to residential and commercial clients, with broader environmental capability.
• Boyer: Boyer is a UK town planning consultancy with regional offices offering planning applications, appeals, and site promotion. Direct competitor in mid-market UK planning, with similar client base of housebuilders, developers, and landowners.

Broad incumbents

• Montagu Evans: Montagu Evans is a UK real estate advisory with a planning and development team serving commercial, residential, and mixed-use clients. Comparable in planning services and UK development focus, but operates as a larger generalist property advisor.
• Savills (Planning Division): Savills operates a large planning consultancy division alongside its global real estate services platform. Comparable in offering planning applications and appeals, but operates as part of a much broader commercial real estate advisory with international scale.
• RPS Group: RPS Group is an international consultancy with UK planning, environmental assessment, and development advisory services. Comparable in planning applications and EIA work, but operates at significantly larger scale with publicly-listed parent and broader environmental capability.
• JLL (Planning): JLL's UK planning team provides planning advice and development consultancy as part of its global real estate services firm. Comparable in planning capability but competes from a vastly larger real estate platform with capital markets and investment advisory cross-sell.

Emerging players

• Nexus Planning: Nexus Planning is a UK planning consultancy focused on residential-led development, site promotion, and local plan work. Comparable in core service offering but more narrowly focused on residential developers and housebuilders.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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