Planning Consultancy
Planning applications, appeals, representations, land promotion, appraisals and strategy for residential, commercial, leisure, mixed-use and rural development.
View planning servicesPlanning, retail and specialist consultancy
Planning advice for complex sites, commercial decisions and development strategy.
Hadleybrooks Consultancy provides independent planning, retail, leisure and specialist consultancy services for developers, landowners, occupiers, local authorities and professional teams across the UK. We combine clear planning strategy with robust evidence and commercially focused recommendations.
What we do
Clear advice before unnecessary cost is committed.
Planning issues are easiest to manage when they are identified early. Hadleybrooks helps clients understand whether a proposal is likely to be acceptable, what evidence is needed, how policy risk should be addressed and which planning route offers the strongest prospect of success.
The consultancy is built around direct senior input, concise reporting and advice that is written for decision-makers. Whether the instruction is a strategic site appraisal, a planning appeal, a retail impact assessment or a specialist sequential test, the aim is the same: practical advice that can be acted on.
Nationwide reach
Manchester-based, advising across the UK.
Hadleybrooks supports projects across England and Wales, with experience ranging from local planning appraisals and householder appeals to major mixed-use, retail, leisure, commercial and regeneration schemes.
Services
Three linked consultancy areas.
Hadleybrooks is structured around planning consultancy, retail and leisure planning services, and specialist evidence-led assessments. Each service area can be commissioned individually or combined as part of a wider planning strategy.
Retail & Leisure Planning
Sequential tests, impact assessments, needs and capacity assessments, town centre studies, audits and retail planning advice.
View retail services
Specialist Services
Hotel, retail and employment needs assessments, open space assessments, market research, office sequential tests and flood risk sequential tests.
View specialist servicesSelected experience
Experience across major, local and specialist planning matters.
The consultancy draws on experience across development management, retail planning, appeals, local authority reviews, operator-led proposals and wider planning strategy.
Large-scale mixed-use
Land South of Links Road
Residential-led mixed-use development including new homes, care provision and local commercial space.
Retail & commercial
Rougham Hill
Retail and commercial planning support for a foodstore and drive-thru restaurant proposal.
Regeneration
Smithfield / city centre schemes
Planning and retail input for major urban redevelopment, regeneration and town centre use schemes.
Professional standards
Chartered planning expertise and recognised procurement credentials.
Hadleybrooks Consultancy combines chartered town planning expertise with professional, procurement-ready consultancy support for public and private sector clients.
RTPI Chartered
Chartered town planning input for planning applications, appeals, retail and leisure planning, development strategy and specialist evidence.
Local Supply Chain
LSC certification supporting procurement-ready consultancy services for councils, public bodies and wider professional teams.
Need a planning view on a site, proposal or refusal?
Send the address, planning reference, site plan or a short summary of the proposal, and Hadleybrooks will advise on the most effective next step.