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Planning Services Consultant for the New Wing

National Gallery · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 7 Oct 2026, 11:36.

Opportunity overview

The National Gallery is appointing a Planning Consultant with the capability, capacity and relevant experience to support the delivery of a new development at the Gallery, located on Trafalgar Square in central London. The Project will involve the development of a new building integrated with the existing National Gallery estate, including the Grade I listed Sainsbury Wing and Wilkins Building, within a highly constrained and sensitive cultural and heritage context. The successful Planning Consultant will be appointed to undertake professional services across RIBA Stages 1-7, as set out in the Scope of Services included within the Form of Appointment. The successful Planning Consultant demonstrated experience in delivering planning consultancy services of comparable scale, complexity and sensitivity within the United Kingdom, and in particular within the City of Westminster, including work in heritage settings, constrained urban sites and live operational environments. The role of the Planning Consultant will include, as a minimum: • leading and coordinating the planning strategy for the Project; • reviewing, validating and developing the existing planning strategy already established during the design competition process; • advising on planning policy, heritage, listed building, stakeholder and programme matters relevant to the Project; • leading engagement with Westminster City Council, Historic England and other statutory consultees and stakeholders; • supporting the preparation, coordination and submission of planning applications, Listed Building Consent applications and associated supporting documentation; • advising on planning risk, mitigation and programme certainty; • supporting the Project through design development, procurement and construction, including ongoing planning advice where required.

Awarded to

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THE PLANNING LAB LIMITED

Matched by number
Published award value
£148.2k
Awarded
1 Jun 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 09568298
Location
London, UKI32, W1W 5PF, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
262707DPL
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
National Gallery
Id
GB-PPON-PGYR-7259-GLQG

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PGYR-7259-GLQG

Address

Street Address
Trafalgar Square
Locality
London
Postal Code
WC2N 5DN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
THE PLANNING LAB LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-09568298

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
09568298

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PLJP-3651-NXQP

Address

Street Address
167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor
Locality
London
Postal Code
W1W 5PF
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
71410000
Description
Urban planning services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI32
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-09568298
Name
THE PLANNING LAB LIMITED

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
15 Jun 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
under £5million

Period

Starts
15 Jun 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Aug 2033, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
177,840
Amount
148,200
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
094551-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
7 Oct 2026, 10:13
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · WC2N 5DN · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 038414-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 051842-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 094551-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·