Application

✈️ Validation Pre-FlightPopular Submission readiness audit — checks document completeness, cross-references local validation requirements, identifies missing reports, and spots common invalidation triggers. • What Do I Need? ✅ Checklist Generator Generate a tailored submission checklist based on your application type, constraints, and LPA. Printable with tick boxes and progress tracking. 🧾 Fee Calculator Calculate planning application fees under the 2023 fee regulations — covers all application types with automatic banding, exemptions, and concession checks. 💰 Total Project Cost Estimate the complete cost of your planning project — application fees, consultant fees, survey costs, CIL, and building regulations. No surprises. 🏛️ CIL & S106 Community Infrastructure Levy liability calculation, Section 106 obligation estimation, exemptions (self-build, social housing), and relief eligibility. 💷 CIL Exemption Check if your development qualifies for CIL exemptions: self-build, social housing, residential annexe, minor development, or charitable relief. 📈 Viability Assessment Residual land value appraisal — revenue projection, cost inputs, benchmark land value, and Section 106 negotiation headroom analysis. 📊 Development Appraisal Residual development appraisal — Gross Development Value, total costs, developer profit margin, and viability traffic-light assessment. 🏗️ Build Cost Estimator BCIS-style construction cost estimation — regional adjustments, abnormal cost factors, professional fee percentages, and contingency allowances. 🗺️ Land Value Land valuation methods — MHCLG/VOA benchmarks, Existing Use Value plus premium, hope value assessment, marriage value, and comparable analysis. 🏠 Affordable Housing NPPF affordable housing requirements — First Homes (25%), tenure split, transfer values, Vacant Building Credit calculation, and viability-based challenge routes. 💰 Project Cost Tracker Track planning fees, professional fees and project costs against your case as they accrue. ⏱️ Time & Cost Forecast Forecast the time and cost of your application route — fees, professional input and realistic timescales from pre-app to decision. 💷 Extension Cost Guide Guide to what an extension really costs — build cost ranges by type and size, plus the planning, technical and professional fees on top. 📝 Application Form Guide Question-by-question guide to the planning application form — what each field means and the answers that cause validation problems.

📝 Statement Builder Guided planning statement workflow — structured sections for site context, proposal description, policy compliance, design rationale, and planning balance. 📄 Design & Access Statement The "why our design works" document many councils require with an application. Guided wizard — 7 structured sections covering context analysis, design evolution, access strategy, amenity, and policy response. 📍 DAS Context Generator Auto-generate the location-based sections of a DAS from postcode alone — site context, planning history, constraints, policy framework, area character, and access. 🎯 Policy Compliance Matrix Map your proposal against NPPF and local plan policies — auto-assessment with scored compliance matrix and advice on how to address gaps. 📨 Cover Letter Generate professional cover letters for planning applications, appeals, amendments, discharge of conditions, and pre-app enquiries. 📨 Pre-App Template Structured pre-application enquiry template — site analysis, constraints summary, proposal description, specific questions for the officer, and supporting info.

📏 Space Standards NDSS 2015 compliance checker — Gross Internal Area minimums, room-by-room sizing, London Plan +10% uplift, and M4(2) accessibility standards. ☀️ Daylight & Sunlight BRE 209 (2022 edition) assessment — Vertical Sky Component, daylight distribution, Annual Probable Sunlight Hours, and the 25-degree check. 🅿️ Parking Vehicle, cycle, and EV charging bay calculator — disabled provision, Part S 2022 compliance, bay dimensions, and aisle width standards. 👁️ Privacy & Separation Back-to-back separation distances (21m standard), oblique angle reductions, balcony/terrace overlooking, and amenity impact assessment. 🏘️ Density Dwellings per hectare, habitable rooms per hectare, plot ratio, dwelling mix analysis, and National Design Code density benchmarking. ♿ Accessibility Building Regulations Part M compliance — M4(1) Visitable, M4(2) Accessible & Adaptable, M4(3) Wheelchair User dwellings, and Equality Act considerations. 📋 Design Code National Design Guide 10 characteristics compliance — context, identity, built form, movement, nature, public spaces, uses, homes & buildings, resources, lifespan. 🏢 Tall Buildings NPPF DP3 tall buildings assessment — height ratio analysis, design quality criteria, heritage sensitivity, skyline impact, and wind/microclimate triggers. ☀️ Daylight & Sunlight Assessment Detailed daylight and sunlight assessment — BRE 209 tests, 25-degree and 45-degree rules, and neighbour amenity impact. 🌗 Sunlight & Overshadowing Sunlight and overshadowing assessment for gardens and open space — shadow path reasoning and the two-hour sun-on-ground test. 🅿️ Parking Design Standards Parking layout design standards — bay dimensions, aisle widths, turning heads, EV charging, cycle parking, and accessible bay requirements. 🏗️ Building Regs Guide Guide to Building Regulations approval — how it differs from planning, the application routes, and the parts most relevant to householder work.

