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Design Feasibility Report
A written appraisal of what your site or property can realistically take, constraints, design options and the likely planning route, before you commit to detailed design or a purchase.
As trained, registered & insured architects, we understand the planning system, and where the design case is strong, we challenge the local authority. Clients have come away with consents that might not initially have been granted. That's the skill of an architect, and why it's vital you find a professional to serve you.
For developers, investors and homeowners, first-time developers welcome.
Four documents do the heavy lifting on most planning applications. You receive all of them, produced in-house, by the architect who will argue your case.
A written appraisal of what your site or property can realistically take, constraints, design options and the likely planning route, before you commit to detailed design or a purchase.
A full set of existing and proposed drawings, plans, elevations and sections, measured, accurate and presented to planning standard.
High-quality interior and exterior visualisations of the proposed scheme. Planners, neighbours and clients see exactly what's intended, clients credit these renders with carrying complex applications.
The document that makes the planning argument: how the design responds to its context and policy, and why it should be approved. Written to persuade, not to tick a box.
Where it strengthens the case, we consult the local planning authority before submission, so we know how the scheme is likely to be received and can adjust the strategy early.
Once consent is in, the same drawings develop into Building Regulations and tender packages, technically robust, so contractors can price and build the approved scheme accurately.
The planning-facing half of our six-stage service, each phase ends with a deliverable in your hands.
Site appraisal and survey, your needs and budget understood, then a Design Feasibility Report setting out the options and the planning route.
Sketch options through CAD, hand sketches and 3D visualisations; the preferred design developed in consultation with the local planning authority.
The application submitted with drawings, visualisations and the Design & Access Statement, and the case argued with the local authority until it's decided.
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What the site or property can realistically take, the constraints, the design options and the likely planning route, so you can decide whether to commit before spending on detailed design. For developers, that often means before purchase.
That's where a chartered architect earns their fee. We consult the authority as the design develops, build the case in the Design & Access Statement, and challenge the planners where the design deserves it, clients have ended up with approvals that might not initially have been granted.
Not always. On sensitive or higher-value sites it can de-risk the application by testing the scheme with the local authority first. We'll tell you plainly whether it's worth it for your project.
Local authority timescales vary and are outside anyone's control, but a well-prepared application moves faster. Clients have reported permission in as little as two weeks from submission, and approvals "much sooner than we anticipated".
The approved design develops into Building Regulations drawings and a tender package, drawings and specifications precise enough for contractors to price accurately and build exactly what was approved.
Feasibility report · Drawings · 3D visualisations · Design & Access Statement
06 / Got a site to test?Include what you want from it and any planning history you know of. You'll get a clear, professional view on feasibility and the route to consent.