Highbury Planning Consultants (HPC) is a progressive consultancy
offering a range of both technical and management professional planning and development services to
public and private sector clients, providing a very competitive, flexible and responsive service. We
can provide multi-disciplinary solutions through a network of planning professionals and urban
design, environmental, sustainability, energy, transport, economic and delivery specialists. With
over 40 years experience in both the UK and internationally, HPC’s principal and founder, Chris
Stratford FRTPI, FRSA, is a trusted advisor to a breadth of clients offering both
technical and management advice.
Why us?
Extraordinary planning and project coordination at competitive rates – HPC provides
extensive experience and is committed to high quality, client focus, pragmatic and strategic
coordination and providing advice that is highly competitive, value added and delivers solutions
that suit our clients and benefit society and the environment. Also, it offers access to a range of
specialists and expertise and the coordination of such advice.
Besides the awards and testimonials set out within the awards and testimonials tab, HPC has been
part of teams that have won the RTPI Silver Jubilee Cup twice – Channel Tunnel Rail Link (High Speed
1) in 2008 and the Thames Tideway Tunnel in 2015 (praised for overcoming complexity and its
community involvement).
What we do?
HPC primarily provides professional services in four principal areas of work and our full
range of services can be found here.
Who we work for?
HPC delivers thorough and innovative planning work, where the client and effective
delivery are always the focus. We work for local planning authorities, development agencies, public
sector bodies and private sector companies, who are looking for exemplar planning and development
solutions. An extensive range of our clients can be found here.
How we work?
HPC’s ethos is wholly client focussed, whilst remaining delivery orientated, high quality,
innovative, sound and robust. We build on existing best practice to formulate innovative solutions
that deliver real outcomes for our clients. HPC prides itself on effective communication with
clients at the highest level and stakeholders including, where relevant, the general public and
local councillors. Clients can rely on the fact that projects will be managed effectively,
efficiently and delivered on time – a range of key projects undertaken by Chris Stratford as Project
Director can be found here. HPC always seeks to satisfy
client outcome expectations and provide high quality technical work with sound results that are ‘fit
for purpose’ and that add value.
