The Planning advice which CgMs provides spans the whole development process:
| Core Planning Services | |
| Advertisements | Local Development Framework plans |
| Advice on planning conditions | Major developments in sensitive locations |
| Advice on Planning Obligations | Negotiations with the local authority |
| Agri-business and estate development | Partnering provisions of development control services for local government |
| Alternative energy planning | Planning and development briefs |
| Appeals – including expert evidence and direct instruction | Planning appeals-acting as expert witnesses |
| Brownfield site appraisals and development | Preparation and submission of planning applications |
| Commercial development | Preparation, submission and monitoring of planning applications |
| Compulsory purchase and compensation | Project Management of the planning process |
| Development and exit strategies | Public consultation and political advice |
| Development plan representations | Retail planning, impact studies and health checks |
| Diversification and change of use | Site appraisals |
| Enforcement of planning control | Sport and leisure planning |
| Environmental Impact Assessment | Statements of Community Involvement |
| Housing, sequential and density analysis | Sustainable planning |
| Initial Site Appraisals | Urban and rural regeneration |
| Key worker, student and atelier accommodation | Urban extensions/rural fringe |