Luken Beck was founded in 1997 by Graham Beck and Mark Luken and has since established itself as a successful and award-winning town planning consultancy. With a strong belief in building strong client relationships and securing repeat business through effective results, Luken Beck has gained a reputation for working on a wide range of large-scale schemes as well as smaller projects. We aim to provide our clients with the best guidance and advice to navigate through the complex planning system to achieve optimum development value and returns whilst ensuring that development makes a positive contribution to its context.

Owing to the wealth of private and public sector experience held by our Town Planners, we work on a wide variety of schemes including in the residential, commercial, industrial and hospitality sectors.

Our clients include national, regional and local housebuilders, Homes England and a variety of Local Planning Authorities, hotel and care operators, commercial property investment organisations in addition to homeowners and local businesses. Given this wide variety of work, we have gained a reputation for successful delivery of projects in a range of sectors from the early stages of the planning process including Local Plan promotion, site appraisals and the submission and project management of planning applications and appeals.

Services we provide include, and are not limited to;

• Planning appraisals and advice

• Local plan site promotion

• The preparation, coordination, submission and management of planning applications and pre-applications and Section 106 Agreements

• The preparation, coordination, submission and management of planning appeals including public inquiries

• Advice on planning enforcement, including appeals and/or negotiation of a positive outcome wherever possible

• Advice on ‘permitted development’ and related issues including Prior Approval applications

• Advice on heritage matters including in respect of listed buildings.