Assessment · planning consultants round planning-consultants-2026-09

Apogee Property & Utility Consultants review

Ranked 2 of 2 in Planning consultants in Telford

Best for: development sites needing planning and utilities handled together

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Trading as APOGEE PROPERTY AND UTILITY CONSULTANTS LIMITED · Telford · Service area: Telford

Apogee Property & Utility Consultants in short

Apogee Property & Utility Consultants is a Telford consultancy pairing planning applications, appeals and consultancy with utility searches and land services. One firm carrying a development site through both halves of the job is its calling card. The office sits at Blount House on Hall Park Way, with phone and enquiry form published for a first contact.

Its site states professional indemnity cover and a fixed-fee approach with instant online quoting for search reports. The limited company behind the name has traded from its Telford base for several years. For a developer assembling land and permission together, that combined desk is the attraction — our verdict on the strength of the offer as published.

Customer reviews run to top marks from a small bench: five out of five across seven Google reviews. That headline rating reads as a promising start rather than a settled record — seven voices cannot stand in for seventy. No wider review footprint is on record for this firm.

What counts against it is the paper trail. Industry qualifications can't be sourced from the registers, the website or the platforms checked, and no rates appear beyond the fixed-fee approach. Our judgement is that Apogee Property & Utility Consultants suits development sites needing planning and utilities handled together — a useful combined offer with thinner credentials than the leader.

Apogee Property & Utility Consultants reviews and ratings on other sites

Every public rating we hold for Apogee Property & Utility Consultants, with the source, scale, count and the date we read it. These are customers' ratings, not ours.
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Google5.0 out of 57

Our verdict

Our judgement: Apogee suits you if your project mixes planning permission with utility and land questions, since it offers both under one roof from its Telford base [1] [2]. Its public reviews are top marks but few, and no professional registration appears on the registers, the website or the platforms checked [4].

Score summary

Scored on the home trades rubric v2.0. Insufficient evidence takes the neutral value and is not shown as a low mark.

Composite score
65.4 / 100

Customer evidence C1 · weight 30%

72 out of 100

Google 5 out of 5 from 7 reviews [4].

Qualifications and accreditations C2 · weight 25%

50 out of 100

Industry qualifications can't be sourced from the registers, the website or the platforms checked [1].

First-hand responsiveness C3 · weight 15%

Insufficient evidence

Insufficient evidence

Trading history C4 · weight 10%

80 out of 100

On the Companies House record since 2018 [3].

Insurance and safeguards C5 · weight 10%

85 out of 100

Professional indemnity cover up to £5 million is stated on the company website [1]. Stated with the amount as information.

Pricing transparency C6 · weight 5%

65 out of 100

A fixed-fee approach with instant online quoting is stated, but no rates, fee scale or VAT position is published [1]. Partial transparency only.

Website and service information C7 · weight 5%

80 out of 100

The site sets out property, utility and planning services with a fixed-fee offer [1], gives a Telford office address with phone and enquiry form [2], and carries dated project news [1].

Evidence

Every fact held for this provider, with its source and check date.
FactValueSourceRead
Limited company since2018Source companies-house
Professional indemnity cover statedProfessional indemnity cover up to £5 millionSource provider-website

Industry qualifications

Can't be sourced. We looked at the issuing registers, the business's own website and platforms such as Checkatrade and Which? Trusted Traders and found no scheme membership or registration to record.

Strengths

  • You get planning applications, appeals and consultancy alongside utility searches and land services, so one firm can carry a development site through both [1].

  • The site states professional indemnity cover up to £5 million and a fixed-fee approach with instant online quoting for its search reports [1].

  • The company record shows APOGEE PROPERTY AND UTILITY CONSULTANTS LIMITED active since February 2018, and you can reach the Telford office by phone or enquiry form [2] [3].

Limitations

  • Industry qualifications can't be sourced from the registers, the website or the platforms checked, and no fee figures are published beyond the fixed-fee approach [1].

  • The Google listing carries 5.0 from 7 reviews, seen 4 September 2026, a small set to judge a consultancy on [4].

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Questions about Apogee Property & Utility Consultants

Is Apogee Property & Utility Consultants any good?

On the evidence, yes for development sites: it pairs planning work with utility and land services under one roof, states indemnity cover and a fixed-fee approach, and holds five out of five across seven Google reviews. Qualifications can't be sourced and the review base is small, so read the full page. Send your site plan through the enquiry form for a first view.

Is Apogee on a professional register?

No entry can be sourced for Apogee on the registers, its website or the platforms checked — that is the stated position on its card. Planning consultancy has no mandatory registration, so read it as missing evidence, not as a verdict on its work. Ask what qualifications the person handling your case holds, and check any letters claimed in the relevant directory.

What does Apogee charge?

It states a fixed-fee approach with instant online quoting for its search reports, but publishes no rates, fee scale or VAT position. Your written quote does the talking: send the site, the proposal and any council correspondence, and ask for a fixed figure with stages. Confirm what sits outside the fee — council charges, surveys and reports — before you agree anything.

Where does Apogee work?

The consultancy works from Blount House on Hall Park Way in Telford and lists Telford as its service area. Development sites across the borough are its natural ground, with planning and utilities handled from the one desk. Send your site postcode with the first enquiry to confirm cover, and ask who would attend any visit.

What do its reviews say?

Public reviews are top marks on a small base: five out of five across seven Google reviews, with no other review source on record. Few voices means every one matters, so read them all on the Google listing linked from this page. Weigh the praise against the thinner credentials set out below.

How does it compare with Mid West Planning?

Apogee is the combined-desk choice for sites mixing permission with utilities and land; Mid West is the rural specialist with RICS regulated standing and a longer record. Both hold top-mark reviews on small bases, and neither publishes rates. On the evidence, Apogee fits development plots, while Mid West fits farmland, countryside briefs and enforcement tangles.

How do I get a quote?

Use the phone or enquiry form on its site, starting with the instant online quoting for search reports where that fits. Send the site address, what you want to build, photos and any council letters or refusals. Ask for a fixed written figure naming the route, the documents included, the stages and what a refusal would cost next.

How is Apogee ranked?

It ranks second of the two firms in our September planning consultants table, picked for development sites needing planning and utilities handled together. What customers say counts most in the score, then professional standing, then trading history and cover. Read the full review and the scorecard, then test it with an enquiry about your site.

Others assessed for this trade

  1. Mid West Planning68.9 / 100Ranked 1. Best for rural planning expertise from an RICS-regulated firm.

Sources

  1. Apogee homepage — services, indemnity cover and fixed fees Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  2. Apogee contact page — phone, address and enquiry form Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  3. Companies House — APOGEE PROPERTY AND UTILITY CONSULTANTS LIMITED overview (11208090) Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  4. Google Maps listing — Apogee Property & Utility Consultants, Telford Retrieved 4 September 2026.

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