Planning statement & cover letter generator

£39.00
Householder Planning Statement Generator — PlanWiser
PlanWiser Tools · Digital Download

Write a planning statement your case officer takes seriously

A guided generator that turns simple answers about your extension into a structured, professional first-draft planning statement and cover letter — including the neighbour impact assessment that decides most householder applications.

A complete fictional worked example — see exactly what the generator produces before you buy.

The statement is where DIY applications fall down

Most homeowners can fill in the application form and commission the drawings. Then comes the part nobody explains: a written statement that describes the site, justifies the design, and assesses the effect on your neighbours in the language planning officers actually use. Get it wrong and you invite objections, conditions, and delay. Most people either skip it — and leave the officer to fill the silence — or pay a consultant hundreds of pounds to write two pages.

What the professionals know

Major developers never submit an application without a supporting statement, because they know something most homeowners don't: officers assess householder applications against three specific tests — daylight, privacy and outlook. A statement that walks through those tests, in order, in the officer's own terminology, makes the case easy to approve. This tool was built by a chartered town planner to put that structure in your hands. You answer plain-English questions — which direction is your neighbour, where do the new windows face — and the generator writes the assessment the way an officer expects to read it.

How it works

  1. Download one fileBuy once, download a single file that runs in your web browser. Nothing to install, no account, works offline. Your answers stay on your computer.
  2. Answer six steps of guided questionsYour project, your house, the proposal, your neighbours, design and policy. Dropdowns and tick-boxes do the heavy lifting — a completeness meter shows what's still missing.
  3. The generator writes the draftA structured six-section planning statement plus a matching cover letter, with the neighbour impact assessment written from your answers. Anything it can't safely write for you is clearly flagged for your own words.
  4. Edit and save as PDFEverything is editable before you submit. Save as a clean, formatted PDF or copy the text into Word. Redraft as many times as you like — the file is yours.

What's inside

The neighbour impact engineAnswer five structured questions — boundary distance, compass direction, window positions — and the tool writes the daylight, privacy and outlook assessment for you.
Built-in risk warningsA clear-glazed window facing a neighbour? Two-storey works on the boundary? The tool flags the issues that trigger objections before you submit, not after.
Constraint signpostingConservation area, flood zone, protected trees, Green Belt — tick what applies and the tool tells you what extra documents your council will expect.
An honest draft, not a mock-upAnything the tool can't truthfully write from your answers appears as a bracketed prompt for your own words. It will never invent policy numbers or claims.
Cover letter includedA matching cover letter with the document schedule built from your actual application — drawings, statement, and any constraint-triggered extras.
Yours to keepOne payment, no subscription. Reopen the file and redraft whenever the design changes.

See exactly what it produces

Download a complete sample statement — a fictional worked example for a single-storey rear extension, with notes showing which parts the generator wrote automatically and which parts came from the buyer's own words.

"The statement is your one chance to make the officer's decision easy. Structure it around the tests they're required to apply, and you've done half their job for them." — The principle this tool is built on

Questions

Is this planning advice?

No. It's a drafting tool that produces a structured first draft from your answers. It doesn't assess whether your scheme will get permission, and it's not a substitute for a planner reviewing your site. If you want that, the Planning Intelligence Snapshot is the professional review.

Which projects is it for?

Householder applications: extensions, loft conversions with dormers, outbuildings, porches. It is not suitable on its own for listed buildings, flats, new dwellings or commercial proposals — and it tells you so when those apply.

Do I need any software?

Just a web browser. The download is a single file that opens on any computer, works offline, and saves your answers as you go. Nothing to install and no account to create.

Will it write my council's policies for me?

Deliberately not. Quoting the wrong policy is worse than quoting none, so the tool shows you where your council's local plan policies belong, tells you how to find them, and writes the compliance framework around the references you supply.

What if my case is complicated?

The tool flags complications as you answer — protected trees, flood zones, conservation areas, two-storey works near a boundary — and tells you what each one means for your application. For contested or high-stakes cases, that's your cue to get professional eyes on it before you submit.

Refunds?

Because this is an instant digital download, you consent at checkout to immediate access and waive the 14-day cancellation right. Download the free sample first — it shows you exactly what you're buying.

Want a chartered planner to check your site first? The Planning Intelligence Snapshot (£199) reviews your site, your constraints and your proposal, and tells you what a planning officer will see — before you commit to an application. Read about the Snapshot →
One file · One payment · Yours to keep

Everything you need to draft the statement

Statement and cover letter · Neighbour impact assessment written for you · Instant download, works offline

The generator produces a first draft only and does not constitute professional planning advice. Licensed for use on your own planning application; not for resale. Always verify site constraints and local plan policies with your local planning authority.