🏛️ Authority Intelligence

Planning Risk Score, LPA profiles, approval rates, NPPF tracking, and committee prediction.

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Use these tools to understand how your Local Planning Authority behaves — what they approve, what they refuse, how often appeals succeed, and what strategy gives you the best chance. This is behavioural intelligence, not just policy research.

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Planning Risk Score™ Popular

Estimate your proposal's approval probability — combines site constraints, LPA behaviour, proposal type, and comparable decisions into a single risk score.

When to use: Use at the very start of a project. Enter your postcode and proposal type to get an instant feasibility reading before committing budget.

📜 Data-driven analysis of planning outcomes

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LPA Profile

Deep-dive authority analysis — approval rates by type, refusal reason clustering, appeal overturn rates, average decision times, and strictness rankings.

When to use: Use to understand how your LPA behaves. Every council has different tendencies — some are design-focused, some are policy-strict, some are more pragmatic.

📜 MHCLG planning statistics, appeal decision analysis

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NPPF Tracker

Track NPPF changes and emerging national policy — Grey Belt provisions, BNG requirements, housing delivery test results, and policy direction alerts.

When to use: Use to stay current on national planning policy changes. Critical when the NPPF is updated, as it can change the weight given to local plan policies.

📜 NPPF (December 2024 revision)

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Committee Predictor

Predict whether your application will be delegated or called to committee — political sensitivity factors, ward member triggers, and objection thresholds.

When to use: Use to prepare for the determination route. Committee applications need different preparation (speaking rights, member briefings, visual aids).

📜 Scheme of delegation (varies by LPA)

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Committee vs Delegated Analysis New

Data-driven analysis of committee vs delegated decision patterns — approval rates by route, application type breakdown, yearly trends, and committee risk calculator.

When to use: Use to understand how your LPA splits decisions between committee and delegated powers. Shows which application types are most likely to be called to committee and how outcomes differ.

📜 Scheme of delegation, MHCLG planning statistics

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Housing Supply

5-year housing land supply calculator — Sedgefield method, Housing Delivery Test results, tilted balance trigger analysis, and Footnote 7 implications.

When to use: Use when your LPA cannot demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply. The "tilted balance" significantly increases approval chances for housing schemes.

📜 NPPF Paragraphs 74-77, Footnote 7

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Pre-App Strategy Builder New Popular

Comprehensive pre-application strategy — should you do pre-app? How to frame your proposal? AI-generated cover letter, refusal pattern analysis, and full project timeline.

When to use: Use at Stage 3 when deciding your application strategy. Analyses LPA refusal patterns, risk data, and officer behaviour to recommend the best approach and generate a pre-app cover letter.

📜 NPPF decision-making, LPA pre-application guidance, data-driven analysis

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Strategy Simulator

Compare application routes — full planning vs LDC vs prior approval vs Section 73 vs PD. Scores each route on likelihood of success, cost, and timeline.

When to use: Use when you're unsure which application route to take. The simulator compares options side-by-side so you can make an informed strategic decision.

📜 TCPA 1990, GPDO 2015, DMPO 2015

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Case Officer Intelligence New

Individual case officer profiling — approval rates, decision speed, refusal patterns, appeal overturn rates, and tailored submission strategy advice.

When to use: Use when you know which officer is assigned to your case, or to research officer behaviour in an authority before submitting. Deep officer behaviour analytics exclusive to PlanningCore.

📜 Data-driven analysis of individual officer decision patterns

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What Would an Inspector Say? New

See your proposal through an inspector's eyes — constraint-aware analysis of what issues they'd raise, what weight they'd give each factor, and how the planning balance falls.

When to use: Use before submitting to stress-test your proposal, or after refusal to assess appeal prospects. Based on patterns from 57,000+ appeal decisions.

📜 NPPF decision-making framework, appeal decision analysis

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Inspector Simulator New

AI-powered refusal-to-appeal simulator — paste your refusal reasons and get an inspector-style assessment with precedent citations, planning balance analysis, and appeal success probability.

When to use: Use after refusal to simulate what an inspector would say about each refusal reason. Searches real appeal decisions for precedent and generates structured inspector reasoning.

📜 NPPF decision-making framework, PINS appeal analysis

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Precedent Finder Popular

Find approved and refused applications similar to yours nearby. Search by postcode, proposal type, and keywords to build a precedent schedule for your planning statement.

When to use: Use when writing your planning statement or preparing an appeal. Shows what has been approved or refused near your site for similar proposals.

📜 Consistency in decision-making, appeal precedent

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