Planning Policy
Planning intelligence · every England postcode

Know what you can build — before you spend a penny on it.

Enter your postcode and describe your project. Planning Policy reads the official data on your property — designations, policies, and real decisions nearby — and builds you a verified planning report in minutes. Every fact links to its official government source.

296
English planning authorities covered
361
policy clauses held verbatim — NPPF, London Plan, PD guidance
100%
of quotes verified against source before render
Free check — official data, any England postcode

Checked against the national planning data index. We show what we found and tell you what we didn’t. We never infer a restriction — or the absence of one — from missing data.

1.0 — How it works

Three steps from postcode to report

01

We read the official record

Designations from the national planning data index, your council’s adopted Local Plan, national policy, and decided applications near your address.

02

Your report is written for your project

Not generic guidance. The policies that apply to what you described, at your address — with the blockers and considerations specific to your property.

03

Every quote passes the gate

Every quoted policy is checked, character for character, against the official document before your report is generated. If it doesn’t match, it doesn’t render.

2.0 — What the evidence looks like

Sourced, not asserted

A Planning Policy report reads like a surveyor’s letter, not a chatbot transcript. Findings first, then the official text, then the link — so you can verify everything yourself.

“When considering the impact of a proposed development on the significance of a designated heritage asset, great weight should be given to the asset’s conservation (and the more important the asset, the greater the weight should be).”
NPPF paragraph 212 · Conserving and enhancing the historic environment · ✓ verified against gov.uk
every quote in every report carries this check

Don’t take the claim on trust — read complete examples, generated from real data for real London postcodes, for the five most common project types:

Rear extension in ClaphamBasement excavation in Notting HillLoft conversion in WalthamstowHouse into two flats in GreenwichGarden office in RichmondAll examples →
3.0 — The reports

Free check. £50 report. £99 with local evidence.

The free check shows what is on your property. The reports tell you what it means for your project — and what to do about it. Generated in minutes, yours to keep.

The report

Standard report

£50

Your site at a glance, the national and local policies that apply to your project, the potential blockers, and the things to consider — every quote sourced and verified.

  • Your site at a glance
  • What applies here
  • Potential blockers
  • Things to consider
Start with the free check
Most useful

Pro report

£99

Everything in Standard, plus real planning decisions near you: what was approved, what was refused, and what that means for your application.

  • Your site at a glance
  • What applies here
  • Potential blockers
  • Things to consider
  • Approved nearby
Start with the free check

A planning consultant for the same questions typically starts at £1,500 and takes weeks. Council pre-application advice costs £50–£300 and answers a narrower question.

4.0 — Questions

Asked and answered

Is the check really free?
Yes. The free check reads the official national planning data index for your postcode and shows the designations it finds. The paid reports go further: the policies that apply to your project, the likely blockers, and (on Pro) real application decisions near you.
Where does the data come from?
Official sources only: planning.data.gov.uk for designations, gov.uk for national policy, councils’ adopted Local Plans for local policy, and council planning registers for nearby decisions. Every fact in a report links to its official record.
How do I know a quote is real?
Every policy quote is checked character-for-character against the stored official document before your report is allowed to generate. The check is deterministic software, not AI — if a quote doesn’t match its source exactly, it never reaches you.
Is this legal advice?
No. It is a professional screening report: what applies at your address, what the evidence shows, and what to consider. It does not replace pre-application advice from your council or professional representation for complex cases — it tells you where you stand before you spend money on either.
What if the data is incomplete for my area?
We tell you. Councils publish to the national index at different rates, and some adopted Local Plans cannot yet be machine-read. When something is missing we say exactly what was and wasn’t checked — we never fill gaps with guesses.
5.0 — Your council

Planning guidance for every English authority

Designation counts, data coverage, and what applies where you live — for all 296 local planning authorities in England.

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