Start with a £395 ex VAT£474 including VAT screening. Then decide whether to commission two indicative concept options for a further £855 ex VAT£1,026 including VAT. Complete two-stage package: £1,250 ex VAT£1,500 including VAT.
This service is designed for small developers, investors and property owners considering a single potential scheme. We first review published evidence and the brief. If a fundamental constraint emerges, you can decide not to commission the design comparison.
We review readily available planning policy and history, site context, key constraints and the broad principle of the proposed use. You receive a short written findings and next-steps summary.
If you proceed, we prepare an indicative architectural comparison of two concept directions, including broad capacity and area information — not planning-ready drawings.
The purpose is a better-informed early decision: whether to proceed, what design direction merits further study, and what specialist input could be needed.
If you appoint Horizon for a qualifying subsequent architectural design or planning service on the same site within six months, a credit of £350 excluding VAT (£350 ex VAT£420 including VAT) is deducted from that later fee. It is not a cash refund and cannot exceed the later agreed fee.
The fixed fee is for a single site up to approximately 0.25 hectares or an existing building up to approximately 750 m², subject to review of the brief and information available. Larger or complex sites are quoted separately.
Please supply a site address/boundary, ownership or acquisition context, intended use, project objectives and any existing drawings, surveys or planning correspondence.
Full planning applications, technical drawings, statutory and consultant fees, measured or topographical surveys, engineering, legal work, valuation, residual land-value analysis and financial viability are excluded.
No. These are indicative architectural comparisons to help identify a promising direction. Detailed planning drawings and statements require a separate appointment.
No. Capacity, regulatory acceptability, buildability and commercial outcomes depend on professional investigations, planning judgment and authority decisions. We do not guarantee planning permission, development value or a particular capacity.
Yes. Stage 2 is not commissioned or charged unless you instruct it in writing after reviewing Stage 1.
Prices include VAT at the current standard rate. A written quotation will confirm site suitability, deliverables, timing and payment terms before work starts. This service does not replace advice from an independent chartered town planner, surveyor, engineer or financial adviser where required.
Start with an initial conversation. We will discuss the brief and explain which paid services, fees and next steps may be appropriate.
