Rural Planning Services Across The South West of England

We offer comprehensive rural planning services across the South West of England, supporting rural landowners and occupiers, developers and professional agents requiring specialist advice. Based in Gloucestershire and working throughout the region, our experience includes new farm buildings, barn conversions, rural dwellings and extensions. We have also secured planning permission for padel courts, solar farms and other rural commercial development.

Our work typically begins with an initial planning assessment, followed by a detailed site appraisal to identify relevant national and local planning policies, landscape and heritage designations, access considerations, flood risk, ecology, Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), drainage and other material planning issues. This establishes the likelihood of success and defines the strategy required to achieve it. If a proposal carries significant risk or limited prospects, we will advise you clearly.

We prepare and manage the full planning application process, including pre-application discussions with local planning authorities aimed at resolving potential concerns early. We coordinate all required technical inputs, working alongside trusted specialists in ecology, heritage, highways, drainage and landscape.

We also act in relation to planning appeals, permitted development and prior approval applications, Permission in Principle submissions and larger rural development sites. We assist clients facing planning enforcement for alleged breaches of planning control.

Our goal is to unlock the potential of rural land and buildings through thorough preparation, sound advice and a deep understanding of how planning policy applies in the countryside.