Drawing and Planning 

Everything you need for a planning application under one roof

Claire Adler

A successful planning application usually involves engaging the services of an architect, structural engineer and planner, who typically charge hefty hourly rates. Drawing and Planning are the only UK planning consultancy to unite all three services under one roof while maintaining a fixed price policy, and thereby guaranteeing a competitive rate for a comprehensive planning service.

Since opening 2 years ago, Drawing and Planning has defied the recession, and is now planning its own expansion across the UK. To date the company has seen over 200 planning approvals, with the figure set to treble in 2012. With a superb success rate, Drawing and Planning is fast becoming the go-to agency for established businesses and high net worth individuals seeking an efficient, personal and effective planning service. Current clients include a host of residential and commercial property developers, the Metropolitan Police, restaurateurs and foreign property investors from as far afield as Australia, Brazil, Singapore and the UAE.

“I’m a property developer at heart, and that informs all my thinking,” says property maverick and Drawing and Planning founder Jeremy Stein. As a fresh graduate in 2004, Stein turned down a £40,000 job as a management consultant, choosing instead to earn £200 a week to work on refurbishment projects for a building contractor, while starting to develop his now burgeoning personal property portfolio. “Drawing and Planning integrates the services of architects, structural engineers and planners. We charge a fraction of the price of mainstream architecture practices. Our strong track record of success means our competitors hate us.”

The Drawing and Planning team includes architects from global architecture firm Broadway Malyan and former council planning officers of several London boroughs. Successful completed projects range from hotel sites, recycling plants, gyms, Grade II listed buildings, expanding and modernising churches and leisure centres, converting storage into a go-carting race track and pro bono charity work.

Recently a client set up a car wash facility only to learn it was an illegal development. A retrospective application saw Drawing and Planning face three angry councillors and a mayor at a committee meeting and, amazingly, win. In order to keep the peace, the client didn’t attend the meeting.

“We’re not afraid of a fight. As experienced property developers, we advise clients how to maximise their assets and transform their vision into a win-win situation,” says Stein.

For interviews and press queries, please contact

Jeremy Stein – jeremy@drawingandplanning.com - 07813 717 910