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Founded in 2009 by Nathan McLoughlin, McLoughlin Planning offers a wide range of planning services for landowners and developers.

01/07/2025

𝗕𝗶-𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵-𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀
𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 ☀️👷

🍹Enjoy a drink and catch-up with those from the property and construction industry this July!

🤝 This event, in partnership with , is open to anyone who is interested in the property and construction industry, whether you are an architect, developer, builder, contractor or someone who just has a general interest, all are welcome!

📍 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: Hotel Du Vin, Parabola Rd, Cheltenham, GL50 3AH

🗓️ 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: Thursday 10th July from 17:30pm - 19:00pm

🔗 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸: Please book your FREE place via the link in our bio.

✨ Looking forward to seeing you there!

27/06/2025

𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗢𝘂𝘁 - 𝗗𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 ⛏️💙🌾

👷The whole team had a great couple of days learning all about how to build a dry stone wall, in the beautiful environs of the Bathurst Estate, close to the village of Coates, near Cirencester. It was wonderful to play a small part in repairing a section of these iconic walls, which heavily define our beautiful Cotswold landscape. And to learn a traditional craft and have a wonderful time together in the process.

👏 A huge thank you to Andrew (Andy) Docherty, who navigated us through the process.

❤️‍🩹 Andy, who is an ex-military veteran, founded Walling2Recovery to support the mental wellbeing and mindfulness of military and blue-light veterans. While the walling events support the physical and mental recovery of veterans, they also help facilitate their transition into civilian employment within the rural sector. Andy hopes that now their skills have developed in this profession, veterans will be able to run dry stone walling events in different parts of the country on his behalf and continue to restore these magnificent, picturesque and valuable structures.

🙌 We highly recommend this activity for any team who is looking to step away from their desk for a day or two to enjoy a new skill while supporting a worthy cause!

👉 𝙎𝙬𝙞𝙥𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙨

02/06/2025

𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 - 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹! 🏊‍♀️

McLoughlin Planning is delighted to have obtained planning permission for a new modern and well-adapted leisure centre in the area of Sandwell.

The overall approved scheme will help contribute to the investment of Sandwell's health and leisure facility infrastructure. For instance, with this new development being well designed by Architects, it has allowed for increased access to sport and recreation facilities, including to support those with additional needs. Heritage assets and the surrounding residential amenity were also taken into consideration to ensure there was no detrimental impact and that the new scheme would help complement the appearance of the existing street scene.

It was an absolute pleasure to be involved in this scheme, and we are so pleased with the positive outcome for our client. If you are interested in knowing more about this project or are looking for something similar, please call the main office line to speak to our Associate Director, Joe Seymour, for more information. We are experienced in providing full planning consultancy services for public sector projects, from leisure centres to town masterplanning.

📞: 01242895008

👉: Swipe to read our 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴

🔗: For more information, please visit our website for the full article (link in bio)

𝙄𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚: Roberts Limbrick Architects

30/05/2025

📣 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗗 - 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿! 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 🎉

👏 We are so pleased to share the news of Caroline Pitt being 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙙 from Head of Business Development to 𝘿𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 at McLoughlin Planning!

⭐️ The lovely and vibrant Caroline joined McLoughlin Planning when we acquired back in May 2024 and since taking on the role as Head of Business Development, she has excelled and progressed in the Company extremely well in terms of helping to manage business decisions, track lead generation, ensuring client satifaction and taking charge in our marketing department. It has been great to see how far she has progressed since working with us. She has also worked closely and been a mentor to our Business Development Assistant, Elle Jones, on an array of different areas of work to help support and develop the business. Caroline has further used her initiative and presented new ideas to our Managing Directors, Jenny Mcloughlin and Nathan Mcloughlin to help progress the Company and is always on hand to assist and work closely with our planning consultants to help navigate lead generation and writing articles based on various projects we have completed at the Company.

𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚! We are looking forward to your continued progress here at McLoughlin Planning. 👏

21/05/2025

𝗖𝗣𝗗 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 📐

Huge thanks to Angela Jacobs from Prospect Design Studio for popping over to our offices for an interesting CPD session on urban design and masterplanning.

𝙆𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨:

+ The importance of understanding access arrangements in feeding into the proposed on-site infrastructure and potential layout (i.e. capacity, type of movement, impact on the surrounding context).

+ Taking the time to understand local context (built form and natural environment), infrastructure, neighbouring built form layout, and green spaces early in the process to help inform the site layout, number of homes/commercial units and understand potential constraints which will influence the plan form.

+ Working collaboratively with other disciplines (such as ecology, arboriculture, highways, heritage) to help inform the response to constraints and inform the opportunities to make the best use of the site. For example, creating spaces which can act as visual markers for future residents to orientated themselves within the wider development.

+ Design Guides, Design Review Panels, and the National Design Guide & Code, can help inform the initial background research and offer an understanding of the proposal site and wider area, which can then be assessed and applied in relation to local and national planning policies.

+ Local opinions through consultation and engagement can be beneficial in offering practical knowledge on the local context and site constraints. Also aligns with the preferred means of practice set out in the NPPF, which seeks to encourage public consultation.

