Home Extension & Alteration Planning Reports
Perfect for:
• Homeowners considering extensions
• Loft conversions
• Rear/side additions
• Outbuildings
• Internal/external alterations
• Use changes
What’s included:
- Review of planning history*
- Assessment against national & local planning policies
- Permitted Development rights review
- Identification of constraints (trees, conservation areas, protected species, flood zones, etc.)
- Advice on design, scale, and layout
- Likelihood of planning approval
- Recommended next steps
Outcome: Confidence in your project before you spend money on drawings.
* If your council charges a fee for planning history documents, this cost will be passed on at the exact amount charged by the authority. If there are delays in obtaining planning history, we will still issue an initial draft report so you can move forward, followed by a final version once all information has been received.
Pre-Purchase Planning Checks
Ideal for buyers who want to understand:
- Potential to extend in the future
- Review of planning history*
- Existing planning permissions or breaches
- Restrictions affecting the property
- Whether past works were lawful
- Development risks in the surrounding area
Delivered within 1 – 3 working days.
👉 From £98 — Request a Planning Check
* If your council charges a fee for planning history documents, this cost will be passed on at the exact amount charged by the authority. If there are delays in obtaining planning history, we will still issue an initial draft report so you can move forward, followed by a final version once all information has been received.
Written Representation Planning Appeals
Your appeal service includes:
- Review of the refusal reasons
- Analysis of planning policies
- Planning balance argument
- Full written appeal statement
- Submission to the Planning Inspectorate and monitoring
- Response to Council and consultees
The process begins with a thorough review of your submitted planning application, the reasons for refusal, and the Council’s delegated report. We then provide a summary report outlining your options and the potential grounds for appeal, along with a fixed quote for preparing and submitting the appeal.
Appeals start from £598 for householder applications with one reason for refusal. An additional charge of £82 will be added for each additional reason for refusal to be addressed. An additional charge will also be calculated for the written response to the Council and consultees dependent on the number of comments received.
Lawful Development Certificate (LDC) Application Support
One of the trickiest parts of the application is completing the big text boxes that ask:
- “Grounds for Application for a Lawful Development Certificate”
- “Please state why a Lawful Development Certificate should be granted”
These answers need to be clear, accurate, and based on proper planning rules — and that’s exactly what this service provides.
What’s included:
- A review of your drawings, measurements, and any planning history*
- A check of your permitted development rights
- A simple explanation of how your proposal fits the rules
- Professional written answers for key sections of the LDC form
- A supporting statement you can attach to your application
👉 From £148 — Request Lawful Development Certificate support
* If your council charges a fee for planning history documents, this cost will be passed on at the exact amount charged by the authority. If there are delays in obtaining planning history, we will still issue an initial draft report so you can move forward, followed by a final version once all information has been received.