Planning By Design Reviews 

I recently engaged Planning by Design to assist with the pre-application planning process for a house I was in the process of buying, and I cannot recommend them highly enough.

From the very first contact, the team was professional, extremely responsive, and demonstrated a deep knowledge of the local planning landscape. Our assigned Town Planner was fantastic—they provided clear, practical, and honest guidance on the feasibility of the changes we planned for the property.

The pre-application advice report we received was thorough, easy to understand, and perfectly outlined the risks and opportunities before we committed to the purchase and a full planning application. This level of clarity significantly reduced our stress and gave us the confidence needed to move forward.

If you are buying a house and need expert clarity on its planning potential, using Planning by Design for the pre-application stage is an invaluable investment. They were efficient, knowledgeable, and delivered a high-quality service that exceeded our expectations.

Very Professional, Informative and Helpful Company to work with .
I have used Planning By Design to help me get the planning permission for my Projects, couple of times ,
In both Applications, they were wonderfully helpful and most of all , with a positive outcome!

Silas , Abigail, Cara , all of them are great people to work and get the result .
If they cannot do it nobody can .

I will definitely work with them and I can comfortably recommend Planning By Design.
Thanks a lot
Ramo
Alps Properties Ltd.

Highly recommend!

I recently considered converting a property from commercial to residential use and needed some pre-planning advice. I found this company online, and Kim, the agent I dealt with, was absolutely amazing — a real credit to the business.
The appraisal carried out by the team was thorough, well-documented, and very informative.
Although I didn’t end up purchasing the property, I’ll definitely be using this team for any future property planning needs.

We contacted Planning by Design for planning advice and were very impressed with the service throughout. The whole team was helpful, professional, and responsive at every stage. Our town planner was local and highly knowledgeable, which gave us confidence that all advice was tailored to our area and circumstances.

The process was clearly explained and well managed, allowing us to make fully informed decisions with all the relevant information at hand, and without any surprises or delays. The cost was competitive and excellent value for the quality of service provided.

Highly recommended for anyone seeking clear, expert guidance on planning matters.

Aaron and the rest of the team at Planning By Design provided an excellent service throughout the process, from the initial planning report, architect drawings, through to the submission and overseeing the planning application.
Even though the project itself is small architecturally, the location of the garage made it tricky to navigate, especially with it being next to a conservation area as well as being in flood risk zone 3.
Without Aaron's guidance, I would have pulled out of the planning application after receiving the flood risk report. Thankfully, Aaron convinced us to move ahead as planned, and we got planning approval to convert the garage into a self contained "granny" annexe.
We are delighted with this outcome. And very happy with the experience we had working with Planning by Design. I plan to use them again for any future projects that require planning approval, as well as recommend their services to friends and family.

They done everything had no stress and always helpfull if need assistance

Very good experience. Presented various options for our extension and created planning drawings very quickly and planning was approved shortly after. Highly recommended. I will be using again.

Very professional Services,
Highly Recommend Organisation

A friendly articulate firm who explained the planning process over the phone and by an extensive email. The firm looked at my individual circumstances rather than just my bank balance.

Planning By Design wrote my retrospective planning application, which has just been approved. Before consulting them, I was convinced that there might be no hope for getting approval due to the complicated nature of the changes. I am ever so grateful to Mislav, who made me feel reassured and in safe hands from the start due to his extensive knowledge on planning.

Excellent communications, Very rapid resposne and very professional. Charges very reasoanble too

Ive had such an amazing service from Planning by Design, customers service has been really helpful and understanding and the community has just been wonderful!! Cara has just gone above and beyond is helping us out with our project. Nothing bad to say

Very efficient and helpful company. Answer queries quickly and to a satisfactory level

Very easy to deal with and it all went smoothly from their side, just a shame the council are such idiots, our decision should have been 25th July but even though there were no objections whatsoever they still hung it out until 27th August without saying why😡

Very knowledgeable and thorough. Polite and always looking to help. Only reason I didn't give 5 star is the replies could be a bit slow, sometimes taking a few days but I guess thats because they are busy?

Planning by Design have been fantastic to work with. Kim Crisp, in particular, has been incredibly helpful in preparing and advising me throughout the planning application process. As someone with little prior knowledge of planning, her guidance made everything clear and stress-free. I would definitely recommend them, especially to anyone navigating the planning process for the first time!

Great service from start to finish

Using this company's service was na excellent decision. The projekt was prepared with great care and attention to detail. The entire cooperation was very professional- from the first conversations, though presenting ideas, all the way to the finał design. I definitely recommend this company to anyone looking for a Creativa and reliable partner to Bering their dream spacer to life.

Brilliant service, took all the stress out of putting a planning application.
Firstly we had a planning appraisal carried out, this was done in less than half a day and they let us know that we would need to apply for full planning permission.
We therefore went on to use Planning By Design to proceed with the planning applications and thanks to Busra the architect for listening to our planning needs and getting the drawings of the building spot on from the first draft with only a couple of small amendments to the drawings, they really made our project come to life infront of our eyes. Also a big thank you to Silas, who dealt with the planning statement from start to finish, he put it over in a document making it look professional but easy to read in layman’s terms. By getting everything together when the plans went to our local council, they had everything they needed and were not coming back for extra information so seem to make the whole process breeze through.
I would definitely recommend Planning by Design as we had no experience at all in putting a planning application in, they made everything quick and simple and having the whole team together in one place, made the whole experience seem effortless and not have to worry about going to a separate architect etc.
Thank you so much to the whole team at Planning By Design

Planning were with us every step of the way and provided a very human approach to what can normally be a very regulated Industry/ process.
I would and have recommended them already