From Drawings to Council-Ready
One studio, one point of contact, one fixed price. Every project follows the same five steps — so you always know what happens next, and when.
1. Send Your Drawings
Email your site plan and proposed drawings — DWG, DXF, PDF, ArchiCAD, Revit/IFC or SketchUp all work. Tell us the site address and which council or planning authority the submission is for. No site visit is needed: we work entirely from your documentation, wherever the project is.
2. Fixed-Price Quote
You receive a written quote with a defined scope: which dates and times will be modelled, which methodology applies (BRE 209, the applicable local planning scheme, ADG, ResCode or R-Codes), the deliverable formats, and the delivery date. The price is fixed — it does not change after you accept.
No hourly billing. No open-ended scope.3. First Working Draft in 48 Hours
Within two working days of receiving complete drawings, you get a first working draft — the modelled site, shadow casts at the required dates and times, and the page layout — so you can confirm the direction early instead of waiting for a finished document. Larger multi-unit or precinct studies are scoped with their own timeline in the quote.
4. Review & Revise
One revision round is included in every quote — adjust presentation, add a viewpoint, refine annotations. And if the council later returns the document with a compliance query, one further compliance revision is included at no additional charge.
1 included revision5. Council-Ready Delivery
Final delivery is a print-ready PDF (A3 or A1) formatted to your council's title block requirements, a methodology statement documenting how the analysis was produced, and the DWG or ArchiCAD source files — yours to keep and reuse.
What We Need From You
Send these with your first email and your quote arrives faster.
Required
- Site plan showing boundaries and adjoining properties (DWG, DXF or PDF)
- Proposed drawings — plans and elevations with heights, or a 3D model
- Site address and the council / planning authority
- Any dates and times the council has specified (e.g. winter solstice 9am–3pm)
Helpful, if you have it
- Registered survey with levels and contours
- Heights of neighbouring buildings, or photos of the surrounding context
- Prior council correspondence or pre-application advice
- Your submission deadline
Don't have everything? Send what you have — we'll tell you exactly what's missing before quoting, not after.
Every Delivery Includes
Print-Ready PDF
A3 or A1, formatted to your council's title block requirements — ready to lodge.
Methodology Statement
Documents the sun position data, software and standards used, so the assessing officer can verify the analysis.
Source Files
DWG or ArchiCAD working files — yours to keep, reuse and hand to your consultants.
Compliance Revision
If the council returns the document, one compliance revision is included at no charge.
Common Questions
How quickly can you start?
Usually the same or next working day. The 48-hour first-draft clock starts once we have your complete drawings and confirmed scope. If you have a lodgement deadline, tell us in your first email and we will confirm feasibility in the quote.
Do you need to visit the site?
No. All analysis is produced from your drawings, survey data and site documentation. This is why we can serve UK and Australian projects with the same speed regardless of location — and why our fixed fees stay low.
What happens if the council asks for changes?
One compliance revision is included free with every project. If the assessing officer requests an additional time, date, viewpoint or presentation change, we produce it at no extra charge. Changes to the building design itself are quoted separately as a design iteration.
What file formats do you accept?
DWG, DXF, PDF, ArchiCAD, Revit/IFC and SketchUp. If your drawings are PDF-only, that's fine — we rebuild the geometry from your dimensioned plans and elevations.
Ready When You Are
Send your drawings today and have a fixed-price quote in your inbox within 24 hours.
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