For planning consultants

Applications, deadlines and statements, without a spreadsheet holding it together

Planning work is deadline work. Determination dates, consultation periods, condition discharges and appeal windows all move, and they move on someone else's timetable. TILE tracks them against the job rather than against a memory.

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The consultant's real risk

  • A determination date that passed while the client thought you were watching it.
  • Statements rewritten from scratch when a previous one would have done.
  • Site constraint evidence gathered again for a site you already researched.
  • Clients asking for an update you have to go and assemble.

How planning work runs through TILE

  1. 1Enquiry. The site and the question recorded together, with an owner.
  2. 2Fee. A proposal drafted from your own previous scopes for that application type.
  3. 3Site research. Postcode check returning conservation areas, Article 4 directions, listed buildings, flood zones, TPOs and Green Belt, each with its source.
  4. 4Statements. Design and Access, Heritage and planning statements drafted by Grout from the project record, then reviewed and signed by you.
  5. 5Application. Validation, consultation and determination tracked as stages.
  6. 6Deadlines. Dates held on the job, not in a diary someone else cannot see.
  7. 7Client visibility. The current position on every job available without assembling it.

Evidence with a source behind it

A constraint is only useful if it stands up in a statement. Checks return the source alongside the answer, so the reasoning is reportable rather than remembered.

Grout writes the first draft, you remain the consultant

Drafting from the project record saves the blank page, not the judgement. Professional review stays with you and TILE never submits anything to a council.

What it does not do

TILE does not give planning advice and does not predict decisions. It organises the work and the evidence behind it.

Common questions

Does it cover appeals?

Appeal work runs as a stage on the job with its own dates and documents. We do not file anything on your behalf.

Can I use it alongside an architecture practice?

Yes. Different disciplines can run their own pipelines in the same account.

Where to go next

Planning consultant softwareHow Grout worksArchitecture practicesPricing

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