Design services included in Pre-application advice:

  • Minor comments on layouts, massing, heights, elevations, facade treatment, materials in the form of bullet points or brief text.

  • Minor suggestion on how to improve designs in the form of bullet points or brief text.

Additional design service charges:

1- Building layout, massing, elevation or landscape re-design draft stage (e.g. markings on drawings, diagrams, zoning, key criteria marking: £150 (each)

2- Building layout, massing, elevation or landscape re-design feasibility stage (draft hand or AutoCAD drawings to scale): £300 (each)

3- Building layout, massing, elevation or landscape re-design planning stage (ready for submission): £500 (each)

4- Formal, independent DQF guide appraisal; very useful with applicants/designers and case officers do not achieve consensus on how the proposal meets the criteria in the design guides: £300 (per design guide)

5- Master plan layout and landscape re-design feasibility stage (draft hand or AutoCAD drawings to scale): £400 (each)

6- Master plan layout and landscape re-design draft stage (e.g. markings on drawings, diagrams, zoning, key criteria marking: £400 (each)

7- Master plan layout and landscape re-design planning stage (ready for submission): £1000

8- Site analysis, constraints and opportunities with site visit (up to 20 page brief including graphics): £900

9- Site-specific Design Code or Design & Access Statement (up to 20 pages including graphics): £800

10- 3D massing (draft in sketch-up), including inserting on city model and testing with confirmed views: £400 (per design option if more than one)

11- Design workshop: £100 per hour per officer

12- Independent Design Review Panel: to be quoted upon request based on the scope and size of the scheme. Please talk to your Case Officer.

13- Community Engagement: to be quoted upon request based on the scope and size of the scheme. Please talk to your Case Officer.

14- Co-PLACE Community Engagement Training: to be quoted upon request based on the scope and size of the scheme. Programme on page 17. Please contact us.

15- Design Quality Systems and Approaches (1/2 day speech, talk, CPDs): £300

16- Upskilling and training on Design Quality, DQF criteria and Planning Process: a) 1/2 day speech, talk, CPDs: £300; full day workshop (up to 20 people): £500

IMPORTANT:

  • Charges apply for every iteration of the proposals.

  • Please note client confidentiality and potential conflicts of interest are always appropriately managed within and across the various teams in the City Council.

  • To arrange for these additional services and to establish deadlines and scope of work, please get in touch with your case officer.