What Asteer Planning LLP does

Asteer Planning LLP is an independent UK town planning consultancy founded in April 2021 by Jon Suckley and headquartered in Manchester. The firm provides commercially driven town planning and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) advisory services to housebuilders, developers, landowners, and local authorities, with a primary focus on the North of England and selective projects across the UK. Service lines span Regeneration & Commercial, Residential, Environmental, Strategic Planning Advisory, and Delivery & Land Assembly, with Asteer Land operating as a specialist sub-brand for landowners and strategic land advisory. Core technical capabilities include EIA strategy formulation, screening, scoping, project management coordination of multi-disciplinary environmental teams, Health Impact Assessment, and Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) land assembly for complex sites.

The firm's underlying offering is built on human-delivered professional expertise rather than proprietary technology. The team of approximately 17 includes alumni of CBRE, Avison Young, Savills, Deloitte, Lichfields, and Eversheds Sutherland, with multiple chartered RTPI members. Notable engagements include the £4bn Victoria North regeneration (with Far East Consortium and Manchester City Council delivering 15,000 homes), £300m Chesterfield Waterside, £175m West Bar Square in Sheffield, £107m Time Square in Warrington, and £100m+ Prestwich Town Centre Regeneration, alongside residential schemes for Barratt David Wilson Homes, Taylor Wimpey, and Bellway & Countryside.

Asteer operates a B2B professional services model, generating revenue through quote-based consulting fees tied to project scope and complexity. The go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales targeting developers, housebuilders, landowners, and public-sector clients through established industry relationships and collaborative work with Local Planning Authorities, architects, environmental consultants, and legal advisors. The firm is founder-led and partner-owned under an LLP structure with no disclosed external investment, awards, patents, or geographic restrictions beyond stated UK project reach.

Name

Asteer Planning LLP

Legal name

Asteer Planning LLP

Website

https://asteerplanning.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Asteer Planning LLP is an independent Manchester-based town planning and Environmental Impact Assessment consultancy advising housebuilders, developers, landowners, and local authorities on complex projects primarily across the North of England and the UK.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Manchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Planning Consultation Services: Professional consulting fees for town planning and Environmental Impact Assessment advisory services. Revenue is generated through engagement on planning applications, strategic planning advice, EIA coordination, and land assembly services for developers, housebuilders, landowners, and public sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Asteer Planning LLP is an independent town planning consultancy that provides commercially astute and professional town planning and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) advice to developers, housebuilders, landowners, and local authorities. The firm delivers planning applications, planning strategy, EIA coordination, strategic regeneration frameworks, and land assembly services across the North of England and the UK. Services span the full development lifecycle from site identification and appraisal through to securing planning permissions and delivering complex multi-phased regeneration schemes.

Product overview

Asteer Planning LLP is an independent town planning consultancy that operates as a single integrated advisory practice offering multiple service lines. The core offering comprises Planning Services, Strategic Planning Advisory, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), and specialized team practices including Regeneration & Commercial, Residential, Environmental, Delivery & Land Assembly, and Asteer Land. These services work collaboratively to provide commercially astute and professional town planning and EIA advice, helping clients navigate the planning system to achieve high-quality results across the North of England and the UK. The company acts as trusted advisor across the full development lifecycle from site identification and planning strategy through to delivery and land assembly.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Asteer Land: A specialist arm of Asteer that works with landowners, land portfolio holders, developers and land promoters to maximise the value of land and assets through strategic advisory services throughout the development cycle.

Products and services

• Planning Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Delivered planning permission for 1,500-home Red Bank development through CPO process enabling fully investable title
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Local Planning AuthoritiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative working relationships with Local Planning Authorities across the North of England. The company works proactively with councils on planning applications, CPO processes, and regeneration frameworks.
• ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnerships with architectural firms as part of multidisciplinary project teams delivering complex regeneration and residential developments.
• Environmental ConsultantscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWorking relationships with environmental consulting firms for EIA coordination and comprehensive environmental planning advice across projects.
• Legal AdvisorscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnerships with legal advisory firms for complex planning matters including CPO processes, title constraints, and section 106 agreements.
• Political Engagement SpecialistssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with political engagement specialists to support complex regeneration projects requiring stakeholder alignment.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 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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