Brock McClure Consultants

What Brock McClure Consultants does

Brock McClure Consultants is an Irish town planning consultancy founded in 2012 by Laura Brock and Suzanne McClure, both of whom had previously worked together since 2003. Headquartered in Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, with a regional office in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, the firm delivers nationwide town planning services across residential, commercial, retail, educational, hospitality, community, and corporate developments. Its service portfolio covers planning applications, strategic planning submissions, masterplans, development potential assessments, planning appraisals, environmental and retail impact assessments, monitoring of development plan policy, project management and multi-disciplinary team coordination, Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) applications, and extensions of planning permissions.

The firm operates a partner-led delivery model with no proprietary technology platform; service delivery relies on bespoke, manually executed consulting engagements supported by senior oversight on every project. The team is credentialed through Corporate and Fellow membership in the Irish Planning Institute (IPI) and Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). Revenue is generated on a professional services / consulting fee basis with bespoke, quote-based engagement pricing — no standardized pricing, no subscription, and no technology licensing. GTM is enterprise field sales via direct client engagement (phone, email, in-person), supported by a website portfolio, professional institute memberships, and referral-driven reputation. Customer segments are diversified across property developers, corporations (e.g., Kerry Group), educational institutions (UCD), grocery retail (Musgraves/SuperValu), residential developers (Glenveagh, Ardale, Brian M Durkan, Cosgrave), commercial real estate (October Investments), and hospitality operators (JD Wetherspoon).

Name

Brock McClure Consultants

Legal name

Brock McClure Consultants

Website

https://brockmcclure.ie

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brock McClure Consultants is an Irish town planning consultancy founded in 2012, providing partner-led planning, appeals, and masterplan services to property developers, corporates, universities, retailers, and hospitality operators nationwide from offices in Dublin and Mayo.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Town Planning Consultancy

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate Development & Feasibility Advisory (Highest-and-Best-Use, Entitlements Support) (BPAJANAC)

Keywords

• Town planning consultancy
• Planning applications
• Masterplan development
• Environmental impact assessment
• Development potential assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Dún Laoghaire

HQ country

Ireland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Planning Consultancy Services: Professional consulting fees for town planning services including planning applications, strategic submissions, masterplans, environmental assessments, and project management. Operates on a direct client engagement model with bespoke service delivery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Brock McClure Consultants is an Irish town planning consultancy that prepares and manages planning applications, strategic planning submissions, masterplans, and development potential assessments for property developers, institutions, retailers, and community organisations. The firm also provides planning appraisals, environmental and retail impact assessments, project management, LRD applications, and post-permission compliance support, delivered on a partner-led basis through its Dublin and Mayo offices.

Product overview

Brock McClure Consultants is an award-winning Irish town planning consultancy offering a unified suite of bespoke planning services. The firm operates on a partner-led basis with services including Planning Service, Strategic Planning Submission, Planning Applications, Masterplans, Development Potential Assessments, Planning Appraisals, Environmental Assessment, Retail Assessment, Monitoring, Project Management & Team Coordination, Large Scale Residential Developments, and Extending the Life of a Permission. The company provides expert town planning advice, planning support, project management on development projects, and engagement with Local Authorities, delivering consistent advice reflective of current thinking and best practice.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Planning Service Provides specific advice on development proposals, exempted development provisions, and all aspects of planning law. Available for consultation by phone, online, or in person, for clients navigating the Irish planning system.
• Strategic Planning Submission Monitors Development Plans for clients and makes representations to protect their interests, achieving desired re-zonings or development objectives, typically on behalf of landowners, developers, and corporate stakeholders.
• Planning Applications Prepares and presents planning applications in a manner that acknowledges Development Plan policy and planning legislation, managing the process efficiently to achieve desired outcomes for property developers, institutions, and corporate clients.
• Masterplans Prepares Masterplans for Local Authority and private clients to guide the development of diverse projects, engaging with design teams, landowners, and key stakeholders (e.g., UCD Future Campus Masterplan).
• Development Potential Assessments Identifies and delivers residential and mixed-use development potential nationwide, providing independent assessment of feasibility and development potential for landowners and developers.
• Planning Appraisals Offers independent guidance on planning considerations relating to a site or existing development, considering alternative uses, reviewing conditions, or extending planning approvals, for property owners and developers.
• Environmental Assessment Prepares and coordinates Environmental Impact Assessment Reports (EIAR) for significant planning applications, combining input from other experts, for developers undertaking large-scale or sensitive projects.
• Retail Assessment Carries out and coordinates Retail Impact Assessments to accompany planning applications for retail developments, for retailers and developers of food and consumer goods sites.
• Monitoring Monitors Government legislation, policy changes, and local Development Plan context for potential impacts on clients' interests, providing ongoing intelligence to developers, institutions, and corporate clients.
• Project Management & Team Coordination Leads and coordinates design teams for large-scale planning applications, ensuring efficient delivery to client deadlines, for developers and corporate clients with complex multi-disciplinary projects.
• Large Scale Residential Developments (LRD) Handles Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) applications nationwide for housing, apartments, and student accommodation, navigating clients through the LRD planning process.
• Extending the Life of a Permission Manages applications to extend the life of planning permissions to ensure sites retain commercial viability, for developers and landowners holding existing permissions.

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Turley: Large UK-based planning, design, and development consultancy with growing Irish presence. Overlaps on planning applications, appeals, masterplanning, and EIA work but operates at significantly larger scale and broader service breadth.
• Lichfields: UK planning, development, and regeneration consultancy with Ireland-relevant expertise in LRDs, retail impact assessments, and large-scale residential. Larger and more diversified than Brock McClure but with overlapping service lines.
• Savills Ireland (Planning): Global real estate advisor with a planning and development consultancy team in Ireland. Competes for institutional, commercial, and residential planning mandates and can cross-sell valuation, agency, and investment advisory.
• Arup Ireland (Planning): Global engineering and planning consultancy with Irish planning capability spanning masterplans, EIARs, and large campus/infrastructure projects (e.g., UCD-adjacent campus-style briefs). Direct overlap on UCD, Kerry Group, and institutional-scale work.

Direct peers

• Brady Shipman Martin: Multi-disciplinary Irish planning, landscape, and environmental consultancy. Overlaps with Brock McClure on planning applications, masterplans, and EIAR coordination, with additional landscape capability.
• McCutcheon Halley: Irish planning consultancy providing strategic planning advice, applications, and appeals across residential, commercial, and infrastructure sectors. Closely comparable in scale, geography, and partner-led delivery model.
• Tom Phillips & Associates: Dublin-based town planning consultancy specialising in planning applications, appeals to An Bord Pleanála, and strategic planning submissions. Direct competitor for the same enterprise and developer clients in Ireland.
• John Spain Associates: Long-established Dublin-based town planning consultancy offering planning applications, appeals, and strategic advice across Ireland. Directly comparable in service mix, client base (developers, institutions, retailers), and Irish-market focus.
• Coakley O'Neill Town Planning: Irish planning consultancy offering planning applications, appeals, and development potential advice across Ireland. Comparable in size and in serving residential, commercial, and retail developer clients.

Regional players

• Mitchell + Associates: Galway-based planning consultancy with strong Connacht/Ulster regional presence, competing for similar residential, commercial, and retail planning work outside the Dublin market that Brock McClure's Mayo office targets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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