UK Planning Gateway

What UK Planning Gateway does

UK Planning Gateway is a Birmingham-based SaaS platform that digitises and validates planning application submissions for architects, planning consultants, architectural technologists, and homeowners across England and Wales. The web platform, operated by Submit A Plan Ltd, guides users through structured submission workflows aligned to each Local Planning Authority's published validation requirements, performs pre-submission compliance checks, manages document uploads and plan substitution, and tracks submission status against a single case record. It integrates Ordnance Survey professional mapping and HM Land Registry title polygons/UPRNs to anchor applications to authoritative location data, bundling £25-£75 of OS map credit with each valid submission.

The core AI module, AskArchi, is trained on structured UK planning data (anonymised applications, policy extracts, LPA validation requirements, design guidance) and provides context-aware planning guidance, drafts cover letters, Design and Access Statements, and Written Representations for appeals, and runs automated drawing and document checks. The platform monetises via a £1 per-submission fee for professionals, a small homeowner platform fee on top of government application fees, OS map credit resale, and bundling, with a 4-week free trial for AskArchi. Distribution combines self-serve product-led onboarding, an Architecture Vogue channel partnership for UK architects, and an enterprise field sales motion into Local Planning Authorities, supported by selection into the Ordnance Survey and HM Land Registry-backed Geovation Accelerator (Cohort 21, October 2025).

Name

UK Planning Gateway

Legal name

Submit A Plan Ltd

Website

https://planninggateway.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

UK Planning Gateway is a Birmingham-based SaaS platform that digitises and validates planning application submissions for architects, consultants, and homeowners across England and Wales, integrating Ordnance Survey mapping and HM Land Registry data with an AI planning assistant, AskArchi.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Planning Application Submission Software

NAICS

Drafting Services (541340), Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services (54137)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAJANAC

Real Estate Development & Feasibility Advisory (Highest-and-Best-Use, Entitlements Support)

Business & Public Services/Real Estate Services (Brokerage, Property Management)/Real Estate Advisory & Consulting (Investment, Strategy)

SECONDARYBPAHAKAD

Urban Planning & Master Planning

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Architecture, Design & Planning Services

Keywords

• Planning application software
• Property technology
• Planning validation tools
• AI planning assistant
• Ordnance survey mapping

Headquarters

HQ city

Birmingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Professional Application Fee (£1 per submission): Architects, planning consultants, and other professionals pay a flat £1 fee per planning application submitted through the platform. This is in addition to the government-mandated planning application fee. Each valid submission bundles £75 in OS map credit.
2. Homeowner Platform Fee: Homeowners and general users pay a small platform fee on top of the government planning application fee. Full cost breakdown is shown before payment for transparency. OS map credit also included.
3. OS Map Credit Resale: Bundle and resale of Ordnance Survey mapping credits (£25-£75 per valid application) to professionals and homeowners, creating a bundled value proposition that reduces external mapping spend.
4. Architecture Vogue Partnership - Preferential Pricing: Exclusive reduced rates and preferential OS mapping pack pricing offered to Architecture Vogue member architects through the partnership, monetising the channel relationship through volume-based pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

UK Planning Gateway provides a web-based SaaS platform for submitting UK planning applications across England and Wales, with structured workflows aligned to each Local Planning Authority's published validation requirements, Ordnance Survey mapping and HM Land Registry title data integration, and an AI assistant (AskArchi) for guidance and document drafting. It charges a £1 per-application fee for professionals and a small platform fee for homeowners, bundling Ordnance Survey map credit with every valid submission.

Product overview

UK Planning Gateway is a single, unified digital planning submission platform for England and Wales, operated by Submit A Plan Limited. Its core product is the UK Planning Gateway Platform — a structured submission workflow that guides architects, planning consultants, architectural technologists, and homeowners through validation-aligned planning applications. The platform's primary AI-powered module is AskArchi (AskArchi™), which is built into the platform to provide real-time validation guidance, document drafting, and constraint analysis. The platform also integrates Ordnance Survey mapping and HM Land Registry data at the point of submission. Together, the platform and AskArchi form an end-to-end system covering intake, validation checking, document preparation, submission, and progress tracking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AskArchi: AI-powered planning assistant built to support the submission workflow, helping users understand planning requirements and navigate the application process.

