Urban Shape Ltd

We are a specialist retail, leisure and town centre planning consultancy with 20 years’ of place shaping experience advising both the public and private sector. Our specialist retail, leisure and town centre planning consultancy works across London, the South East and wider UK regions. We advise both public and private sector clients in respect of site specific, town centre and major strategic projects. Our development advice covers town, edge and out-of-centre locations. We provide technical capabilities in the form of need, impact and sequential site assessments. We advise on every stage in the development cycle, from initial site and investment appraisals, to planning strategies for growth and/or change, the preparation of application submissions and negotiations through to planning permission. We prepare evidence based spatial strategies and visions for town centres including town centre health checks, quantitative modelling to identify retail and leisure need, and recommendations to inform plan-making, site allocations and development management decisions.