🎯 Planning Risk Score™
Would your proposal get approved? Enter a postcode to find out instantly.
Enter your site details
We'll check planning constraints and calculate a risk profile for your site.
Find similar approved schemes
Search for comparable planning applications near your site to build precedent arguments and understand what gets approved.
📊 Data sources & freshness
- planning.data.gov.uk constraints ↗ (updated Live)
Live API. 15+ datasets including Green Belt, AONB, Conservation Area, Listed Building, SSSI, TPO, flood zones, ancient woodland. - Comparable schemes corpus (updated Daily ingest)
Drawn from planning_applications (18k+ rows) matched on proposal_type + radius around postcode. - Scoring weights
Each constraint carries a deterministic risk weight (high/medium/low). The headline % is the sum capped at 100. See api/risk_score.php for the table.
About this tool: Planning Risk Score™
Estimate your proposal's approval probability — combines site constraints, LPA behaviour, proposal type, and comparable decisions into a single risk score.
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
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.
Guidance to help you prepare — not formal planning advice. Check the current policy text and your council's local plan before relying on it.