Careers at Plainview Planning | Build Your Career in Planning

Plainview Planning Ltd is a forward-thinking consultancy specialising in town and country planning. Since 2008, we’ve been delivering effective, expert planning support to clients across both urban and rural settings throughout England. Our team partners with homeowners, landowners, and independent businesses to navigate the planning system and realise the full potential of their land and development ambitions. If you’re looking to be part of a knowledgeable, supportive, and innovative planning team, we’d love to hear from you.

Our Team is made up of dynamic, multi-disciplined and knowledgeable people who are passionate about planning and our role in creating a built environment legacy. We seek positive change and solutions to ongoing planning challenges.

We care about our clients and their projects. Therefore, we employ people who can give exceptional customer service and are eager to bring a keen eye and fresh perspective to planning. In return, we offer our staff the opportunity to grow in a supportive and inspiring environment.

Recruitment

We are always interested to hear from entrepreneurial planners who have trained and worked in Local Authorities or private practice. Or those who have experience in architecture, land promotion, and the property industry more generally, and are looking for a fresh opportunity within the planning sector.

At Plainview we are all about relationships – forming positive bonds with our clients who keep coming back for our innovative and informed planning solutions.

Plainview is much more than your average planning consultancy. We are the sister company to McLoughlin Planning Ltd., a long-established consultancy based in London and the Cotswolds with a strong focus on strategic land work, supporting landowners, larger SME house builders and beyond as well as providing specialist consultancy advice to the sporting and education institutions, and the aviation sector.

Our ongoing success and longevity in such a competitive industry is testament to our strategic approach, friendly team and the quality of the services we provide. Central to all of this are our core values:

Teamwork

We would be nothing without our excellent team. Regular project forums mean schemes are discussed in the round, ensuring a holistic strategy for the benefit of our clients.

Innovation

Be it learning to harness the power of AI to keeping ahead of the curve with our technology systems, we have access to the most up-to-date planning and appeal decision databases, enabling us to add maximum value to client projects.

Integrity

We care about our clients and our planning legacy, we will always be upfront with you about our view on your development aspirations.

Impact

We are passionate about planning and our role in creating a built environment legacy and we seek positive change and solutions to ongoing planning issues.

If our Core Values strike a chord, then we are interested in hearing from like-minded individuals in the planning and development sector to explore future collaboration. Contact our team via careers@plainview.co.uk, providing a cover letter outlining why you are the right fit for Plainview, your CV and an example of a recent project that shows off your planning dynamism. We are excited to hear from you!

A team you can trust

Plainview Planning is an independent consultancy that has supported clients across England since 2008. We believe good planning starts with listening, and we take pride in offering clear, supportive advice. From homeowners and landowners to developers, farmers, and businesses, we think strategically to unlock site potential, achieve development goals, and build trusted relationships that last beyond each project.

Meet our team

Key Projects

Stunning new 600sqm home approved in the Cotswolds National Landscape

Innovative eco-development approved in the Green Belt, North Somerset

Architect-designed replacement dwelling, Tetbury

Residential regeneration in a landmark location – Ealing

Sensitive restoration and extension of a Grade II* listed home in Cheltenham

Successful pub diversification: 9 new homes and 22 letting rooms near Bath

Planning approved for new visitor facilites at an RSPB wetlands reserve

Change of use from pub to 31-Bed Hotel, London

Some of our clients

Below are some of the commercial clients and organisations we work with. You can view all our recent projects or read our latest news and updates.

I would like to say THANK YOU! The service was top class! The knowledge, advice, recommendation I received from the beginning to the end of my application was honest and professional! Thank you once again! I am beyond happy that this has settled in our favor!

Ms Jackowska, Essex

We received great initial advice and communication on a planning issue that could have gone either way. Whilst being honest and realistic of our chances, together we agreed a strategy for appealing the decision which eventually resulted in an appeal to the Secretary of State. I am pleased to say that we have now finally achieved approval and could not have done it without their advice and professionalism. We would recommend Plainview Planning without hesitation.

