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Know the property before you build or buy.

  • The planning rules, what your neighbours were allowed to build, flood risk and the property's value, for any address in England
  • Checked by a chartered architect, in your inbox in as little as 30 minutes during office hours
  • Includes a free 30-minute call with a chartered architect

£149 including VAT

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plotwise checks any address in England: the planning rules, what the neighbours were allowed to build, flood risk and the local market. In the council areas on our map, it also sets out in writing what you could build there; anywhere else, a chartered architect talks you through that on your free 30-minute call. A chartered architect checks every report before it reaches you. £149 including VAT, the same price everywhere.

Architects call this Stage 0 of the RIBA Plan of Work: finding out what's possible, and whether it's worth it, before any design begins.

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Schedule of particulars

Tell us what you know. We find the rest.

Only the address is required. Anything else you add makes your report more accurate.

£149Including VAT. No hidden charges, no obligation.
Checked by a chartered architect before it's sent, with a free 30-minute call.
Deducted from our fee if you go on to hire us for the project.

AThe property *Required

Write the full address on one line, including any flat number or letter (for example 62a, not 62). That way the report is about your home, not a neighbour's.

BAccommodation

Optional: fill in all three to get a holiday-let income estimate in your report.

If more than five, enter 5
Count bathrooms with a bath or shower, not separate toilets
The most guests it could sleep

If this section is left blank, your report won't include a holiday-let income estimate.

CCondition & extent

These are optional, but each one you fill in makes your report more accurate. If you leave one out, we'll assume a typical answer, and your report will say so.

Choosing one is more accurate than public records.
£149including VAT. No hidden charges, no obligation. Includes a free 30-minute call with a chartered architect.

Stripe will ask for your email address when you pay. That's where we'll send your report.

Still needed: the full address with its postcode and both boxes above.

Section 10, council by council

What you could build here.

Section 10 goes through the projects people ask us about most, from rear and side extensions to a loft, a garden building, a porch or an extra storey, with a verdict for each, drawn on your property's own plan. Every council has its own planning rules, so we write it only for the council areas on our map, where we have checked those rules.

Anywhere else in England, your report has every other chapter, at the same price, and a chartered architect talks you through what you could build on your free 30-minute call instead.

Redbridge: Covered: section 10 includedEpping Forest: Covered: section 10 includedBrentwood: Covered: section 10 includedHarlow: Covered: section 10 includedBroxbourne: Covered: section 10 includedBarking and Dagenham: Covered: section 10 includedCamden: Covered: section 10 includedEnfield: Covered: section 10 includedHackney: Covered: section 10 includedHaringey: Covered: section 10 includedHavering: Covered: section 10 includedIslington: Covered: section 10 includedNewham: Covered: section 10 includedTower Hamlets: Covered: section 10 includedWaltham Forest: Covered: section 10 includedThurrock: Covered: section 10 includedBasildon: Covered: section 10 includedChelmsford: Covered: section 10 includedUttlesford: Covered: section 10 includedEast Hertfordshire: Covered: section 10 includedWelwyn Hatfield: Covered: section 10 includedHertsmere: PlannedBarnet: Covered: section 10 includedBrent: PlannedHammersmith and Fulham: PlannedKensington and Chelsea: PlannedWestminster: PlannedLambeth: PlannedCity of London: PlannedSouthwark: PlannedLewisham: PlannedGreenwich: PlannedBexley: PlannedColchester: Covered: section 10 includedTendring: Covered: section 10 includedBraintree: Covered: section 10 includedTendring: Covered: section 10 includedTendring →Redbridge: Covered: section 10 includedEpping Forest: Covered: section 10 includedBrentwood: Covered: section 10 includedHarlow: Covered: section 10 includedBroxbourne: Covered: section 10 includedBarking and Dagenham: Covered: section 10 includedCamden: Covered: section 10 includedEnfield: Covered: section 10 includedHackney: Covered: section 10 includedHaringey: Covered: section 10 includedHavering: Covered: section 10 includedIslington: Covered: section 10 includedNewham: Covered: section 10 includedTower Hamlets: Covered: section 10 includedWaltham Forest: Covered: section 10 includedThurrock: Covered: section 10 includedBasildon: Covered: section 10 includedChelmsford: Covered: section 10 includedUttlesford: Covered: section 10 includedEast Hertfordshire: Covered: section 10 includedWelwyn Hatfield: Covered: section 10 includedHertsmere: PlannedBarnet: Covered: section 10 includedBrent: PlannedHammersmith and Fulham: PlannedKensington and Chelsea: PlannedWestminster: PlannedLambeth: PlannedCity of London: PlannedSouthwark: PlannedLewisham: PlannedGreenwich: PlannedBexley: PlannedColchester: Covered: section 10 includedTendring: Covered: section 10 includedBraintree: Covered: section 10 includedColchester: Covered: section 10 includedColchester →Tendring: Covered: section 10 includedTendring →
  • Covered: section 10 included
  • In progress
  • Planned
Council boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Local Authority Districts (May 2024), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2024.

