PlanningConsult · In development
Check the constraints before you commit.
It isn’t finished, and it isn’t open to customers yet.
PlanningConsult takes a postcode and checks the site against statutory planning constraints, then drafts a planning statement that cites the local plan and national policy it relies on.
Postcode
Constraints
Planning statement
Local PlanNPPFA postcode is where it starts.
Each point tied to the policy behind it.
Statutory planning constraints, checked for the site.
What it checks
- Conservation areas
- Listed buildings
- Article 4 directions
- Tree preservation
- Green belt
- National landscapes and national parks
- SSSIs
- Flood zones
- Ancient woodland
- Scheduled monuments
- Registered parks and gardens
- Registered battlefields
- Protected habitats
“Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty” are now “National Landscapes”.
The planning statement
For a planning professional, it works out which council’s plan applies, finds the policies that govern the site, and drafts a statement in the usual structure with each point tied to the policy behind it.
347 of 361 planning authorities (96%).
Where it stands
PlanningConsult is in development. It is part of the Planning Handbook family: read the guidance, ask PlanningAssist, then check the site.
In development means it isn’t finished.
It follows the same method as all our planning work: read the rulebook, file it by meaning, and answer only from what it finds.
How the answers stay honest →In a planning statement, a quote that doesn’t match the policy has its citation removed.
- ReadPlanning Handbook ↗Guidance
- AskPlanningAssistBeta
- CheckPlanningConsultIn development
Like Planning Handbook, it doesn’t make planning decisions, give legal advice or guarantee outcomes.