White Young Green (WYG) is nationally-recognised for its expertise in retail planning. Working for local authorities, retailers and developers, WYG's current retail clients include Sainsbury’s, Argos, Homebase, Aldi, developers such as Hammersons, LxB, Peel Developments and many local authorities.

WYG’s expertise spans all areas of retail planning, including:

  • Town centre regeneration schemes such as Wycombe Town Centre (70,000 sq m mixed use retail-led development), Gloucester (28,000 sq m retail development / 25ha mixed-use scheme) and Brighton Station (13 hectares mixed use development).
  • Foodstores, new stores and extensions/mezzanines.
  • Retail warehouse schemes such Merthyr Tydfil  (planning permission for a 23,000 sq m scheme), Cambridge Retail Park, Rutherglen in Glasgow (CPO inquiry), Cardiff and Hounslow (2 major public inquiries for LB Hounslow Council).
  • Individual retail units.
  • Sub-regional/regional centres – special forms of retailing such as markets and factory shopping (such as for Cornwall County Council).
  • Retail capacity (such as Sheffield Retail Study and numerous similar local authority studies).
Retail studies, such as Sequential Test Analysis, Retail Impact Assessments (and audits), Annual Monitoring Reports on Town Centre Health for local authorities, Commercial Advice and Development Plan Analysis