TerraQuest

Planning Application Validation Service

Supporting local authorities to address planning application backlogs

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Planning Application Validation Service

Meet service level commitments

Our Planning Application Validation Service (PAVS) offers an effective solution for local authorities. We provide expert support in addressing your application backlogs to meet service level commitments with our in-house team of experienced planners.

The Planning Application Validation Service ensures a thorough review and validation process for electronic and paper planning applications, aligning with national and local policies.

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Planning Application Validation Service

Expert planning services

Our dedicated team are available to work directly with councils, to support in managing and clearing planning caseloads.

TerraQuest’s expert planning services team goes beyond validation, directly uploading applications into the local authority's back-office system, becoming part of the council’s planning service team.

PAVS is your ideal support solution to ease the complexities of planning resourcing, for local authorities seeking efficient solutions to tackle increased workloads.

Planning Application Validation Service

Key benefits

Our Planning Application Validation Service supports local authorities to address planning application caseloads. Reviewing and validating planning applications to clear backlogs.

Expert
planners

Our expert planners can validate your cases in just 24 – 48 hours

Suitable
budget

Suitable for council budgets with a flat fee cost model – get out what you put in

Quick onboarding

Quick onboarding for swift planning support without relying on agency recruitment and complex processes

Planning Application Validation Service

What is PAVS?

Our Planning Application Validation Service (PAVS) is a full-service solution to support local authorities in reviewing and validating planning applications efficiently and accurately.

PAVS is designed to be an effective use of your planning resource budget. Streamline your workflows to effectively clear planning application back logs and manage increased workloads, without the need to plan for lengthy external recruitment processes.  

We know that securing quality and reliable planning officer resource is a challenge, that’s why our in-house team of expert planners become integral members of your planning team.

TerraQuest goes beyond being a stopgap for planning resource, we’re a full-service offer with additional stages of quality assurance and account management built-in.

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Quick turnaround

Getting started

Getting started with our Planning Application Validation Service is simple and swift. We can onboard our team to your systems and get them set up ready to go in as little as a week.


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Reducing strain

Planning budget

PAVS is a great way to make the most of your planning budget, our validation service works on a ‘per application’ costing model, so you can plan for exactly how many cases you want to clear and know the costs and outcomes upfront, aligning with your service level commitments.

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Swift planning

Proficient in-house team

Our proficient in-house team of planners collaborates closely with your existing planning resources, managing caseloads with precision. We meticulously review planning applications in accordance with both local and national policies, ensuring a high degree of accuracy. Simultaneously, we optimise the process by seamlessly uploading cases directly into the local authority's back-office system for increased efficiency.

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Swift planning

Addressing planning application backlogs

PAVS proves highly effective in addressing immediate planning application backlogs, alleviating the heightened workloads experienced by your planning team with additional support of a team of experienced planners and quality assurance professionals.

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Swift planning

Integrate seamlessly

PAVS is also designed to seamlessly integrate with your long-term planning validation processes, offering an agile solution to bolster the effectiveness of your ongoing planning procedures.


Planning Application Validation Service

How does it work?

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Quick turnaround

Getting started

Getting started with our Planning Application Validation Service is simple and swift. We can onboard our team to your systems and get them set up ready to go in as little as a week.

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Reducing strain

Planning budget

PAVS is a great way to make the most of your planning budget, our validation service works on a ‘per application’ costing model, so you can plan for exactly how many cases you want to clear and know the costs and outcomes upfront, aligning with your service level commitments.

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Swift planning

Proficient in-house team

Our proficient in-house team of planners collaborates closely with your existing planning resources, managing caseloads with precision. We meticulously review planning applications in accordance with both local and national policies, ensuring a high degree of accuracy. Simultaneously, we optimise the process by seamlessly uploading cases directly into the local authority's back-office system for increased efficiency.

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Swift planning

Addressing planning application backlogs

PAVS proves highly effective in addressing immediate planning application backlogs, alleviating the heightened workloads experienced by your planning team with additional support of a team of experienced planners and quality assurance professionals.

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Swift planning

Integrate seamlessly

PAVS is also designed to seamlessly integrate with your long-term planning validation processes, offering an agile solution to bolster the effectiveness of your ongoing planning procedures.

Planning Application Validation Service

Key statistics

Use PAVS to meet your authority's service level commitments

8,962

Applications validated

Planning applications processed
in 2023

2 hour

Average validation time

Compared to 5 hours
(national average)

71%

Average invalidation rate

Planners quickly flag invalid applications, freeing time for valid ones

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Planning Application Validation Service

How we can help

Let’s discuss how we can work with you to clear your validation backlog with TerraQuest's validation service.

Our work

Projects

Explore our recent projects to find out more about what we do.

Boston Alternative Energy Facility

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Planning Application Validation Service

Supports local authorities

Our Planning Application Validation Service supports local authorities to address planning application caseloads; reviewing and validating planning applications to clear backlogs.

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Bhumi Sharma, TerraQuest
Bhumi Sharma

Head of Consulting

Passionate about transformative change, Bhumi leads TerraQuest's consulting services. With over a decade of experience, she specialises in innovative solutions that drive efficiency and growth. Connect to explore how we can achieve your strategic goals together.