Mr & Mrs Boyce, Essex

After a previously stressful experience we needed someone to 'hold our hands' and, for my part, to feel like someone cared about our forever home project as much as we did. Their professional approach & expert knowledge was combined with a genuine desire for us to succeed. I felt reassured and supported throughout and I wish we had known about Plainview Planning sooner. I would not hesitate in recommending you to anyone considering a self-build.

Mrs Johnson, Hertfordshire

Thank you so much for all your help!

Anytime Fitness, Camden

The Plainview Planning team have been fundamental in our retrospective planning permission application. They put together an application pack that was so thorough we received no further questions from the planning department, and the process was swift and painless. This is testament to Plainview Planning's understanding of the complexities of the planning process. I am deeply appreciative of their time and effort in bringing this to a successful conclusion.

Dr Bradbury, Essex

Just a few brief words to thank you for your much-needed contribution towards our recent planning approval. We had some stiff opposition. Nevertheless, you held us by the hand step by step - and you were proved right. I believe that by having Plainview Planning produce a planning statement, this was fundamental to our success - so well done. Best wishes to all the Plainview team.

Mr Morgan, London

Plainview Planning made a realistic appraisal of a very complicated planning history of our annex. From the outset, our consultant clearly had good knowledge and skills to prepare the planning statement. Realistic but supportive throughout and made a stressful application easier for us. Successful outcome very much due to our consultant.

Mr & Mrs Cooper, East Sussex

Thank you all so much for your help on this, you’ve made the process extremely easy.

Mr Moore, Essex

I was recommended to contact Plainview Planning by my architect. I was very pleased with the professional service I received. They were efficient, timely, listened to my feedback and answered my questions. I was delighted with the outcome, and my appeal was successful.

Mrs Thomas, Kent

Thank you for what was an outstanding level of professionalism and service that we received in our recent planning application. Without your knowledge and efforts against what was an extremely difficult planning authority, we would not have been successful in our application from annexe to annexe/holiday let. The planning consent granted was a hard-fought battle that you and the team helped us survive. There is absolutely no hesitation in recommending Plainview Planning to anyone.

Mr Griffiths, Essex

I would just like to thank you all for your support and help – I don’t think we would have won this appeal without your inputs

Mr Oppenheimer, Sussex

The team at Plainview Planning have provided superb support for our planning application for a new dwelling. They have provided deep expertise, great cross-functional working with our team of architects and consultants, creative solutions to potential barriers and been a pleasure to deal with as well! What more could you ask for?

Mr Lillie, Bristol

I would like to thank you for all your help. The quality of the application was outstanding and I wouldn't hesitate to use or recommend you in the future.

Mr Ganpatsingh, Surrey

Really well-presented Plainview. Great work.

Aventier Ltd., Greenwich

On behalf of PKL Group and our client, I would like to take the opportunity to thank the team at Plainview Planning for undertaking such a sterling job in obtaining planning permission on what has been an incredibly complex and sensitive project. We would have absolutely no hesitation in returning to Plainview Planning for future outsourced planning support and I would equally have no hesitation in recommending their service to others.

PKL Group Ltd, Cheshire

I would not hesitate to recommend Plainview Planning. The worry was taken away from me, and I felt confident that my change of use application was all being dealt with in a professional manner.

Mrs Powis-Jones, Gloucestershire

I cannot recommend the Planview Planning team enough. They have supported us through the highs and lows of the process with compassion and professionalism. They are incredibly knowledgeable and have insights into the local area and process, are consummate professionals and above all are genuinely good, nice people. If you are reading this and need support / advice do not look any further. Thank you all for everything.

Mrs. Seymour, Essex

You successfully helped us to secure planning early last year. Your input was the turning point for the whole project, for which I am incredibly grateful.

Poppy Construction, Gloucestershire

We wish to express our thanks to all of the Plainview planning team for all their help and expertise in obtaining a successful outcome in our planning appeal. They were able to quickly identify the key obstacles with our application and provided a clear plan of action for us to follow. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Plainview. Thanks again team for all your hard work!

Dr Jennifer Robertson, South Downs National Park, West Sussex

Out of all the planning consultancies we approached for assistance, you were the most clued up.

Mr. Stanhope, Staffordshire