Specialist transport planning and highway design practice

From feasibility to completion.

From feasibility to completion, we give developers and landowners the transport and highways advice they need to get schemes through planning — and built.

Established in 2007, Connect Consultants is a specialist transport planning and highway design practice based in Bristol. We work across England and Wales, supporting developers, landowners, and planning consultants from feasibility through to scheme

delivery. We've earned a place as long-term trusted advisors to our clients — not by telling them what they want to hear, but by giving them honest, technically rigorous advice that holds up under scrutiny.

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How we can help you

We give straight advice. Including when the answer is no. Precision and honesty are not at odds with
getting things done quickly — they're how you avoid costly mistakes down the line. Our ethos has
kept clients coming back to us for over 17 years, across retail, residential, healthcare, infrastructure, and more.

Planning Applications That Get Through

Transport and highway issues sink more applications than most clients expect. We prepare assessments that address the concerns local authorities actually raise — and give your planning team the evidence it needs to move forward with confidence.

Complex Requirements, Clearly Navigated

Highway design and transport planning involve a lot of moving parts: local policies, national standards, highway authority negotiations. We know where the pressure points are and we work through them methodically, so nothing catches you out late in the process.

Honest Advice, Not Just What You Want to Hear

Some schemes won’t work as proposed. We’ll tell you that early, clearly, and with a view to finding a route that does work — because that’s more valuable than a report that tells you everything is fine when it isn’t.

Our Services

Connect Consultants brings together transport planning and highway design as a unified discipline, giving clients a single point of expertise across every stage of a project — from early feasibility through to delivery.

Transport Planning

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Highway Design

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Transport Assessments

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Travel Plans

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WCHAR’s (Walking, Cycling and Horse-Riding Assessment and Review

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Service 6

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We'll tell you no when no is the right answer. That honesty has made us a trusted advisor to some of the UK's largest retailers and developers for over 17 years.

Value created

$175M

Empowering growth through strategic solutions.

Return client rate

92%

Building lasting partnerships built on trust.

Projects delivered

320+

Driving successful outcomes across industries.

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Case Studies

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All Commercial Developments Residential Developments Retail Developments

Commercial Developments

Trade Park Development, Canterbury

Trade Park Development, Canterbury Commercial Development We were first engaged on this former water works…

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Residential Developments

Wilford Lane Residential Development, Nottingham

Wilford Lane Residential Development, Nottingham Residential Development After we had successfully supported the hybrid planning application…

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Retail Developments

Costa Drive Thru, Bromsgrove

Costa Drive Thru, Bromsgrove Retail Development We were instructed by Real Estate Investors PLC to…

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What our clients say

“We have worked with the team at Connect Consultants for a number of years to support our planning applications with excellent results. The team are great to work with and Connect’s support has undoubtedly proved crucial on numerous projects. We currently recommend Connect to all our clients in need of highways advice and would have no hesitation recommending them to anyone else.”
Atlas Planning GroupDan Roycroft, Director

“We have enjoyed a long term relationship with Connect Consultants, who have become a valued member of the Mercian Developments team of project advisors. Their attention to detail, and capabilities to resolve the various Highways challenges we encounter around the country, positions Connect as one of our ‘first go to consultants’, giving us valued advice and solutions in the care, retail and commercial sectors. Connect Consultants have a team that we would recommend you get on board to sort out all aspects of highways advice.”
Mercian GroupChris Towers, Managing Director

“I have worked with Connect Consultants over a number of years, who have supported planning applications and planning promotion work. They are very professional in their approach and have proven to be good “team” players within the project team, their support has proven to be valuable on a number of development projects, over the years. I would have no hesitation in recommending Connect Consultants for highways and transport advice.”
Mactaggart & MickelNevin Holden, Regional Manager - Strategic Land

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