⚡ Energy Statement Energy hierarchy assessment (Be Lean/Clean/Green/Seen) — Part L 2021 compliance, CO₂ reduction calculations, EPC estimates, and renewable energy sizing. ♻️ Sustainability NPPF/BREEAM-aligned sustainability scoring — energy, water, materials, ecology, transport, and climate resilience across six categories. 🌧️ Drainage Strategy Surface water drainage strategy — SuDS hierarchy compliance, greenfield discharge rate targeting, attenuation volume calculation, and CIRIA C753 methodology. 💧 Water Efficiency Part G Building Regulations water efficiency — fittings specification, litres per person per day calculation, Optional Requirement (110 l/p/d), and BREEAM water credits. ♻️ Waste Management Site Waste Management Plan builder — waste volume estimation, recycling targets, carrier requirements, demolition waste protocols, and SWMP compliance. 🌡️ Overheating Part O overheating compliance — CIBSE TM52/TM59 methodology, solar gain analysis, ventilation strategy, shading requirements, and dynamic thermal modelling triggers. 🔌 Utilities Capacity Water, sewerage, electricity, gas and telecoms capacity screening, with provider consultation triggers. 📡 Telecoms Prior Approval GPDO Part 16 prior-approval screening for masts and apparatus — siting and appearance test and consultation triggers.

🔥 Fire Safety Building Safety Act 2022 Gateway One screening — relevant building assessment, single staircase rules, cladding risk, sprinkler requirements, and HSE consultation triggers. 👃 Odour Impact IAQM odour screening — source-pathway-receptor analysis, separation distances, and sensitivity of proposed or surrounding uses. 〰️ Vibration BS 6472 / BS 5228 vibration screening — ground-borne vibration from railways, industry and construction, with human comfort thresholds. 🌬️ Wind & Microclimate Lawson comfort criteria screening — pedestrian wind comfort and safety, downdraught and wind-tunnelling risk around taller or exposed buildings. 💡 External Lighting ILP GN01 obtrusive light screening — environmental zones, light spill, glare and sky-glow on residents and ecology. 🏗️ Basement Impact Basement Impact Assessment screening — hydrogeology, ground stability, structural and flood considerations for subterranean development. ⛏️ Minerals & Waste Mineral Safeguarding Area and waste-site safeguarding screening, including prior-extraction considerations. 🚧 Construction Logistics Construction Logistics / Management Plan builder — vehicle routing, wheel washing, working hours, deliveries and neighbour amenity protection. 🔥 Fire Strategy Screener Fire safety strategy screening — Gateway requirements, fire statement triggers, and what the Building Safety Regulator expects.

📡 Application Tracker Track your live planning application — timeline, key dates, consultation period, and estimated decision date with status alerts. 📅 Application Timeline Visual Gantt-style timeline showing validation, consultation, officer assessment, committee, and decision milestones with auto-calculated dates. ✅ Submission Readiness 📋 Condition Predictor Predict likely planning conditions based on your proposal type and constraints — pre-commencement vs pre-occupation, discharge timelines, and the six tests. ✅ Condition Manager Paste your decision notice conditions — auto-classifies pre-commencement vs pre-occupation, identifies discharge requirements, and builds your compliance checklist. ✍️ Condition Drafter Drafts compliant condition wording and a discharge strategy — pre-empt the conditions an officer is likely to impose, or plan how to discharge them. 📋 Discharge Generator Generate a complete discharge of condition application — cover letter, condition schedule, supporting documents list, and fee calculation. 🚧 Pre-Commencement Tracker Paste your decision notice conditions — auto-identifies pre-commencement, pre-occupation, and ongoing conditions. Creates a compliance checklist. ✉️ Neighbour Letter Drafts a pre-application neighbour notification letter to build local support and pre-empt objections. 📋 Site Visit Brief Prepares a brief for the case officer or inspector site visit — access, viewpoints, key features and the points you want noticed. 🤖 Auto-Application (AI) Describe what you want to build and the AI runs the workflow — constraints, permission route, fee, council and officer profile, similar refusals and appeal stats. 📅 Timeline Generator Generate a complete timeline for your application — statutory deadlines, consultation periods, committee dates, determination targets and appeal windows. 🚨 Pre-Commencement Checker Check which conditions must be discharged before works start — and which would put the whole permission at risk if breached. 📥 Case Import Import a previously exported case file and recreate the case — the counterpart to Case Export. 📋 Case Timeline & Uploads Per-case timeline of documents and communications — upload files and track correspondence against the case record.