What City Planning Ltd does

City Planning Ltd is a London-based multidisciplinary planning, transport and design consultancy operating from Third Floor, 244 Vauxhall Bridge Road in the Victoria area. The firm was founded in 2008 and serves property developers, landowners, commercial real estate owners, architectural practices, and private homeowners across London and southern England, with notable projects in Wandsworth, Lambeth, Ealing, Kensington, Camden, Southwark, Harrow, Hampshire and South Worcester.

The firm's offering is organised around four integrated service pillars: Town Planning, Architecture and Urban Design, Transport Planning, and Accessibility and Inclusive Design. Engagements span the full project lifecycle from site appraisal and pre-application submissions through detailed planning applications, listed building consent, discharge of conditions, Section 106 agreements, and appeal cases. A distinguishing feature is the in-house integration of accessibility expertise, including a Director accredited as a National Register of Access Consultants (NRAC) Consultant, allowing access strategy, appraisals and access group engagement to be embedded directly into planning submissions. The firm has no proprietary technology platform and delivers work through expert human advisory.

City Planning operates as a private, independently owned professional services firm with no external institutional funding. Revenue is generated through project-based consultancy fees, and no pricing is publicly disclosed. Go-to-market is sales-led, relying on direct client outreach, referrals from existing clients and professional partners such as HTA Architects and Child Graddon Lewis, an active LinkedIn presence for business development and recruitment, and a website portfolio of completed work. Named enterprise clients include Quintain (Wembley residential and student accommodation), SAV Group (Grade II listed Bloomsbury hotel), G&L Homes (Mitcham residential redevelopment), and Child Graddon Lewis (164 Shaftesbury Avenue office refurbishment).

Name

City Planning Ltd

Legal name

City Planning Ltd

Website

https://city-planning.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

City Planning Ltd is a London-based multidisciplinary planning, transport and design consultancy serving property developers, commercial owners, architects and homeowners across London and southern England with integrated town planning, architecture, transport and accessibility services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Planning and Development Consultancy

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310)

akta.pro primary industry

Urban Planning & Master Planning (BPAHAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transportation & Infrastructure Planning (BPAHAKAF), Regional & Land Use Planning (BPAHAKAE)

Keywords

• Town planning consultancy
• Urban design services
• Transport planning advice
• Accessibility inclusive design
• Development planning firm

Headquarters

HQ city

London

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. Professional Planning and Design Consultancy Services: Revenue is generated through professional consultancy fees for planning advice, architectural and urban design services, transport planning, and accessibility/inclusive design services. Projects span pre-application submissions, detailed planning applications, appeal cases, and multidisciplinary design packages. Services are delivered across residential, commercial, mixed-use, and public sector developments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

City Planning Ltd is a London-based planning, transport and design consultancy that delivers integrated town planning, architecture and urban design, transport planning, and accessibility and inclusive design services. Engagements span site appraisals, pre-application submissions, detailed planning applications, listed building consent, discharge of conditions, and appeal cases for residential, commercial, mixed-use, and public realm projects across London and southern England.

Product overview

City Planning Ltd is a planning, transport and design consultancy offering integrated professional services rather than a software product. The company provides four interconnected core services: Town Planning, Architecture and Urban Design, Transport Planning, and Accessibility and Inclusive Design. These disciplines are delivered together as an integrated consultancy practice, where town planning is considered inseparable from urban design, architecture, transport and accessibility. The practice also collaborates with specialist partners for services such as ecology and heritage.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Town Planning Services Planning advice covering residential, student accommodation, co-living, HMOs, commercial, mixed-use, and town centre developments. Includes pre-application submissions, detailed planning applications, prior approval, lawful development certificates, enforcement cases, appeal cases, and S106 agreements.
• Architecture and Urban Design Services In-house architectural and urban design services including on-site measured surveys, existing and proposed floorplans, elevations and sections, visualisations and 3D modelling, graphics and sketches, and Design and Access Statements.
• Transport Planning Services Transport planning advice covering site access arrangements, car and cycle parking design, transport statements and assessments, Healthy Streets Assessments, Active Travel Zone Assessments, travel plans, swept path analysis, construction management plans, delivery and servicing plans, and S106 agreements.
• Accessibility and Inclusive Design Services Expert advice on inclusive design and access covering access strategy, access appraisals, access group engagement, access statements, equality impact assessments, and accessibility plans for buildings and public realm.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and notable.

