Websites for planning consultants
Web design for planning consultants: £249.99 to build, then £49.99 a month, no minimum term. Clients come after a refusal. Show that you understand the specific council.
A great many planning enquiries follow a refusal, or the strong suspicion that one is coming. The client has already spent money on drawings and feels they have hit a wall they do not understand.
What they want is somebody who knows how this particular authority thinks — its policies, its officers' habits, what it has approved nearby. Generic planning expertise is much less persuasive than local familiarity.
What your customers want answered
- Have you dealt with this council before, and how often
- What are my chances, honestly
- What does it cost — for advice, an application, or an appeal
- Should I appeal or resubmit
- How long will it take
Case studies by authority and by issueGreen belt, conservation area, change of use, agricultural tie, overlooking objections. Organising evidence by the problem the client actually has, and naming the councils, lets somebody recognise their own situation immediately, which no general capability statement achieves.
Promising outcomes
Planning is a judgement, and clients who have been refused once are alert to anybody guaranteeing success. An honest assessment of prospects, including telling people when not to proceed, wins more instructions than optimism.
Applications, appeals and advice
Explain what you help with: pre-application advice, applications, appeals, enforcement and permitted development. Describe the kinds of site and client you work with.
Credentials and fees
Show professional membership, explain how fees are set and agreed, and how a first conversation about a site works.
Who you help and how
Explain the kinds of projects you take on, such as householder extensions, change of use, small housing schemes, agricultural or rural buildings, and commercial sites. Say whether you work with homeowners, developers, architects or landowners.
Describe your approach: an early appraisal of the site and policy, honest advice on prospects, preparing and submitting the application, negotiating with officers and handling appeals. Being honest about the chances of success is what clients value most.
Common questions
- What should a planning consultant's website include?
- Services from pre-application to appeals, client and site types, membership, fees and first contact.
- Should appeals have a page?
- Yes. They are searched for separately.
- Should I publish guides?
- Yes. They bring enquiries.
Other sectors we build for
Tell me about your business.
One message is enough to start. I’ll read it and reply myself, usually with a couple of questions and a clear price.
Liam Tapp, Website Builds