Methodology→Scheme planner
Tool · Scheme planner
Plan the path for your scheme.
Enter an address and we detect the site's constraints and precedent. Tell us the use you have in mind, and see the whole path ahead — every body that gets a say, the people who decide, and how long it really takes.
1 · Where is the site?
⌕ postcode
12 Cloudesley Road · Islington
Barnsbury Conservation Area · ~6-unit infill capacity
What we found at this address — auto-detected
●Conservation area
2 · What use do you have in mind?
Use class shapes how much objection a scheme attracts — residential typically draws the most, employment uses the least.
3 · What scale?
◇ marks the use this site can likely take, from precedent and capacity. Pick anything to see how the path changes.
Likely route
Members' panel
Time to decision
16–33 wks
≈ 4–8 months
Predicted objections
6–14
past panel trigger
Bodies
4
Difficulty
Straightforward
What you'll have to clear
Conservation Officer sign-offMembers' panel review2–5 pre-commencement conditions
Total time — your scheme vs typical
1 wk faster than the Islington average
London average
29 wks
Islington average
26 wks
Your scheme
25 wks
How long it takes — read the week axis beside each step in the diagram below
If refused, an appeal adds 24–34 wks (PINS)
The full path — click any step to learn what it is
Weeks
The full path — every step, body & person
Your scheme
Residential · Minor (1–9)
what is this? →
1–3w
register
Validation
Case officer
what is this? →
8–10w
determination
Conservation Officer
Council
◇ DECISION GATE
Who must be consulted?
1 consultee
what is this? →
route set
◇ DECISION GATE
How many objections?
9 objections → ≥5 → panel
what is this? →
Delegated
Officer decides
what is this? →
Members' panel
Internal briefing
what is this? →
◆ YOUR ROUTE
Committee
Public meeting
what is this? →
Decision issued
Approve / refuse
what is this? →
Resubmit ↺
back to the start
what is this? →
+24–34w
only if refused
approved?
skip ↓
skip ↓
◇ IF REFUSED — APPEAL
Planning appeal
PINS · 6–9 months
what is this? →
adds 6–9 months — but lighter conditions ↓
3–8w
discharge
Conditions discharge
Inspector · often lighter
what is this? →
Conditions discharge
2–5 · council
what is this? →
16–33w
total
Start on site
16–33w total
what is this? →
Starting point
Your scheme
WHAT IT IS
The development you want to carry out at this site — its use and scale set everything downstream.
WHY IT MATTERS
Use class and size determine which policies apply, who must be consulted, and whether the Mayor gets involved.
Click any step, gate or body in the diagram to see what it is and who decides. Names & figures are placeholders pending the live feed.
How to read this
◇ Gates
Each gate is a yes/no question the system asks of your application. The answer routes the line to the next step — exactly how a council actually triages a submission.
□ Bodies & people
Every box is a body with a say — council officers, statutory consultees, the GLA, the Inspectorate. Click any box to see the likely named people and their track record.
↔ It reshapes
A conservation area pulls in the Conservation Officer; a tall building pulls in the GLA Design Review Panel and the Mayor. Toggle the site conditions and watch new obstacles appear.