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Planning Services Consultant for the New Wing

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BuyerNational Gallery
StatusAwarded
Deadline26 May 2026
Value£200,000
Published2 Jun 2026

What is being bought

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.

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Statuscomplete

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Selection criteriaNot published
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Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
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Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

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Related procurements

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Awards

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Latest release ID051842-2026
Latest release timestampTue Jun 02 2026 11:19:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
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Tender statuscomplete
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Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
2 Jun 2026award, contract051842-2026
28 Apr 2026tender038414-2026

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