• HTA ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity Planning works closely with HTA Architects on large-scale residential developments, particularly the Wembley North-Eastern Lands project. For Quintain's Wembley development (approximately 770 apartments and an 8.5-acre park), City Planning provides access appraisals (RIBA Stages 2-4) and access group engagement, while HTA Architects provides architectural services. A similar collaborative arrangement exists for the Wembley Plot NE01 student accommodation project (770 rooms).
• QuintaincoreOthersQuintain is a major client for whom City Planning provides ongoing planning and accessibility consultancy on large-scale Wembley residential and student accommodation developments (770 apartments and 770 rooms respectively). Quintain is described as the developer/investor partner on these major projects.
• SAV GroupmajorOthersCity Planning was engaged by SAV Group to provide full planning and access consultancy services for the refurbishment and restoration of a Grade II listed hotel in Bloomsbury Conservation Area (43 keys), including pre-application advice, detailed planning, listed building consent, and access audit (RIBA Stage 3).
• G&L HomesnotableOthersCity Planning was engaged by G&L Homes to deliver full planning consultancy for the redevelopment of a former industrial site in Mitcham into 25 residential apartments, including discharge of conditions, non-material amendment applications, and construction logistics planning.
• Child Graddon Lewis ArchitectsnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCity Planning worked with Child Graddon Lewis architects on the 164 Shaftesbury Avenue, Central London office refurbishment project, providing inclusive design advice covering entrance, reception, stairs, lifts, cycle parking, changing rooms, means of escape, and signage and wayfinding.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Levitt Bernstein: Levitt Bernstein is a London-based architecture, planning and landscape practice with particular strength in housing, accessibility and inclusive design. Directly comparable to City Planning's accessibility-led planning model.
• JTP (John Thompson & Partners): JTP is a London-based integrated practice offering architecture, masterplanning, urban design and planning across residential, mixed-use and regeneration projects. Highly comparable to City Planning's multidisciplinary, planning-led service model.
• Allies and Morrison: Allies and Morrison is a London architecture, urban design and planning practice delivering residential, mixed-use and masterplanning work at similar scale and client base. Comparable on integrated planning + design service lines.
• Rolfe Judd: Rolfe Judd is a London architecture, urban design and planning practice with comparable multidisciplinary coverage of residential, commercial and education schemes. Direct competitor for the same borough-level planning mandates.
• Karakusevic Carson Architects: KCA is a London practice specialising in housing, estate regeneration and masterplanning with in-house planning and urban design capability. Highly comparable client base of large London residential developers and councils.
• Lichfields: Lichfields is a UK-wide town planning, design and economics consultancy serving developers, housebuilders and public sector. Direct competitor for detailed planning applications, appeals and site appraisals on residential/commercial schemes.
• Boyer Planning: Boyer is a UK town planning consultancy offering planning applications, appeals, environmental planning and strategic land advice for residential and commercial developers. Direct competitor for the same mid-market developer clients.
• HTA Design: HTA is a London architecture, planning and landscape practice delivering large-scale residential and regeneration projects; existing partner of City Planning on Quintain's Wembley scheme. Highly comparable service model and client base.
• Pollard Thomas Edwards (PTE): PTE is a London architecture and planning practice delivering residential, mixed-use and community-led schemes with integrated town planning and urban design. Direct peer for integrated planning mandates.

Broad incumbents

• BDP (Building Design Partnership): BDP is a major UK multidisciplinary design practice with architecture, masterplanning, urbanism and accessibility consulting, competing for the same large residential and mixed-use mandates but at a much larger scale and broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/city-planning-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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