How it works

From PDF upload to cited report.
In minutes, not weeks.

Three steps. No integrations, no setup, no consultancy retainer. Drop in your draft and see what your case officer will see - against the local plan, the national framework, and every recent decision in your ward.

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Step 1

Upload your draft application

Design and access statement, drawings, supporting reports, heritage statements - whatever your case officer would expect to receive. We process the same way an officer would: read the supporting docs, cross-reference the drawings, follow the citations.

  • UK-hosted. Documents stay private to your org. We don't train on your submissions.
  • Cleanup on exit. We don't store your files beyond the assessment unless you ask.
Step 2

Read against the policy that decides it

Each application is jurisdiction-scoped. We hold the full local-plan corpus and the relevant national framework for the council that will decide it. Every finding cites the actual paragraph it relies on.

  • Comparables, too. We pull recent decisions in your ward and read the case files alongside.
  • No cross-contamination. Each assessment sees only the policy that applies to its application.
Step 3

Cited, structured, ready to file

You get back an HTML and PDF report - depth depends on the application's complexity. Findings are grouped by policy area and graded compliant / partial / conflict, with an officer-language forecast at the end.

Drop it into a design and access statement, ship it to a client as a pre-application memo, or use it as your own internal go / no-go check before filing.

  • Per-policy findings with citation back to the paragraph.
  • Procedural risk register - validation, statutory consultees, application type.
  • Officer-style prediction - route to determination, refusal-risk signals.
  • Comparables - what your LPA actually decided in similar cases.
  • Recommendations - what to amend, what to file differently, what not to file at all.

What GapSense is not

GapSense is not a substitute for an RTPI-qualified planner. It does not file the application for you. It does not guarantee approval. It is a check before submission - an extra pair of eyes that has read every paragraph that applies. The right way to use it: draft your application, run it through us, then have a planner review the report before you file.

Better applications. Faster decisions.

Tell us about your practice. We'll come back with how GapSense fits.

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