CREATE Planning is an independent planning consultancy with offices in London, Cornwall, and Portugal, offering expert planning services tailored to the needs of designers, architects, landowners, and developers. Our experienced team currently manages projects across 21 Local Planning Authorities across London, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest of England. We pride ourselves in making an ever-increasingly complex planning process simple.
We act as expert planning advisors across all development sectors and are confident that we can assist you in delivering your development aspirations.
CREATE Planning is dedicated to delivering commercially viable and successful outcomes for our clients. From single-site developments to multi-phase urban projects, our consultancy provides informed, reliable guidance every step of the way.
Why Choose CREATE Planning?
Proven Success: We have a high success rate of over 90% across hundreds of planning applications, CREATE Planning is skilled in securing approvals even for complex cases. Our appeal success rate in 2023 is also impressive as it is over 55%; the national average approval rate for appeals in the same period was 29%.
Comprehensive Expertise: With specialist knowledge and within the umbrella of a multi-disciplinary practice, we are well-positioned to provide strategic insights, efficient solutions, and project specific expertise. From single-site developments to multi-phase urban projects, our consultancy provides informed, reliable guidance every step of the way
Site Specific Service: Our experience is vast and we are specialists at dealing with an array of sites. Whether it is a greenfield or brownfield site, in the Greenbelt, High-Risk Building, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), Listed Building, Conservation Area, Area of Flood Risk, or National Park our specialist knowledge will navigate you across the most complex challenges.
International Reach: Our offices in London, Cornwall, and Portugal allow us to support diverse projects, ensuring that clients benefit from both local knowledge and international experience.
Our Projects
We work closely with all those involved in the planning and development process and, as our portfolio illustrates, we have a depth of experience on a diverse range of projects across London and the UK.
Sectors we actively work in:
Residential
Commercial
Rural Industrial
Education
Healthcare
Places of Worship
Sport & Leisure
Our Services
We provide a bespoke service tailored to your needs to realise your development vision. We work seamlessly with architecture practices, property owners, developers, and private investors to provide expert advice, technical knowledge and form strategies to help you achieve your ambitions.
We provide best in class planning advice with robust and defensible advocacy on your behalf for a range of services. This can include preparing and monitoring planning applications, undertaking planning appeals, providing local development framework policy representations, or assisting with Section 106 negotiations.
For all town planning enquiries, please e-mail planning@createdesign.org
Our Services
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Initial site appraisal assessments to evaluate planning potential and development opportunities.
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Comprehensive and detailed studies to determine the planning constraints of the site and sensitive policy areas to help clients making informed decisions.
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Full-service planning applications to navigate planning requirements and streamline approval.
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For undertaking early consultation with the Councils to guide planning application.
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Planning for projects which are time sensitive.
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If you have applied for planning permission and received a refusal notice, we can undertake a review of the Council’s justification and provide you with urgent advice.
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Planning applications specifically for advertisement, digital and Out of Home print media.
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Planning expertise for developments that involve heritage assets, Listed Buildings, and conservation areas.
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Expert representation on local emerging and strategic planning policies to align projects with future regulatory requirements.
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Specialised guidance on Local Plans to maximise development opportunities.
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Specialised guidance on Land Promotion to maximise development opportunities and site adoptions in emerging local plans.
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Guidance on the Community Infrastructure Levy to optimise project costs and compliance.
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Skilled representation in planning appeals via the route of written representation hearings, and public enquiries.
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Professional expert witness services to support appeals effectively.
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For contesting planning appeals for representation against Planning Enforcements actions.
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Strategic planning for site within the Green Belt.
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Supporting planning applications that require sequential tests and advice for sites that are at risk of flooding.
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Analysis and reports to support retail and commercial development in line with planning policies.
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Strategic planning consultancy for managing and developing estate portfolios.