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Focusing on client relationships – building professional partnerships

Founded in Wakefield in 1988, Spawforths is a major regional independent planning consultancy comprising three main areas of expertise – planning, architecture and urbanism. With 40 plus staff, we specialise in planning applications, appeals and development plan representations; masterplans and development frameworks for developers and community groups; and designing creative sustainable buildings

Since 2002 we have been increasingly active in Yorkshire Forward’s pioneering Renaissance programme, working as lead consultant on three Renaissance areas in recent years. In addition, our expanding urbanism team focuses on major masterplanning projects for large-scale landowners and public agencies.

As a people-focused business, long-term client relationships are fundamentally important to us – and building strong partnerships has been fundamental to our growth as one of the largest and most well established independent planning practices in the North of England. Supported by the long term-commitment of our directors, shareholders and senior management, we continue to flourish through our roles as facilitators and enablers. Moreover, we champion key values of openness and loyalty, professional integrity and commercial understanding.

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