Ian Walmsley is an experienced entrepreneur who loves Planning, Property, Drones, Travel and is very much a family man. But what makes him tick?

Referred to as a ‘Walking Encyclopaedia’ by a mentor he developed a passion for planning in 2015 having got fed up with inaccurate information on some websites as to what was possible with property or land that he was looking to develop. He is a mentor, trainer, commercial drone pilot, travel geek – oh and he loves planning!

In 2017 he set up the site ‘Planning Geek‘ as a way to inform others as to the possibilities of using permitted development rights on both domestic and commercial property. This has now grown to cover many other aspects of planning, giving plenty of ‘wow’ moments. To the best of our knowledge, It is now the largest

planning website in the UK, apart from the national planning portal (which is a private company now)

The site now attracts over 100,000 unique visitors per month and continues to grow.

Planning Geek now undertakes planning across the UK as a highly successful, rapidly growing, planning consultancy.

He now speaks around the UK at property meets, mentorship groups and private companies as a planning geek. His talks are always entertaining and laughter is certainly not banned! You really do not want to miss out on his golden nuggets as one statement might make you a lot of money in the year ahead!

Ian’s knowledge is second to none – in fact a

chartered town planner said ‘Ian knows more about planning than most planning authorities!’