Stop writing planning documents. Start getting approvals.
Buildwise generates submission-ready planning documents for UK architectural practices — cited to your council's actual local plan policies. In minutes, not days.
£95 per document, no subscription. Your practice's logo on every statement.
A complete Design & Access Statement.
In minutes, not days.
Buildwise writes a fully policy-referenced Design & Access Statement tailored to your site, your project type, and your council's actual adopted local plan. What used to take most of a working day takes Buildwise under five minutes.
- Cites your council's actual local plan policies — never generic boilerplate
- Auto-detects AONB, conservation areas, flood zones and listed buildings
- Written to the NPPF published August 2026 — policies S3, S4 and S5
- Send to client under your practice logo
✓ Policy OSS4
✓ NPPF policy S4
Permitted development?
Know in minutes.
Run a comprehensive Permitted Development check against the GPDO 2015 — extensions, loft conversions, outbuildings, upward extensions and more. Then generate the right document for your result: a Lawful Development Certificate supporting statement if it's fully permitted, or a Prior Approval statement if your project needs prior approval.
- Covers Class A–E, Class AA, Part 2, Part 3 Q & MA, Part 14
- Generate an LDC supporting statement or a Prior Approval statement, depending on your result
- Larger home extensions, Class Q barn conversions, Class MA commercial-to-residential
- Auto-detects planning constraints from your postcode
- Free PD check — no subscription needed
Refused? Know whether to appeal — or re-apply.
Since April 2026, most planning appeals can't introduce new evidence or arguments — the Inspector decides on what was already before the council. So after a refusal, the right move is often a fresh application, not an appeal. Buildwise's free Route Check reads your decision notice and tells you honestly which procedure applies, your deadline, and whether an appeal or a fresh application fits your case. Where an appeal is right and your application was submitted before 1 April 2026, Buildwise builds a full written-representations appeal statement — arguing each refusal reason from the material already before the council, cited to your council's adopted local plan and the NPPF. Applications from 1 April 2026 onward follow the new 250-word Part 1 procedure, which takes no statement.
- Reads your decision notice and works out the procedure + deadline (April 2026 rules)
- Free Route Check: appeal, re-apply, or neither — honestly
- A full written-representations appeal statement, cited to your local plan + NPPF (applications before 1 April 2026)
- Argued only from the material already before the council (no new evidence, as the rules require)
- For later applications, the free Route Check explains the new 250-word Part 1 procedure
✓ Policy EN3
✓ Written reps
From postcode to planning document
in a single session.
Enter your site
Add your address and postcode. Buildwise automatically detects planning constraints — conservation areas, AONB, flood zones, listed buildings and more.
Answer smart questions
A short, site-specific questionnaire — only the questions relevant to your project type and LPA. Most users finish in under 10 minutes.
Get your document
A submission-ready statement, cited to your council's actual policies. Download as PDF, edit online, or send directly to your client under your logo.
Built for how UK planning
actually works
Policy-accurate
Every document cites your council's actual adopted local plan policies — verified against source documents, never invented. The same standard planning officers apply.
Site-specific
Constraint detection runs automatically on every address. AONB, conservation areas, flood zones, TPOs, listed buildings — all detected and addressed in the document.
Submission ready
Output is formatted for direct submission. Edit inline, download as PDF, or send to your client under your practice logo with one click.
Is your council supported?
Currently 9 councils across the South East — expanding regularly throughout 2026.
Ready to save hours on every application?
The Permitted Development check is free, for everyone — no card needed. Planning documents are £95 each with no subscription, and every statement carries your own practice's logo. Plans from £249/month if you generate regularly.