LDC Express
How it works

Five steps, one fixed price, council-ready bundle.

From "my solicitor asked for an LDC" to a signed council certificate, handled end to end.

  1. Qualify in 5 minutes Answer a short questionnaire about your property and your project. Our pre-validation checks every clause of GPDO Part 1 Classes A, B and E against your measurements, the same rules the council's planning officer will use. If your project fails, we tell you before you pay. No charge.
  2. Pay £349, plus the £264 council fee Paid through Stripe as separate line items. UK VAT is added to our service fee at checkout. On a conveyancing deadline? Tick Express at checkout for a £100 premium: your bundle is drafted the same working day payment clears (Standard is batched, up to 3 days) and your case gets priority filing.
  3. We draft within 2 working days From your answers plus six site photos, we produce the full s.192 bundle: 1APP form, site location plan, block plan, elevations, Statement of Truth with clause by clause proof of compliance. Express cases are drafted the moment payment clears. You review and approve every document before we file.
  4. Council decides within 8 weeks We file via the Planning Portal, pay the £264 on your behalf, and handle every question from the case officer as your agent. The 8-week clock is statutory. Most councils decide inside it. You track progress in your dashboard.
  5. Certificate or refund If the council grants, we deliver the signed PDF to your dashboard and notify your conveyancer. If they refuse, we refund the full service amount within 14 working days, £349 on Standard, £449 on Express. The £264 council fee stays with the council, as a matter of statute, so it isn't part of our refund.

What we handle

  • The 1APP form and every supporting document councils expect in a well-prepared s.192 bundle.
  • Statement of Truth drafted to the structural standard Inspectors look for.
  • Planning Portal submission, fee payment, and case officer correspondence.
  • Direct dashboard link for your conveyancer to track progress without pinging you.

What you need

  • Your address and postcode.
  • Exact measurements (depth, height, volume or footprint depending on class).
  • Six photographs: front, rear, both sides, curtilage with existing outbuildings, boundaries.
  • Rough year the house was built and whether it has had any previous extensions.

Pricing, at a glance

Standard service fee£349
Express tier (optional, same day drafting + priority filing)+£100
Statutory council filing fee£264
Total, Standard£613

If the council refuses we refund the full service amount. The £264 council fee is paid at filing and isn't recoverable from us.

Start the 5 minute qualifier →
We cover every council in England. Enter your postcode in the intake form and we auto-detect your local planning authority. The GPDO rules, fees, and filing route are all national, so the process is the same wherever you are.

Full refund conditions

If your council refuses your Lawful Development Certificate, we refund our service fee in full within 14 working days, £349 on Standard, £449 on Express.

The £264 statutory council filing fee is paid by us to the council on your behalf at submission and isn't recoverable from us, so it isn't part of the refund.

The guarantee doesn't apply where the council's refusal cites information you materially misrepresented at intake (undisclosed listed status, Article 4 Direction, live enforcement action), where you didn't respond to a case officer request within 10 working days, or where you changed the project after we filed and the refusal relates to the change.

Full detail in our Terms of Service.