Careers

Careers at Plainview Planning mean more than just a job — they’re about shaping places, solving challenges, and supporting clients. We’re a friendly, multi-disciplined team offering planners the chance to grow, innovate, and contribute to a lasting legacy in the built environment.

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.

Throughout the entire application process everybody involved from the Plainview Planning team provided me with the very highest levels of courtesy, patience and above all professionalism. The positive outcome of this application clearly shows your business formula works. Once again thank you for taking on this application and getting the desired result.

Disdale Gordon, D and G LTD London

I have been so impressed at the consistently high standard of work produced during my planning application and appeal process. The Plainview team went above and beyond what was required. A superb outcome, thank you.

Mrs Grimes, Suffolk

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

Thank you all for all that you did to achieve the planning permission. It is great that your experience and hard work - and indeed our nerves! - should be so rewarded. Onward and upward!

Mr & Mrs Colquhoun, Gloucestershire

Thank you so much for your faultless work in helping us get planning permission. You have been amazing, and we will always recommend you to others.

Mrs Faithful, East Hampshire

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

When I finished reading your statement, I had a smile on my face. You made a complicated argument both simple and compelling - thank you.

Mr A Marler – Hertfordshire

Thank you for helping us with our appeal. The difference this has made to our lives is amazing. I would highly recommend Plainview Planning to anyone I know, who finds themselves in a similar situation.

Mrs Shergold, Essex

Thank you for your hard work and dealing with my questions. The service provided has been great, onwards and upwards now for the next premises.

South Downs Fitness, West Sussex

I would fully recommend McLoughlin Planning Ltd; they handled my application for change of use of my Therapy Centre into residential use. They demonstrated a wealth of experience in the thorough way they prepared my planning application and kept the process moving, whilst keeping me informed at all times. I was delighted that they succeeded in getting my application passed which was by no means an easy task.

Amanda, West Sussex

Seriously, we literally couldn’t have done it without you so on behalf on myself & the Directors of Hunter Vehicles Ltd, THANK YOU.

Hunter Vehicles Ltd, Harlow

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

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

Last year there were four applications to Horsham Planning Department. Each one was specific and required attention to detail to secure planning approval. I was very pleased when each application was 'approved' without too much discussion. This was achieved through the dedicated work of your Plainview Planning Experts, and I would like to thank them for their hard work and determination. I would have no hesitation in recommending your company to my friends and family.

Mr Hallworth, Sussex

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

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

Faced with a sudden requirement to obtain “Certificates of Lawful Use”, I chanced upon Plainview Planning. A short time later I had a “face to face” meeting to establish an initial rapport and left with a warm feeling of confidence. The project was brought to fruition on time, under budget, and in a most efficacious manner. Communication was first class. Friendly and supportive. Plainview Planning demonstrated professionalism, understanding and commitment to achieve a positive result.

Mr Guignard, London

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

Just wanted to thank you all for your hard work. You really were first class and without your expertise I’m sure we would have never won the appeal. I will certainly be recommending you.

Mark and Jon Hall, Essex

Having recently been granted planning permission for a Paragraph 79 in West Sussex it has been no mean feat! From the outset we were impressed by their positivity and reassurance that if we play the long game we would get there in the end. This has been proven to be true! They were as determined as we were to get the planning passed. We can't thank you enough.

Mr & Mrs Perryman, West Sussex