Site layouts, in minutes.

Design, test and collaborate on feasibility studies and get instant feedback on viability, infrastructure and sustainability metrics.

Less abortive work, more planning permissions.

  1. Time spent on abortive sites are draining resources.

  2. Negotiating proposals is slow and cumbersome.

  3. Testing different options is expensive.

  4. Sharing information often leads to miscommunication.

  5. Identifying policies and constraints is time-consuming.

Customisable library of houses and apartment blocks.

  • Customise bedroom mix and building height

  • Detached, semi and terraced houses

  • Design apartment floorplate

  • NDSS compliant

  • Wheelchair and high energy efficiency homes

  • Private sale/private rent/affordable rent/social rent

Add access, parking and open spaces .

  • Choose from a range of road widths

  • Add blue badge, parallel, perpendicular or echelon parking

  • Add play space, gardens and areas of biodiversity

  • See a detailed breakdown of each land uses by area and proportion of site

Check viability + policy compliance

  • Get instant planning policy feedback

  • Overlooking distances, affordable housing requirements, CIL + parking standards

  • See total build costs, including site wide abnormals.

  • See Gross Development Value, Set tenures of buildings to calculate GDV

“This tool will reduce the time and cost to accurately assess potential development sites”

Senior Project Manager

New Homes and Regeneration, Wigan Council

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Meet the founders

  • Euan Mills

    Euan is an urban designer and planner with 20 years of experience, including 7 years as a Design Officer for the Mayor of London. During that time, he led over 1,500 pre-applications, collaborating with some of the UK’s top architects and property developers.

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  • Dr. Adam Rae

    Adam is a data scientist and engineer with 20 years experience in academic and industrial R&D, working in both the public and private sectors, with a PhD in machine learning applied to big data systems.

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FAQs

Who designed the flooplates?

Blocktype floorplates are generated using standard housing types used by most good quality architects today, and creating simple and efficient floorplates which are easy to build out. All the units used meet Nationally Prescribed Housing space standards. Floorplates above 6 storeys are designed with larger cores to accommodate second stairs in accordance with emerging legislation.

Where does your policy data come from?

Finding planning policies is hard. You have to trawl through local authority websites to find the most up-to-date documents then search through hundreds of pages to find the policies you need. We have done this for you to calculate your CIL liability and parking standards. Other policies such as conservation areas, flood zones and listed buildings are fed directly from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

How do you calculate Gross Development Value ?

GDV is calculated based on the total value of the units you put on the site. As you change this your GDV is automatically updated. We pre-populate unit sales values to give you a starting point, we have also made it easy for you to add you own comparables.

Can I add my own unit or building types?

Yes, we love to collaborate with architects or anyone else that have their own unit types. We’ll need a scaled drawing of each unit, and your key rules of thumb as to how we create floorplates. Email us at help@blocktype.co.uk to set up a call to discuss.