Decide whether to pursue a development site
before you commit serious money to it.
Before you spend a lot, spend a little to make a better decision: buy, option, redesign or walk. You learn what the site is, what constrains it, what is likely feasible, and which specialists to instruct, so you commit capital with the early call already de-risked.
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automated quality checks before issue
We confirm the scope, the price and the delivery date before you pay, for any English site
Every report passes automated quality checks before issue. A named or chartered sign-off is available as an optional add-on.
Official public datasets, with every finding traced to its source. Developed with reference to the RICS AI standard before it was mandatory.
Match the decision to the spend
Four cumulative products, one for each decision as your commitment grows. One fixed price for your scheme size — 1–9, 10–50, 51–200 or 200+ units.
Site Appraisal
"Is this site worth looking at?"
Delivery date confirmed before you pay- Traffic-light go/no-go verdict
- Constraint summary and overlay map
- Fatal flaw sense check
- List of reports needed if you proceed
Scope:Initial screening only. Not a substitute for site-specific specialist surveys, formal feasibility appraisal or planning advice. Where the screening flags a fatal-flaw risk, the report names what further work is needed.
Feasibility Intelligence
"Should I commit capital to this site?"
Delivery date confirmed before you pay- Everything in Site Appraisal
- Full site feasibility report with constraints, opportunities, and risks
- BCIS-informed high-level development costings
- Client Decision Summary and Technical Assurance Appendix — one verdict, with the checking behind it
- Client Decision Pack and Risk Summary Sheet — plain English for non-technical stakeholders
- Concept Feasibility, Market Intelligence, Development Finance Summary, phasing and outline position
Scope:For early-stage diligence and acquisition decisions. Not a substitute for formal RICS valuation, environmental site investigation, or specialist consultant reports. Where these are needed for your scheme, the report identifies what to commission and when.
Pre-Application Pack
"Engage the council from a position of strength"
Delivery date confirmed before you pay- Everything in Feasibility Intelligence, plus:
- 35+ maps and overlays covering every planning constraint layer
- Triggered desktop evidence sections covering relevant planning disciplines (FRA, Heritage, Transport, BNG, Geo, Contamination, Noise, Air Quality, Arb, Ecology, and more)
- Draft Planning Statement for your consultant to finalise
- Pre-application advice report with targeted LPA questions
- Construction Management Plan and condition discharge strategy
- Submission pack index and validation checklist mapped to the national requirements
Scope:Pre-application support. Triggered evidence sections are desktop-prepared; where the LPA, NPPF or your scheme require formal specialist reports, intrusive surveys, or chartered sign-off, those are flagged in the pack and remain outside scope.
Consultant Handover Pack
"The complete desktop draft, ready for your consultant to finalise"
Delivery date confirmed before you pay- Everything in Pre-Application Pack, plus:
- Consultant Handover Pack — six audience trays (board, architect, QS, ecology, highways, LPA preparation) and a specialist scope table
- Full draft application pack for your planning consultant to review, finalise, and sign off
- Application covering letter template (Future Submission Templates — finalised at submission)
Scope:Some applications will still require site visits, specialist measured surveys, intrusive ground or ecology investigations, architect drawings, formal consultant sign-off, or LPA-specific validation documents. Where these triggers apply, they are flagged in the pack.
One desktop brief, before you commit to the site.
The cost of getting the early call wrong
Industry estimates suggest a large share of early-stage development projects are abandoned, often after significant sunk cost. A desktop brief tells you whether to proceed, and which specialist reports the site actually needs, before the money goes out.
Without an early brief
£800 - £5,000 on work the site never needed
Significant sunk cost before a scheme is abandoned
Months of fees on a site that could never work
With Site Intelligence first
From £295
From £995
From £2,250
What you still need from others
- Architect for drawings (floor plans, elevations, sections)
- Land surveyor for topographic survey
- Specialist surveys where our desktop reports flag the need (ecology, trees, ground investigation)
You commission specialist surveys once and correctly: the brief names exactly which ones your site needs, so you avoid paying for the ones it does not.
Chartered sign-off available (optional extra)
If your submission requires documents signed by a chartered professional, we can arrange independent review and sign-off by accredited consultants (CGeol, MCIEEM, CIWEM, MCIfA, or MCIHT). You receive your reports on the delivery date we confirm before you pay, so you can start using the intelligence immediately — sign-off typically follows within a few additional working days.
Decide before you commit serious money.
Start with a Site Appraisal from £295, or get a quote for the full pack.