From the first look at a site to the appeal after a refusal. GapSense reads the local plan, the national framework, and what your council actually decided, then tells you where you stand. Start with a screening of any site.
No card needed.
Every stage of getting land built asks a different question. GapSense answers each one against the same body of policy and precedent, in the same dashboard, with the same login.
Drop in a postcode, a grid reference, or draw a red line around the site. GapSense screens it against the local plan and the constraints that decide it. No documents needed.
Live for onboarded councils across England and Wales. Screening tells you straight away whether your council is covered.
Screen a site ->Up to 10 sites in one council, read against allocations and policy headroom before you spend on design. Know which sites carry the fight worth having, and which to walk away from.
Your draft application, read against the local plan and the national framework that will decide it. The gaps, the conflicts, the procedural risks - plus an officer-style prediction and comparable decisions, before the LPA sees it. Every finding cites the actual paragraph it relies on.
Cited grounds of appeal, plus a search across recent appeal decisions for the precedent that supports them. Know whether the refusal is worth fighting before you brief counsel.
Tests you haven't addressed. Missing assessments, unrebutted presumption-against, design statements that don't engage with the right supplementary guidance. The kind of gap that earns a "needs further information" notice on day twelve.
Wrong application type, missing supporting documents, statutory consultee triggers, validation requirements your LPA will bounce on. We flag them so you don't lose six weeks to a re-submission.
A forecast of what the case officer will likely raise, in their own language. Refusal-risk signals on day zero, not week eight. Helps you decide whether to amend, apply for a lawful-development certificate instead, or not file at all.
Every recent decision in your ward, indexed and read alongside your application. The case files, the officer reports, the committee minutes - so your report cites real precedent, not just policy in the abstract.
Each finding cites the actual paragraph it relies on. Examples below are illustrative.
