About us
Our story
Since 2000, we have been a UK-based innovative and trusted planning and environmental consultancy.
Over the past quarter of a century, we’ve worked with hundreds of clients locally, nationally, and internationally including some of Europe’s largest businesses.
From our roots in Chester, we’ve grown strategically to align with client demand across the UK. In 2006, we opened our Wilmslow office to strengthen our presence in the North West.
In 2021, we transitioned to an Employee Ownership Trust model – meaning continuity of teams, strengthened accountability in delivery and a culture built around shared success and long-term client partnerships.
2025 saw us celebrate 25 years and took another exciting step – opening a new office in Newcastle to serve the North East. And by 2026, we had upgraded our Newcastle and Wilmslow offices to support our continuing growth.
Our integrated expertise in development planning, environmental, transport planning, and design positions Axis as a trusted partner on technically complex projects. We are committed to shaping environments that are deliverable, sustainable and strategically sound.
As global priorities evolve, we support clients through the transition to net zero carbon and resilient development, helping navigate environmental, regulatory, and delivery complexities across multiple sectors. Together, we’re creating a sustainable future through intelligent infrastructure and strategic delivery.
Why Axis?
Clients come to Axis when consents are complex, programmes are tight, and stakeholder risk is high. Whether supporting major infrastructure, energy schemes, regeneration or residential delivery, we provide clear consent strategy, technical integration and commercial awareness – helping clients move projects forward with confidence.
Proven expertise
A leading national consultancy with a proven track record over more than two decades.
Sector specific skills
Highly skilled professionals with expertise across a number of key sectors.
Complex case specialists
Specialists in securing consent for large scale, complex and challenging projects.
Our team
We’re an inclusive, progressive team of sector experts, passionate about achieving the best results for clients and communities.
Our culture
Our success is built on people and relationships. Our culture values collaboration, professionalism, and support at every level. We bring colleagues together through regular social events and team activities across our three offices, strengthening the connections behind the work we deliver.
As an employee ownership trust, we invest in each other – and in Axis. We’re equally committed to and responsible for our success, which means we put in the extra time and effort our clients deserve.
Valuing everyone’s individual contribution and sharing in success is how we’ve developed to become a national player in the field of environmental planning. We’re a growing consultancy but we’re still just the right size to make sure everyone feels involved, challenged and a key part of the business.
Check out the Career Journeys page where Axis colleagues describe their personal experience as part of the Axis family.
Together, we’re bringing to life our vision for innovative, intelligent infrastructure that supports a sustainable future.
We work wherever you are
We serve clients across the UK in key sectors including energy, infrastructure, waste & minerals, nuclear, commercial & industrial, residential, regeneration, and placemaking.
With teams operating from Chester, Wilmslow, and Newcastle, we travel the length and breadth of the UK to support projects at every stage of the development lifecycle – from early feasibility and site strategy through to consent, discharge of conditions, and delivery.
Our team works flexibly with private and public sector partners to deliver strategically sound, consent-ready development solutions nationwide.
Our zero carbon agenda
Sustainability is embedded in everything we do.
Sustainability underpins our approach to intelligent infrastructure and long-term environmental performance, supporting clients as they transition towards net zero delivery.
From the projects we work on to the steps we’re taking to reduce our own carbon footprint, our company culture is one of respect for people and for the planet.
We’re working towards a zero carbon agenda that minimises the impact of the infrastructure we all rely on, and we’re helping our clients do the same.
Leading Net Zero by example
Demonstrating sector leadership through a track record of pioneering sustainability projects, including:
– The World’s first 100MW reactive power battery storage facility
– The UKs first industrial scale carbon capture and utilisation demonstration plant
– The UKs first short-term duration Compressed Air Energy Storage Project
– The UKs first sodium-bicarbonate production facility utilising CO2 harvested via CCU
– The UKs first dedicated Plastics Park for recycling and recovery of waste plastic
Looking at every project from a sustainability perspective and planning for results that improve lives and enhance environments.
Encouraging our employees to cut their own emissions by implementing measures like bike to work schemes.
Working in partnership with our clients, we have a unique opportunity to positively influence the built environment and create a sustainable future for generations to come.