Tell us what you want to build
Share the address, photos, measurements, and plain-English project intent. Appa structures the project for you.
Planning expertise, packaged in software
Get your home project through planning with confidence.
Appa turns rough homeowner intent into localized, submission-ready planning packs. We prepare the documents, flag the policy risks, and help you avoid the expensive rejection loop before it starts.
£250–£500
straightforward homeowner pricing
Saves £8k+
potential saving versus consultant-led routes
Pilot-led
working directly with our customers and partners
The old route
Architects, consultants, policy guesswork, and weeks of waiting before you know whether the application is even strong.
The hidden cost
A refusal can mean months of delay, redesign fees, and thousands spent fixing avoidable planning issues.
The Appa route
Localized packs, risk checks, and a clear submission path at a price homeowners can actually understand.
What Appa does
From “we want to build” to a planning pack your council can process.
Homeowners should not need to become planning consultants just to improve their home. Appa translates the project into the forms, drawings, statements, and local policy language that planning authorities expect.
We map the local planning risk
Appa checks the project against the policy context and the common refusal points that usually get missed until too late.
Receive a portal-ready pack
Get clean documents prepared for submission, with the rationale and evidence organized before a council officer reviews it.
The documents that turn intent into an application.
Appa is not a generic form filler. It is a planning preparation layer focused on the documents, evidence, and local authority expectations that determine whether an application moves smoothly.
Lawful Development Certificates
For projects that may qualify under permitted development, Appa prepares the evidence and reasoning needed for a certificate route.
Architectural drawing packs
We help turn the home improvement concept into clear drawings and plans suitable for a planning submission workflow.
Planning statements
Appa explains the proposal in the language councils expect, connecting the project to site context and local policy.
Submission checklists
Every pack is organized around what needs to be ready before you press submit, reducing back-and-forth and avoidable gaps.
Straightforward pricing
Professional planning prep without the consultant price tag.
A rejected application can cost months and thousands. Appa gives homeowners a faster, clearer path to a strong first submission for a fraction of the usual services route.
Homeowner packs
£
Clear scope, clear outputs, no open-ended consultancy meter.
Route
What you get
Traditional consultant
Expensive bespoke process, slow feedback, unclear risk until late.
DIY submission
Lower cash cost, but high risk of missing local policy and document requirements.
Appa
Portal-ready documents, local checks, expert structure, and a more confident first submission.
Why Appa wins
We understand where planning applications actually fail.
The value is not "AI writes a document." The value is knowing what the council is likely to challenge, translating that into the pack before submission, and giving homeowners confidence when the stakes are high.
Co-developed with real users
We are actively building alongside a tight cohort of pilot homeowners and customers, not guessing in isolation.
Localized, not generic
Planning decisions are local, subjective, and policy-heavy. Appa is designed around that reality from the first input.
Built for a massive services wedge
Planning prep is expensive, fragmented, and repeatable. Appa turns that work into a solution homeowners can trust.
Common questions from homeowners and early partners.
What exactly does Appa help with?
Appa helps prepare the structured documentation and narrative needed for council planning applications, giving teams a fast, affordable first-pass pack that can be reviewed before submission.
Is Appa replacing an architect?
No. Appa is best understood as an AI workflow that compresses planning preparation time and cost. Complex projects may still benefit from specialist architectural or planning review.
Why is it cheaper than a consultant?
Because Appa is client-first and software-driven. Instead of billing expensive professional time for every first draft, Appa automates the repetitive preparation work and passes that efficiency to the homeowner.
Who should use Appa first?
Homeowners planning extensions, developers testing new sites, and property operators who want to move earlier and more confidently through the planning process.
Planning should feel clear before you submit.
Join the pilot cohort and see how Appa turns your project idea into a stronger, localized application pack.