Lawful Development Certificate, prepared and filed — £349.
If the council refuses, we refund our £349 fee in full. The £264 statutory council filing fee is paid to the council at submission and is not refundable. Panic-proof paperwork for your sale.
Check if your property qualifies →- 5-minute pre-validation against every GPDO clause — we tell you before you pay
- Drafted, filed and monitored inside the 8-week council clock
- Backed by 24 real Planning Inspector appeal decisions
Your buyer's solicitor just added weeks to your sale
You're selling your house. The buyer's solicitor spotted an extension, loft conversion, or garden office and wants proof it was lawful — a Lawful Development Certificate. Without it, the sale might collapse, or you'll be pushed to buy indemnity insurance that only pays if the council actually chases you. Rare, but not the point: the solicitor just doesn't want the question hanging in the air.
A planning consultant will charge £600–£1,500 just for the drafting — plus the same £264 council fee you'd pay anyone. So £864–£1,764 all-in, four to six weeks to even start, and no guarantee of outcome. We're £613 all-in (£349 service + £264 council), start within 48 hours, and refund our £349 in full if the council refuses.
Priced certainty, not a promise of speed
Pre-validation
We screen your project against every clause of GPDO Part 1 Classes A, B and E — the same rules the council's planning officer checks. If your project can't win, we tell you before you pay.
Flat-fee pricing
£349 service fee + £264 council fee, captured up front as separate line items. No complexity surcharge, no per-hour creep, no surprise add-ons.
Full refund if refused
The council has 8 weeks to decide. If they refuse, we refund our £349 in full. The £264 statutory council fee is paid to the council when we file and isn't recoverable from us — this is disclosed at checkout and in our terms.
Any council in England, three project types, householders only
Enter your postcode and we auto-detect your council. Class A (rear / side extensions), Class B (loft / roof alterations), Class E (outbuildings, including garden offices). No flats, no listed buildings, no Article 4 directions, no conservation areas.
The 8-week council clock is statute. What you're buying is what happens after.
Nobody can promise you a faster decision — and any service that does is setting up a disappointment. What we sell is the only thing that matters to your buyer's solicitor: a council-issued certificate that settles the question permanently. Indemnity insurance doesn't. It pays if the council pursues you; it doesn't resolve the underlying lawfulness. An LDC does.