Commercial Development - Planning Applications, Development Advice, Architectural Plans & Site Design
Employment Sites, Business Parks, Commercial Property & Office Space, Rural Enterprise and Retail
Professional planning support for all commercial developments. Everything you need to apply for planning permission in one place....
You are in safe hands with our planning and architectural services - our team have extensive experience in the design and delivery of major commercial projects, including multi-million pounds light industrial, retail and agri-food developments, for a range of end users and businesses.
In the last 5 years all of the applications we have submitted on behalf of our commercial clients gained planning approval, including some of the area's flagship major developments - an unrivalled success rate with more than 85,000sqft of commercial development space secured for our clients last year alone, in addition to the establishment of two new rural enterprise parks in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
As well as securing planning permission for commercial and industrial development, we have also successfully assisted both private and commercial clients with retail, leisure and tourism sites and completed a range of change of use and site extension projects.


Full in-house planning consultancy, site design, architecture and development services include:
Preparing and submitting planning applications for all forms of commercial, industrial and retail development
Innovative architectural design solutions for new buildings and extensions
All business uses covered including Offices, Retail, Agri-Food and Health Care Provision
New commercial and industrial premises or additions
Full Design Packages - Architectural Plans (and all architecture work including Measured Building Surveys and Concept Design Sketches)
Brownfield Re-development and Regeneration Projects
Major planning applications and individual units
Minerals and Waste Planning Applications
Business Parks & Rural Enterprise
Change of Use
Site Extensions
Business Relocation
Change of Use, including partial conversion and residential mixed use
Building Regulations - full building plans, tender packs and handling of Building Control applications
Class R - Agricultural to Commercial (including storage and office space) - Class R regulations came into force in April 2015 under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015. 'Class R' allows the conversion from agricultural buildings to commercial using permitted development rights, subject to specific limitations and certain conditions.
Collaborative working - if you already have an architect on board, or an architect has drawn your site plans in readiness, that's fine too. Our planning experts are frequently appointed as part of a multi-discipline team, working alongside architects, surveyors, and other technical experts.
"Absolute professionals, the best planning consultants we've ever used. We cannot thank Fytche-Taylor planning enough for the exceptionally high quality of service we received for a major commercial scheme for our growing business. Excellent communication, very competitively priced consultancy services and thoroughly professional. We have been very impressed and recommend their services. We would not hesitate to use them again". D.Denby 5* Google Review
"100% recommend www.ftplan.co.uk amazing service & a fantastic result achieved for the company !" Rob Minnitt, RSM Maintenance
Some of our recent commercial and industrial planning applications...
Planning permission granted for million pound expansion of our client’s metal recycling plant in Grantham.
2 Recycling are a stand out example of what is possible at the high end of metal recycling in the UK. The continued investment planned for this year will enable the company to handle more metal and improve handling efficiency. This was a major development, under the Minerals & Waste planning regulations.
All architectural and planning application work delivered in-house by our team.
Rural Enterprise Notts/Lincs Border - Major commercial site with 15 individual work units 20,000+ SQFT
We’re pleased to confirm that our application for this 1.25 acre commercial site (major development) has had planning permission approved this week by North Kesteven’s Planning Committee. Chestnut Farm is located in the ‘Old Wood’ area, which lies around 3 miles west of the historic City of Lincoln - with units available to rent now! Read More...
Major Commercial Development - 10,000+ SQFT Light Industrial, Newton-on-Trent
A major site expansion including new offices, 10,000+ sq. ft commercial space, meeting rooms and welfare facilities at the head offices of RSM Maintenance Ltd, one of the UK's largest contractors delivering services for Highways authorities throughout the UK. Planning approved in just 11 weeks.
New Northern HQ planned to revive town centre empty property (Conversion & Change of Use)
Planning approval for our clients Orchard Landscapes Limited: The Sussex-based firm used our full design and planning services for their new northern HQ near Spalding. With strong local support and zero objections, planning permission was granted in under 8 weeks! Read More...
More Projects...
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