Check before you submit.
Refusal risk assessment, submission checklist, design guidance, and NPPF policy analysis — tailored to your property and project.
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Everything you need before submitting.
A comprehensive pre-submission assessment compiled from free government data sources, tailored to your property and project.
Pre-Submission Score
A 0–100 readiness score with breakdown across constraints, history, project fit, documentation, and policy alignment.
Refusal Risk Assessment
The most likely reasons a planning officer might refuse your application, with specific mitigation advice for each risk.
Submission Checklist
Property-specific validation checklist showing exactly which documents you need, including conditional items triggered by your constraints.
Design Guidance
Actionable design and materials recommendations tailored to your property type, constraints, and planning history.
NPPF Policy Analysis
The key national planning policies relevant to your project, with explanations of how to address each one.
Nearby Decisions
Recent planning decisions within 500m of your property, with analysis of what they mean for your application.
| Option | Cost | Time | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architect's Submission Support | £300–£700 | Days–weeks | Your architect can prepare the Design Statement and checklist. A good option if you already have an architect engaged. |
| DIY Submission | £0 | Several hours | Preparing your own application. Many homeowner applications fail due to missing documents or insufficient Design Statements. |
| BILTD — Pre-Submission Check ReportBest value | £49 | Under 5 minutes | Readiness score, refusal risk assessment, submission checklist, design guidance, and NPPF analysis — before you submit. |
Your architect can prepare the Design Statement and checklist. A good option if you already have an architect engaged.
Preparing your own application. Many homeowner applications fail due to missing documents or insufficient Design Statements.
Readiness score, refusal risk assessment, submission checklist, design guidance, and NPPF analysis — before you submit.
For complex projects involving listed buildings, multiple planning constraints, or contentious issues, we recommend consulting a chartered planning consultant. BILTD reports are a research and preparation tool.
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