UK Planning Gateway

UK Planning Gateway is an independent planning submission, validation and geospatial intelligence platform for architects, architectural technologists, planning consultants and developers across England and Wales. The platform incorporates licensed Ordnance Survey mapping directly into the planning application workflow.

Users can define and refine application boundaries, create professional location and block plans, organise supporting documents, complete guided application information, and prepare submission packs within a single connected workspace. UKPG also checks application information against published national and Local Planning Authority validation requirements, helping users identify missing documents, inconsistencies and potential submission risks at an earlier stage.

The wider platform includes AskArchi™ AI and Appeals Intelligence, providing support for planning research, validation guidance, comparable appeal searches and first drafts of supporting materials. All AI-assisted outputs remain subject to professional review.

By bringing together mapping, application data, supporting documents and planning intelligence, UK Planning Gateway helps professionals reduce duplicated administration, maintain a clear audit trail, and prepare faster, more consistent planning submissions.

UK Planning Gateway connects professional Ordnance Survey mapping directly with planning application preparation, validation guidance and submission management. Users can define the application site, create the required location or block plan, organise drawings and supporting documents, complete guided application information and retain the resulting submission record within one connected workspace.

Applications are checked against published national requirements and relevant Local Planning Authority validation guidance. This helps users identify missing information, inconsistent documentation and potential boundary or ownership issues before submission.

AskArchi™ AI supports planning research, site and validation questions, and the preparation of first drafts of supporting documents. Appeals Intelligence enables users to research comparable appeal decisions and understand how planning policies have been interpreted in practice.

For professional practices, the principal benefits are reduced repetitive data entry, fewer disconnected systems, less non-billable administration and a clearer audit trail. This helps architects, architectural technologists and planning consultants prepare faster, more consistent submissions while maintaining professional control over the final application.

Formal validation and planning decisions remain the responsibility of the relevant Local Planning Authority.

UK Planning Gateway has supported more than 1,500 planning applications and has been adopted by over 100 architects, architectural technologists, planning consultants and professional agents across England and Wales. The platform brings Ordnance Survey mapping, site boundaries, application information, supporting documents and published Local Planning Authority validation requirements together earlier in the planning workflow.

This helps users identify inconsistencies and missing information before submission, reduce duplicated data entry, and retain a clear record of the application pack. UK Planning Gateway was featured as a "right-first-time planning submissions" case study in HM Land Registry's Annual Report and Accounts 2025–26. The report notes that practitioners consider avoiding even one round of clarification capable of saving several days of additional drafting and correspondence.

UKPG is developing a structured impact measurement programme focused on minutes saved per submission, first-time-right validation rates, time to Local Planning Authority validation, and reductions in repetitive non-billable administration.

• HM Land Registry Annual Report and Accounts 2025–26 – UK Planning Gateway case study

View: HM Land Registry Annual Report and Accounts 2025–26

• Right-first-time planning submissions – HM Land Registry blog

View: HM Land Registry Blog Article

• UK Planning Gateway – Geovation company profile

View: Geovation Startup Profile

• Professional OS Maps – UK Planning Gateway

View: Professional OS Maps

• How UK Planning Gateway Works

View: Explore How UKPG Works