Enter your address in the order form above to find your council here.

Covered (25)

  • Barking and Dagenham
  • Barnet
  • Basildon
  • Braintree
  • Brentwood
  • Broxbourne
  • Camden
  • Chelmsford
  • Colchester
  • East Hertfordshire
  • Enfield
  • Epping Forest
  • Hackney
  • Haringey
  • Harlow
  • Havering
  • Islington
  • Newham
  • Redbridge
  • Tendring
  • Thurrock
  • Tower Hamlets
  • Uttlesford
  • Waltham Forest
  • Welwyn Hatfield

Planned (11)

  • Bexley
  • Brent
  • City of London
  • Greenwich
  • Hammersmith and Fulham
  • Hertsmere
  • Kensington and Chelsea
  • Lambeth
  • Lewisham
  • Southwark
  • Westminster

Section one

Architectural & planning appraisal

Can you build it? The planning rules for your address, heritage, ecology, flood risk, ground conditions and noise, the property's planning history and what your neighbours have been allowed to build. Where we cover the council, it ends with section 10, what you could build here.

Section two

Real estate & market analysis

Is it worth it? The area, local amenities and transport, the energy rating, what the property has sold for, and the local market: recent sales, an estimate of what it is worth, asking prices, rents and yield, and what it could earn as a holiday let.

Compiled from official public records and trusted commercial property data.

What happens next

From report to reality.

01

Your report arrives

Checked by a chartered architect, and in your inbox in as little as 30 minutes during office hours (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, Saturday 9am to 12pm, UK time), and always within 24 hours of paying.

02

Book your free call

Use the link in your report to book a free 30-minute Teams call with a chartered architect. It's optional. We'll go through the report with you and talk about design ideas for your property; outside the council areas on our map, this is where we tell you what you could build.

03

A quote, if you'd like one

After the call, we can send you a quote for our architectural services, with the report fee deducted. When you're ready, we'll help you design and build your dream home.

About this report

This report is produced from public and commercial data, and a chartered architect checks every report before it is sent. Even so, treat it as the starting point for your call, not the final word.

It is not a survey, a valuation, legal advice, a conveyancing search or a promise that the council will grant permission, and it is made without a site visit. Any view on what you could build is a chartered architect's outline view, to confirm before you buy or build. Data sources can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and the report may repeat their mistakes. Site-specific circumstances can change the position materially.

Where the data is uncertain, the report says so. We would rather tell you a certificate is expired or a register unpublished than let you rely on it. Full terms of sale.

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Whether you're just starting out or picking up a project halfway, we'd love to hear from you.

Want the facts first? Start with the plotwise report. It comes with a free 30-minute call with a chartered architect. Or send us an enquiry, and we'll get back to you within one working day.

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