Bloomfields Chartered Town PlannersReviews 

We relied on their planning knowledge and experience and they gave excellent advice & kept us informed every step of the way. We received successful applications which is a huge relief and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this company and in particular Sam, our personal planning consultant.

The planning issue I faced was - or rather became - a long drawn out one. Largely my responsibility, because I was not familiar with the rules and made an error which resulted in having to reapply for permission after I had had the building built. I won’t go into the detail, but James, who had seen through the original application with no problem at all, responded immediately when my error led to having to apply for retrospective permission.

I suspect that getting retrospective permission is never easy, and the path of my application was certainly not. Despite support from the planning officials, the application had to go through two planning committee meetings and - finally getting approval - through a meeting of the full Council.

Throughout this, James was always calm and always explained to me exactly what was going on. He obviously has a strong , professional, understanding of the planning rules and process and a good - again, completely professional - relationship with the planning officials.

He represented me at meetings when necessary, and always communicated well. I have no hesitation in recommending him and those of his colleagues who supported him, at Bloomfields.

Failed to follow instruction very slow and very hard to contact . Tried to Charge £1500 architect fee after photo copying a drawing I had to confirm I had ownership of . Issued invoice for works after I wrote to say do no more. BAD PEOPLE

My family and I have consulted Bloomfields on several occasions about different properties and each time John McSweeney has provided knowledgeable and valuable advice in a very pleasant manner. Highly recommended!

Very helpful and professional and I would highly recommend John McSweeney and everyone at Bloomfields. Very knowledgeable and very satisfied with approach and expertise.

Having been advised by John McSweeney that we had a very good chance of success, we agreed Bloomfields quote to carry out a planning appeal on our behalf. Having lost our appeal, we were surprised to then receive an invoice for almost double the agreed quote, without ever being notified that costs were escalating. We raised our concerns about the lack of communication, requesting a refund of the additional monies charged. Despite Bloomfields agreeing that they should have communicated better, of course, they would not refund any monies. We found Gary Mickelborough's (Director) tone in emails aggressive and, as we were never going to agree, requested the complaint be progressed to the next level. We were not provided with a 'final complaint response' and were then "ghosted" by Mr Mickelborough. We therefore contacted the companies detailed on their website complaints procedure at the time - the Property Ombudsman and RTPI, only to be told that Bloomfields weren't even registered with the Property Ombudsman and that John McSweeney wasn't a member of RTPI - so there is absolutely no recourse should you find yourself needing to escalate a complaint. Sharing this to highlight a particularly unscrupulous, untrustworthy company. Please be aware and consider taking your business elsewhere.

We as a family couldn’t have picked a harder project. Working with Tom over the last three years on our forever home, has been frustrating, overwhelming and a definite learning curve on all the planning regulations, I have wanted to give up so many times , but with Tom,s patience and guidance on our journey, he has delivered our dream. I can recommed this company as a hard working team that are at the end of the phone.
We worked with Russell designing the house to our needs as a family home and a working farm once talking with Russell he came up with the drawings and had listen to what we had to say and what we needed,
Thank you for all your help

With absolutely no experience we decided on trying to obtain an outline planning permission on a piece of inherited land. A massive thank you to Sam, Nicola and the team who made it a completely painless and worry free experience and good value. Communication was excellent, they were very patient with my ignorance and explained everything thoroughly. Highly recommended.

The professionalism of both Sam and Ben made it a pleasure to work with Bloomfields in what can be a stressful process in obtaining planning. Always prompt to respond, their knowledge and experience showed as we felt very clear about what the next steps were as well as what is required within any supporting documentation. Wouldn't hesitate to appoint them again and could not recommend their services highly enough.

I used Bloomfields to help remove the AOC on my property and found them to be very knowledgeable and helpful with my position. I worked with them and after gaining CLEUD we then successfully managed to remove the AOC.
Would highly recommend them to help anyone in the same situation and would definitely seek further advice and support if required in the future

Will , Dan and the team took on our stable project planning and ensured it was processed efficiently without any issues. From the site visit to application , their plans and applications were done to a high standard and allowed us to hand over the whole planning process. We had planning within a matter of weeks because they answered all the questions before they were asked. A very professional company, I will be using them for all our planning needs in the future.

Bloomfields were great at guiding us through a tricky planning application. Many planning consultants had told us we would never get planning approved on our site, but both Amy and Gary took time to advise us on the best possible plan based on policy. We were absolutely delighted when we got our planning application approved! Thanks to Bloomfields for all their help.

Toby Box was professional, unflappable and delivered a complex piece of work in very short deadline.

Dan Page at Bloomfields helped us to achieve the unachievable! He was honest right from the start that our planning application would be tricky and there was no guarantee we would get it. But thanks to his incredible knowledge and skills - we were successful. I honestly don't think anyone else would have been able to achieve what he did. I am so glad we chose to use Bloomfields and that Dan took on our case. I highly recommend him to anyone who's planning application is out of the ordinary or is going to be tough. He is definitely the right man for the job!

We had a stress free experience of the planning process thanks to Bloomfields. We are very grateful to the team for their hard work and support and would enthusiastically recommend Bloomfields to anyone.

Beth provided excellent service in helping resolve a planning dispute with my neighbours. The Council planning team were not very helpful but Beth was very clear on the planning law in this case. It seemed that she actually knew the law better than the Council! We had to go through many different planning applications and it cost a lot but she achieved the right outcome in the end for which I was very grateful

A very professional and friendly service. I highly recommend Bloomfields having worked with the Company on many occasions to date.

Superb customer service, very detailed and got the job done.

We will be using yourselves again.

Dan Page is an absolute credit to the company.

Gary Bloomfields has worked tirelessly achieving planning permission on our yard which enabled us to get permission for 8 houses. Also getting us a new development on our land adjoining our property. Gary has always been very contentious and thorough on all work he has done for us and highly recommend him

We've had a very good experience with Ben, Ewan and the team in regards to our planning application. They have been fantastic in every respect; arranging and co-ordinating all the necessary consultants, keeping us regularly informed and putting together a very good planning application package. Thanks to all on the team. Fingers crossed for a positive outcome! Bloomfields also provide a great service if you're searching for a site and would like an early appraisal on it's potential.