Planning work on your home?
Check first, for £249.
Before you pay an architect or buy that plot, a plain-English planning review tells you what you are dealing with. Delivered in 48 hours, for one fixed price.
The expensive way to find out
Most people start by paying an architect for drawings, then a planning consultant, then maybe a surveyor. Fees add up quickly — often well into the thousands — before anyone confirms whether the project is realistic.
A conservation area, a protected tree, a flood zone or a quietly removed permitted development right can change the whole plan. Far better to know that on day one, for £249, than after the invoices land.
What your £249 review tells you
One home or plot, one fixed price
- A plain-English read on your home or plot — no jargon, no 80-page PDF
- Traffic-light summary of the constraints that decide a planning application
- Whether your project likely needs full permission, prior approval, or could be permitted development
- Conservation area, listed building, protected trees, flood risk and Green Belt checks
- A fatal-flaw sense check — the deal-breakers, before you spend on drawings or surveys
- Buying a plot? What to check before you make an offer
Optional extras
Two small add-ons you can include with your review. Both optional — the £249 review stands on its own.
Architect's Design Brief
A plain-English design brief you hand straight to your architect: the setbacks, ridge and eaves heights, roofline and massing limits, materials expectations (important in conservation areas) and overlooking distances your site imposes. Your architect starts from the right constraints, so you spend less on redesigns and rejected drawings — usually far more than the add-on costs.
Follow-up review when your plans change
Revised the design, or looking at a different plot? Lock in a second review now at £149 instead of the full £249, for when your plans move on.
Know what your home or plot is really dealing with, before you commit a penny to it.
See your home or plot, mapped
Your review shows your property against the real constraints — in plain, visual form. Example pages:
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How it works
Three steps from your address to a plain-English planning review.
Tell us the address
Your home or the plot you are looking at, plus a line on what you want to do.
We do the desktop work
We read your site against the authoritative planning and environmental data that decides applications.
You get a plain-English report
Within 48 hours: what is likely, what is not, and exactly what to do next.
Who it is for
Extending your home
Rear, side or two-storey extension — find out early whether it is likely permitted development or needs a full application.
Buying a plot of land
Know the planning constraints before you offer, not after. Avoid paying for land you can never build on.
Outbuildings & garden rooms
Garden offices, annexes and garages have their own rules — and trees on or near the boundary can change everything.
Older or listed homes
A conservation area or listed building changes what you can do. Check before you commit to a design.
Loft conversions & conversions
Understand the constraints and whether your project triggers flood, heritage or other requirements.
Just not sure
If you do not know where to start, a £249 review tells you what you are dealing with and what to do next.
What it is, and what it is not
The Homeowner Planning Review is a desktop sense check to help you decide your next step with confidence. It is not a planning application, not formal planning advice, and not a substitute for an architect, planning consultant or specialist survey. Where your project needs those, the review tells you what and when — so you only pay for what you actually need.
Every review is assembled from 130 authoritative planning and environmental datasets, with every finding traced to its source, and passes 200+ automated quality checks before it is issued. See how we check our work.
For extra assurance, a named personal sign-off or a chartered-planner review is available as an optional add-on. Because the reviewer reads the whole report, it adds time beyond the 48 hours.
Questions after your review? Rather than a phone call, you can get written answers in a Q&A Report, and your first clarification round is included free.
Know where you stand before you spend
One home or plot, one fixed price of £249, delivered in 48 hours.