Town Planning Solutions

Town Planning can be really complicated. We know that, and we know how to make it as simple as possible.

EJS can help you get the most out of your site by providing thorough, honest, expert advice to achieve success as quickly and smoothly as possible. We promise to tell you what you need to hear, at all stages of your project.

EJS are a Midlands based town planning firm with global consultancy experience, offering Director level expertise and capability with individual attention to detail and a tailored pricing strategy. We have significant experience in the Midlands area, particularly Birmingham and Solihull, but work all across England.

Summary of Services

  • Planning Appraisals

    All development proposals should start with a planning appraisal, which identifies site opportunities and constraints and relevant national and local planning policies. This information gives the best foundation as to what development is possible and how to optimise that potential.

  • Planning Consents

    Outline, Full, Hybrid, Listed Building, Conservation Area, Development Consent Order, Local Development Order, Demolition? We have extensive experience in delivering all types of planning consents and will advise on which is best for your project, guiding you through each and every step.

  • Land Promotion

    Sometimes sites need to be progressed through the Local Plan process to become developable. This is usually a longer term option, but get it right, and it can move a site with no real prospects of betterment to a site that is formally deemed developable, without express planning consent.

A bit about us…

  • To achieve commercially optimised and deliverable planning consents to time and budget while building collaborative working relationships between land owners, developers, local planning authorities and key stakeholders.

  • We are chartered members of the Royal Town Planning Institute with Master degrees in Town and Country Planning. All members of the RTPI are bound by a code of professional conduct setting out required standards of practice and ethics. The Institute requires planning professionals to meet and maintain high standards of competence and conduct themselves in a way that inspires trust and confidence in the profession.

  • Ellen set up the consultancy to revive her passion to deliver residential and commercial consents and spend less time in strategic resourcing and commercial meetings. Ellen is a firm believer that the magic ingredient in delivering successful planning consents is problem solving and the ability to build excellent relationships between all stakeholders in a project.

The Results

In over 21 years in the planning profession, we have never had an application refused.