HOW WE WORK
We bring the relevant consultants together and coordinate their work around your proposal. Shared project information, clear responsibilities and collaboration between disciplines support each planning stage.
HOW COLLABORATION WORKS
We identify the planning questions, specialist evidence and current design information. The appointment sets out who is preparing each output, the information they need and the responsibilities for coordination.
Consultants work from the agreed proposal and evidence base. Where their advice affects the design or another assessment, we coordinate the relevant discussions so the implications are understood by the team.
We identify whether recommendations can be incorporated together and whether a design change affects other reports. Additional work or revised inputs are agreed before updates are commissioned.
The agreed outputs are coordinated against the current proposal, with outstanding information and responsibilities recorded. We manage the submission and subsequent queries where included in the appointment.
BEFORE WORK STARTS
Every instruction begins with understanding the site, your objectives and the decision you need to make. We start with your site address, available drawings and any council correspondence. Once we understand the requirements, we provide a written fee proposal covering the deliverables, information needed, responsibilities and exclusions.
Specialist surveys, third-party appointments and council fees are identified where relevant. Additional services or changes are agreed separately.
We review your objectives, the site context and available information to identify planning constraints, development options and an appropriate route forward.
You receive: an agreed feasibility or planning appraisal, with next steps.
Where appropriate, we prepare and coordinate a pre-application submission. We review the council’s response and explain its implications for the proposal.
You receive: the agreed submission package and a review of the feedback.
We coordinate the application documents, drawings supplied by the design team and the specialist consultant reports required within the appointment. We manage submission, validation and council liaison.
You receive: the agreed application package and updates on its progress.
We review the decision and advise on the way forward. Where required, we scope revisions, a further application or appeal support.
You receive: advice on the decision and the work needed for the next stage.
We review the conditions attached to permission, identify the information needed and coordinate discharge submissions. We liaise with the council on responses within the agreed scope.
You receive: the agreed condition submissions and confirmation of the council’s decisions.
WORKING TOGETHER
We identify the drawings and information used for the work. Design changes are reviewed for their effect on reports, scope and timing.
We agree who prepares each document, which specialist inputs are needed and who manages the submission.
We explain outstanding information, council feedback and decisions that need your input. Timescales are agreed for our work; council decisions and specialist surveys have their own programmes.
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Clear answers to help you plan your next step.
We agree a programme once the scope, required information and specialist input are understood. Survey availability and the need for design clarification can affect delivery. Our preparation programme is separate from the council’s assessment timetable.
Changes to layout, use, scale or servicing may affect several specialist consultant reports. We review the implications and agree any additional work before revising documents. Please provide the updated drawings and explain what has changed.
Validation concerns whether the application contains the information needed for the council to accept it for consideration. Approval concerns the merits of the proposal. A validated application can still require further evidence and does not guarantee permission.
It involves reviewing a planning condition, preparing or coordinating the required information and submitting it for the council’s consideration. We agree which conditions and supporting evidence are included. Written approval should be tracked separately from simply submitting the documents.
We bring the relevant planning consultants and specialist providers into a coordinated project team. They work from an agreed brief and current proposal, with dependencies and design changes discussed across disciplines. Each consultant remains responsible for their own professional advice and agreed deliverables.
PREPARING YOUR BRIEF
Send the site address, a short description of your proposal and the decision you need help with. Include the latest drawings, planning history, council correspondence and decision notices where available. Tell us about any deadline or construction milestone that could affect the programme.
We identify information gaps before the scope is finalised. A desktop appraisal, site survey, technical assessment and full submission package are different tasks, so the fee proposal sets out which of these is included.
FROM EVIDENCE TO DELIVERY
We coordinate the agreed reports against the current proposal and identify outstanding evidence. Local submission requirements and the particular site determine which documents are relevant; every item in a master register is not automatically needed.
A change in layout, use, scale or servicing can affect more than one report. We review the implications and agree additional work before updating the package, so the submitted documents remain consistent.
Permission may include conditions requiring further evidence. We help identify the work needed, its dependencies and the appropriate submission stage. The team should track written approvals as well as the preparation of documents.
Our work programme is agreed around the information needed to complete it. Council assessment, survey availability and specialist investigations can affect the wider timetable. We explain outstanding actions and the input needed from you as the project progresses.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Share the site, your objectives and your current planning stage.
Call 020 8004 4464 or email info@greencodeconsultants.com.