+ An informational discussion during the CPD highlighted the difficulties faced in the industry where Council’s do not have in-house design support and the importance of collaboration in ensuring high quality and desirable places where people want to live and work can be delivered.

💡A really informative session and we look forward to applying lessons learnt to future projects and collaborating with Prospect Design Studio again.

24/04/2025

📣 𝗪𝗘’𝗥𝗘 𝗔 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧

We are excited to announce that we are 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 for the Awards 2025, under the category: 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘽𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧!

🙏 Thank you to C2S for acknowledging us for this category this year, we are beyond grateful and excited to be in the running!

👥 Our team’s hard work and dedication to their profession and support and consideration to each other, clients and stakeholders has helped get us to this point, so well done everyone!

👏 Congratulations to all of the other finalists this year, we’re proud to be in such great company and we look forward to hearing the results soon - keeping our fingers crossed!🤞

17/04/2025

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿! 🐣

Everyone at McLoughlin Planning and@plainview_planning wish all our clients and contractors a happy and restful Easter.

📣 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚: our offices will be closed on Friday 18th April and Monday 21st April and we will respond to any queries you have from Tuesday 22nd April.

14/04/2025

𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗟𝘂𝘅𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 ⚜️

We are thrilled to have successfully appealed a refusal of planning permission for alterations and extensions to a dwelling in the desirable Moor Park Estate in Hertfordshire.

👉 Swipe for details and view our website for the full article (🔗𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙤), which includes guidance on what happens after a planning application is refused!

𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦: 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴

11/04/2025

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 🐶🐱🐰🐦

Celebrating all pets on this special day for loving us and keeping us sane - especially in the workplace! 🙌

Although our whole team are big animal lovers, you will see from the pics that we are a bit biased towards dogs 👀

𝙎𝙬𝙞𝙥𝙚 to view pics of our beloved pets 👉

03/04/2025

𝗥𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 🌱

👷‍♂️ Our Managing Director, Nathan McLoughlin, was delighted to chair and host a Rural Planning Seminar, alongside long-standing friend, George Paton, Managing Director of Paton Land. The discussion was centred around the Government changes to planning and what this specifically meant for landowners.

🤝 Following the publication of the NPPF in December, we have been hosting a number of one-to-one sessions with developer clients and other professionals, giving them the time to ask us questions about what we think the changes mean and how they are applied to our clients' businesses. The Frilford Heath event was an opportunity for us to give something back to an important part of our client base, farmers and other landowners, giving them the benefit of our understanding of the changes and what they mean for them.

🚜 Given all the changes the farming and landowning community is facing, it's been really valuable for us to gain insights into what this means firsthand. This enables us to better tailor our approach and also understand how we can better address these concerns in a planning environment. Our Director, Chris Fleming, and Senior Planner, Harriet Bray, who also attended, were invaluable in helping with this.

✨ We aim to do more of these through the year and if you would be interested in attending, please let us know. Alternatively, if you would like an in-depth discussion about your rural-based projects and land interests, please get in touch. A lot is unfolding right now, since the release of the new NPPF and it's an exciting time to be part of planning.

📞: 01242895008
📧: info@mplanning.co.uk

25/03/2025

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵-𝗨𝗽 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 🤝

Our bi-monthly property and construction catch-up event is here once again in partnership with .

We really enjoy holding these events as it’s a great way to wind down after a hard working day, enjoying a drink and canape or two with like-minded people and discuss the latest of what is going on in the industry.

👷Whether you are an architect, contractor, developer, builder or someone who just has a general interest in this type of work - all are welcome!

𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀:
🗓️ Thursday 3rd April: 17:30pm - 19:00pm
📍Malmaison, Bayshill Road, Cheltenham, GL50 3AS

🎟️ Grab your 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 ticket today, via the link in our bio.

24/03/2025

𝟭𝟯𝘅 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘁𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘀 🏡

McLoughlin Planning has secured planning approval for 13x affordable homes with associated works on land to the north of Down Ampney, near Cirencester. The proposed development will deliver much-needed housing on an allocated parcel of land within the Cotswold District Council Local Plan and inside a defined settlement boundary. The approved scheme is a high-quality, considered and sensitively designed residential development which strives to set a “new standard” for the delivery of affordable housing. These homes will be among the most energy efficient to be built in the district in recent years, in accordance with the Government and Council’s climate action ambitions.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙨:

- A new public open space to the south of the site, providing a mix of green spaces and a children’s play area;
- A wildflower community meadow to provide a Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG);
- Additional tree planting to the front of the proposed properties and across the public realm.

🔗 You can read more about the project via the link in our bio.

It was great to work with Bromford Housing Association on this project, with excellent architectural support from and guidance from the ecology team, . We thank Cotswold District Council and consultees for their thoughtful response to this considered, needed and well-designed scheme which has community at its heart.

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De La Bere House
Cheltenham
GL503AW

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 5:30pm
Thursday	9am - 5:30pm
Friday	9am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+441242895008

Website

http://www.mplanning.co.uk/, https://mplanning.co.uk/projects/planning-permission-secured-for-an-exceptionally-designed-

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