Our Expertise

Site Appraisals

Planning Strategy

Planning and Feasibility Insight

Planning Appeals

Clear, commercially‑focused assessments of development potential, constraints and risk, giving clients the insight they need before committing to a project.

Structured, senior‑led planning strategies for householder, minor and major schemes, ensuring proposals are positioned effectively and progress smoothly through the planning process.

Planning‑focused feasibility work that identifies opportunities, constraints and viability considerations early, providing balanced guidance that strengthens decision‑making and supports deliverable project outcomes.

Robust, well‑structured appeal work including written representations, hearings and inquiries, drawing on MRTPI expertise and proven experience across London, the South East and the South West.

Planning Applications

Preparation, management and submission of applications across all scales, from extensions and conversions to major and mixed‑use schemes, with coordinated consultant input where required.

Portus Consulting Services provides senior‑level planning advice shaped by real‑world pressures: viability constraints, shifting political priorities, evolving policy, and wider economic forces that influence development outcomes. Our work is grounded in practical judgement and an ability to interpret change quickly and effectively.

We offer a bespoke, specialist service built around clarity, structure and discretion. Every instruction receives senior attention, ensuring clients are supported with precise, commercially aware guidance from early appraisal through to application, appeal or delivery.

Urban Redevelopment

Strategic planning and appeal work for a sensitively designed residential scheme within a protected landscape, balancing local character, environmental constraints, policy interpretation and stakeholder engagement within a highly regulated planning context.

Portus Consulting Services draws on extensive experience supporting complex planning and development projects across urban, suburban and rural environments. The examples below represent the types of challenges we are equipped to navigate. We would be pleased to discuss relevant project experience in more detail.

Planning input for a multi‑layered redevelopment within a constrained urban environment, addressing heritage interfaces, infrastructure limitations, design evolution and viability considerations to secure a deliverable and policy‑aligned outcome.

National Park Residential Development