Website Stats · Original research

Planning Consultants Website Statistics 2026

We ran automated homepage audits on 6 UK planning consultants websites — checking page speed, mobile UX, on-page SEO, structured data, contact conversion and more. Here's what we found.

Avg score

56/100

Avg page speed

410ms

Sites analysed

6

Score distribution

Good (80–100)2 sites (33%)
Okay (60–79)1 sites (17%)
Poor (0–59)3 sites (50%)

How many pass the basics

HTTPS enabled100%
Mobile viewport83%
Structured data (schema)50%
Contact form on homepage33%
Open Graph share image50%
Analytics installed50%

Most common mistakes

  • No theme-color meta — plain browser chrome on mobile83% of sites
  • No contact form found on homepage67% of sites
  • No meta description — Google writes its own50% of sites
  • No Open Graph image — links look blank on WhatsApp/Facebook50% of sites
  • No structured data (schema.org)50% of sites
  • No analytics detected — flying blind on visitor data50% of sites
  • No external CSS stylesheet — likely unstyled or WYSIWYG outp50% of sites
  • No HN heading33% of sites
  • No custom web fonts — default system fonts feel dated33% of sites
  • No obvious call-to-action (book, quote, contact) on the home33% of sites

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Methodology: automated homepage audits by RIOT Studio, September 2026.

Ashley Scott
Studio Lead
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