We are truly passionate about town planning and strive to make every project a success. We work hard to ensure our services remain affordable and impactful.

At The Planning Workshop, we provide clear, practical, and professional planning advice grounded in years of hands-on experience within local government and private practice. Our team of Chartered Town Planners has worked across local authorities in the West Midlands and South West, as well as within respected private planning consultancies, giving us a balanced perspective on how planning decisions are made and how best to navigate the process.

This depth of experience means we understand not only planning policy, but also the realities of how planning works in practice — how applications are assessed, where challenges often arise, and how to present proposals that stand the best chance of success.

We regularly collaborate with other professionals, including Chartered Landscape Architects, Transport Consultants, Urban Designers, and Heritage Consultants, ensuring that every project benefits from the right blend of expertise. Where necessary, we can also commission specialist reports — from transport assessments and ecological surveys to heritage and landscape statements — to support a robust, well-evidenced submission.

Our approach is strategic yet pragmatic: we focus on what matters, anticipate potential issues early, and work proactively with planning officers and stakeholders to achieve positive, timely outcomes. Whether you are seeking consent for a new development, an extension, a change of use, or a more complex planning case, The Planning Workshop offers professional insight, technical precision, and trusted guidance from start to finish.

Based in Works Social, a co-working space in Nottingham’s Lace Market, our team of expert Chartered Town Planners adopts a strategic and flexible approach, ready to tackle cases nationwide.

Our skills and expertise lie in understanding the detail of the planning situation together with devising an overall development strategy in order to seek to provide practical solutions that you can act upon.

We pride ourselves on our honest, approachable and direct manner and our ability to work proactively with many other professionals in the planning industry to achieve positive results and value for our clients.

We cover residential development such as new builds and householder developments such as extensions, conversions and solar. We also specialise in small-scale commercial development. In addition, we have extensive experience in the preparation of successful planning appeals and planning objections and we can also source additional planning documents such as Heritage Statements and other reports/drawings.

We are proud to be Chartered members of the Royal Town Planning Institute, a leading Chartered Institute dedicated to maintaining professional standards and accrediting world-class planning courses, both nationally and internationally. As members, we uphold the highest professional standards and stay informed about the latest developments in planning.