Products and services

• UK Planning Gateway Platform National digital platform for submitting planning applications across England and Wales, designed to reduce validation risk and administrative friction. Guides architects, planning consultants, and homeowners through structured submission workflows aligned to each Local Planning Authority's published validation requirements, performs pre-submission compliance checks, manages document uploads and plan control, and provides a dashboard for tracking submissions.
• AskArchi AI Assistant AI planning assistant integrated within the UK Planning Gateway platform, trained on structured UK planning data including anonymised applications, LPA validation requirements, policy extracts, and design guidance. Provides context-aware planning guidance, drafts cover letters, Design and Access Statements, and Written Representations for appeals, runs validation checks, scans drawings for scale and Section 73 triggers, and sends deadline reminders. Available via a 4-week free trial for architects and planning consultants.
• OS Professional Maps Ordnance Survey professional mapping service integrated into UK Planning Gateway, providing site and location plans with bundled credit per valid application sufficient to cover both site and location plans and to anchor applications to reliable location records.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average submission time of 12 minutes
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability7 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Architecture VoguecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 13 October 2025Partnership announced October 2025 offering Architecture Vogue members exclusive reduced rates on planning submission fees and preferential pricing on Ordnance Survey mapping packs. Nick Brown, founder of Architecture Vogue, also serves as Strategic Partnerships Lead at UK Planning Gateway. Partnership recognises that planning technology needs to work with the profession, not around it.
• Geovation (Ordnance Survey and HM Land Registry)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Selected for Geovation Accelerator Cohort 21 in October 2025. Six-month programme backed by Ordnance Survey and HM Land Registry providing targeted support, access to geospatial datasets, mentoring, workshops, and a community of founders working on practical problems in planning, housing, biodiversity and transport. UK Planning Gateway aims to deepen OS base mapping, UPRNs, addressing, and HMLR title polygon integration through the programme.
• Ordnance SurveycoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Ordnance Survey professional mapping and addressing data (UPRNs). OS map credit (£75 per valid application) bundled with every submission. Platform deepens use of OS base mapping, UPRNs and addressing data to anchor applications to reliable location records. Geovation Accelerator backed by Ordnance Survey.
• HM Land RegistrycoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with HM Land Registry title polygons and property data for site boundary identification and validation. HM Land Registry published guest post from founder Michael Kalam on 'right-first-time planning submissions'. Platform aims to use HMLR title data to reduce boundary mismatches and avoidable clarification queries post-submission.
• Birmingham City CouncilsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive testing partner in pre-trial phase. 24 planning applications submitted through UK Planning Gateway to Birmingham City Council during live testing. Council provides feedback on validation and workflow improvements.
• Solihull CouncilsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerTesting partner in pre-trial phase. Three planning applications submitted through UK Planning Gateway. Solihull's detailed validation standards and residential case volume make it a meaningful proving ground for the platform.
• Lapworth ArchitectscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner firm founded by UK Planning Gateway CEO Michael Kalam (Managing Director). Lapworth Architects (founded 1989) has 30+ years of experience and 3,000+ projects across West Midlands. Beta tester for platform; submitted multiple applications in Birmingham and Solihull. Platform was built from Lapworth's real architectural practice experience.
• Birmingham Chamber of CommercesupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as partner in logos section on website footer alongside Birmingham City Council, HMLR, RICS, and AU Birmingham (Aston University).
• RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)supportingGTM or Marketing PartnerListed as partner in logos section on website footer alongside Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, Birmingham City Council, HMLR, and AU Birmingham.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Direct peers

• TerraQuest: UK planning and land-charge data specialist that operates submission and validation services for Local Planning Authorities. Directly comparable in targeting LPA submission workflows and is explicitly named by UK Planning Gateway as a non-affiliated alternative.
• Getmapping: UK supplier of aerial imagery, Ordnance Survey mapping, and site plans for planning submissions. Directly comparable in bundling OS map credit with planning submission workflows and serving the same architect/agent customer base.

Broad incumbents

• Property Software Group (PSG): Supplier of conveyancing, search, and property data software to UK property professionals. Overlaps with UK Planning Gateway in serving property professionals with data-driven workflow software anchored in HM Land Registry and Ordnance Survey data.
• Barbour ABI: UK construction and planning intelligence platform tracking applications, approvals, and project leads. Comparable in serving architects and planners with planning-application data, though its positioning is research/intelligence rather than submission.
• Glenigan: UK construction project leads and planning application intelligence provider used by architects and developers. Comparable in being a data-driven planning intelligence layer for architecture practices, though not a submission portal itself.
• Planning Portal: The government-affiliated national portal for submitting planning applications in England and Wales. Directly comparable submission workflow, validation logic, and customer base, but incumbency, brand, and policy ties make it the dominant channel UK Planning Gateway is positioning against.
• Landmark Information Group: Provider of property, environmental, and land-use data products used across UK planning, conveyancing, and development workflows. Overlapping reliance on Ordnance Survey and HM Land Registry datasets positions it as a comparable data-anchored PropTech incumbent.

Emerging players

• 1Spatial: Geospatial data management and validation software company with roots in the Ordnance Survey partner ecosystem. Comparable in reliance on authoritative location data to drive planning- and land-related workflows.
• ArchiVerve: AI-powered tool for UK architectural practices covering planning, compliance, and research. Directly comparable in applying AI to UK planning workflows for the same architect customer segment.
• DesignBalance (RIBA Business Tools): Practice management and compliance software built for UK architecture practices. Overlaps in targeting the same architect/technologist segment with workflow software, though its scope is broader practice management rather than submission.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@UKPlanningGateway
• Facebookfacebook.com/UKPlanningGateway
• LinkedInuk.linkedin.com/company/planninggateway
• Instagraminstagram.com/ukplanninggateway

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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