PLANNING · DEVELOPMENT · PROPERTY INTELLIGENCE
See the potential.
Make it possible.
Clear planning advice. Commercial understanding. The evidence to move your development forward.
Chartered planning consultants helping developers, landowners and homeowners secure planning permission across England.
Independent advice.
Substantial experience.
YOUR AMBITION. OUR EXPERTISE.
A clear way forward,
whatever your starting point.
From a single property to a strategic site, get practical advice that connects planning policy with the realities of development.
Developers
Commercial clarity. From first appraisal to planning permission and S106 viability.
Explore servicesLandowners
Understand your land’s potential and take the right route to realising its value.
Explore servicesHomeowners
Straightforward advice for extensions, conversions and the home you have in mind.
Explore servicesPublic sector
Independent expertise to support planning decisions and deliver better places.
Explore servicesS106 & AFFORDABLE HOUSING VIABILITY
Make the case for
a deliverable scheme.
When planning obligations put a scheme under pressure, you need a robust assessment and a clear negotiating position. We bring commercial experience and careful evidence to both.
Explore viability adviceUnderstand the position
Review the scheme, its obligations and the factors affecting delivery.
Build the evidence
Prepare a reasoned assessment, supported by relevant market comparables.
Negotiate with clarity
Present the case and engage with the authority and its appointed adviser.
PROPERTY INTELLIGENCE
Better evidence.
A sharper perspective.
CONSULTANCY, WITH A TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE
Property expertise.
With a wider lens.
Our own property intelligence product brings together sold prices, floor areas and local context, helping property professionals investigate comparables and prepare Excel reports.
Use Bartons Lens independently, or ask about adding comparable research to your S106 viability instruction. Technology helps assemble the evidence. Professional judgement makes it useful.
PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY. PROFESSIONAL DEPTH.
Work directly with
a chartered town planner.
Good advice starts with understanding what you want to achieve, and being clear about what it will take to get there.
Led by Chris Mian, Bartons combines experience across public and private sector development with a personal, commercially focused service.
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
Advice that makes a difference.
VIABILITY · EPSOM
The Chalk Lane Hotel
Affordable housing requirements removed and commuted payments reduced by 80% on viability grounds.
Explore S106 expertiseRESIDENTIAL · EAST SUSSEX
Robertsbridge
Planning permission for 40 new homes, drawing on experience of residential development in the Home Counties.
Explore project experienceIN OUR CLIENTS’ WORDS
Confidence, built on experience.
Personal service. Practical advice.
Relationships that make a difference.
Ongoing advice from Bartons has helped streamline our processes, making them significantly more efficient.
Bartons’ strategic advice is multifaceted, seamlessly blending consultancy expertise with developer insights.
Bartons’ multidisciplinary services offer a comprehensive turnkey solution, enhancing overall efficiency.
THE BARTONS PERSPECTIVE
Insight for your next move.
Financial Viability
Financial Viability at Land Acquisition: Buying Development Land at the Right Price
Discover how Bartons uses financial viability assessments, development appraisals and residual land value analysis to help developers establish the right land price before acquisition.
29 September 2026Financial Viability
Financial Viability Before Planning: Designing a Development That Can Make a Commercial Profit
Bartons helps developers assess financial viability before planning submission, testing affordable housing, S106, costs, land value and developer profit to create commercially deliverable schemes.
29 September 2026Financial Viability
S106 Viability During Construction: Renegotiating Affordable Housing When a Development Becomes Unviable
Is an S106 affordable housing obligation making your development unviable? Bartons advises developers on viability reviews, RP offers, payments in lieu and S106 deeds of variation.
29 September 2026
LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR SITE
Your next step
starts with a
conversation.
Tell us what you have in mind. We’ll discuss the opportunities, the constraints and how we can help.
0333 090 2144chrism@bartonsconsultancy.co.ukFree initial discussion. No obligation.
A LITTLE MORE CLARITY
Before we talk.
Where do you work?+
We advise clients across England, with experience in London and the Home Counties. Your advice is shaped by your site, its local planning policies and the decisions that matter to it.
Can you help with a site that has been refused?+
Yes. We can review the planning history and reasons for refusal, then advise whether a revised proposal or an appeal offers a realistic way forward.
What happens in an initial consultation?+
We discuss your site, your ambitions and the challenges you know about. We then explain the next steps and agree the scope and fee for any further work. The initial discussion is free and without obligation.
How does Bartons Lens support viability work?+
Bartons Lens brings together property transactions, floor areas and local context to help assemble comparable evidence. It can support the research behind a viability assessment, with the evidence reviewed and interpreted by your adviser.
What will your advice cost?+
The fee depends on the site, the complexity of the proposal and the work required. We agree a clear scope and fee before starting. Tell us about your project for a tailored proposal.