Unlock Your Home's Potential With Our Planning Service

From extensions to full renovations, our expert planning service helps you navigate the process with confidence.

We handle drawings, documentation, and submissions—ensuring your project meets all requirements and moves forward smoothly.

We understand the unique challenges homeowners face when navigating the planning application process. Our experienced team of architects specializes in providing comprehensive support and guidance to ensure a smooth and successful application for your householder projects.

  1. Expertise and Knowledge: Our team specializes in navigating local planning regulations to provide guidance tailored to your home improvement projects.

  2. Tailored Solutions: We work closely with you to understand your vision and create customized design proposals that align with planning policies and constraints.

  3. Professional Documentation: We prepare comprehensive documentation, including detailed drawings and reports, to enhance the success of your planning application.

  4. Communication and Liaison: Acting as your representative, we handle all correspondence with the planning authority to ensure effective communication throughout the process.

  5. Compliance and Guidance: We guide you through specific requirements and restrictions, ensuring your design proposals meet the necessary standards.

  6. Timely and Efficient Service: Our team is dedicated to delivering prompt and efficient services, submitting your planning application within designated timelines.

  7. Cost-Effective Solutions: We offer innovative design strategies that maximize your property's potential while working within your budget

Contact us to discuss your ideas and get your project started today.

What you will recieve

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Floor plans of the proposed design with measurements, notes and furnishings.

Proposed Floor Plans

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Architectural Elevations

Drawings to convey how your proposal will look from the exterior

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Locating your project on a OS map and ensuring compliance is met

Location Plan

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Supporting Documents

Any neccessary documents to support and justify your application

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To provide information regarding landscaping and adjacent elements to the project site

Proposed Site Plan

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Free Revision

We are happy to amend our initial design based on your feedback

In the UK, planning applications are a formal request for permission to develop land or buildings. They are categorized into several types based on the nature of the project and the level of assessment required. Here are the primary types:

  1. Full Planning Application: This is a comprehensive application covering all details of the proposed development. It typically includes site plans, design proposals, and other necessary documents. Full planning applications are required for most significant developments.

  2. Outline Planning Application: This type allows for a preliminary assessment of the principle of development on a site without detailing all aspects. It establishes whether a proposal is acceptable in concept before a detailed application is submitted.

  3. Reserved Matters Application: Following an outline planning approval, this application covers the specific details that were not included in the outline submission. These typically involve aspects such as layout, landscaping, scale, and appearance.

  4. Change of Use Application: When there is a desire to change the use of a building or land from one category to another, a change of use application is necessary. This can apply to commercial, residential, and agricultural properties.

  5. Listed Building Consent: Required for any work that affects the character of a listed building, this consent ensures that alterations do not negatively impact historical or architectural significance.

  6. Conservation Area Consent: Similar to listed building consent, this applies to developments within designated conservation areas. It seeks to preserve the character or appearance of these areas during construction or demolition.

  7. Lawful Development Certificate (LDC): This application is used to confirm that a proposed or existing use of land or buildings is lawful under planning legislation. It protects property owners from future enforcement action.

  8. Minor Development Applications: These often include smaller projects, such as extensions or alterations that have a minimal impact on the surrounding area, which may follow a more streamlined process.

Each type of planning application follows a rigorous process, including public consultation and evaluation by the local planning authority, ensuring that developments are in line with planning policies and community interests.

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The Planning Process

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Step One: Brief

Once we approve your request, we will send a fee proposal quote. if approved you would provide us with your project details, including your brief and any specifications you have.

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Step Two: Conformation

We create detailed drawings of your existing plans based on the information you supply and send them to you to confirm accuracy.

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Step Three: Design

We then design a tailored proposal, integrating your ideas and improvements into the current layout. Before submission we will then Review the proposal, request any adjustments if needed, and approve the final design.

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Step Four: Submission

With your approval, we submit the completed drawings as a formal planning application to the relevant local planning authority on your behalf.

Recently Approved Projects

Loft Conversion in Bradford

Loft Conversion in Bradford

Double Storey Extension

Double Storey Extension

Rear extension - Whiteabbey Lane, Bingley

Rear extension - Whiteabbey Lane, Bingley

Ashfield House - Leeds

Ashfield House - Leeds

Why choose us

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Expertise

We are well versed in planning and building regulations, and can foresee any issues that relate to planning or building at an early stage.

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Efficiency

We utilise the latest technology and software within our workflow, to produce the highest quality production with quick delivery.

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Tailored Approch

We tailor our designs around your lifestyle and needs, so that you end with a design that fits you perfectly.

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Design Heavy

Compared to other services, we prioritise and pay attention to design elements all the way to the smallest details.

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Client Support

We are always on hand to support and guide you thought your project.

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Other Services

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Instant Floor Plans

With our experience and expertise in creative solutions, we can generate a design proposal for your project based on your requirements, which can then be turned into planning drawings and watch the design turn into reality.

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Conceptual Design

Start your planning application now, provide information on the type of home you own along with any other useful details for us to get started. We will provide a quote for a full planning service that composes of external and layout design, materials and finishes, and a submission to the relevant local council

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Building Regulations

Our visual images and animations give you a realistic impression of what to expect with your ideas so far. Where you may not fully understand a set of plans, our visual renderings bring the project to life so that you can evaluate the design decisions and make any changes before submitting the project to higher authorities.

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Visualisations

Once you've approved the existing house plans, we'll get cracking designing the perfect space for your home and budget and send it through to you by email within the delivery window you select at checkout