For housebuilders and land promoters

Start on site sooner

Condition Desk turns your decision notice into a plain English register of every planning condition, usually within a day, and picks out the conditions that block a start on site.

Download a sample report (PDF, 17 pages)
Usually within a day £400 per planning permission Built from public documents
Usually within a dayBuilt from public documents
Condition registerLand north of Kingswood Road, Albrighton
38conditions
11before work starts

Covering letters drafted

  • 38conditions on a real permission for up to 150 homes in Albrighton
  • 11of them must be cleared before work can start
  • 1 dayusual turnaround for the full register
  • £400per permission, or £1,000 a month for five live sites

What you gain

Start on site sooner

save time

Hours of reading done for you

Every condition in the decision notice turned into a plain-English register, usually within a day, instead of your team working through it one condition at a time.

make money

Start on site sooner

The conditions that block a start are picked out first, so the right specialists are briefed early and the build is not held up waiting for approvals.

reduce risk

Fewer surprises late on

Each condition is listed with when it is due and the documents it needs, so nothing is left to be found at the last minute.

known cost

A fixed £400 per permission

Your planner checks a finished register instead of building one from scratch, at a price you know before you start.

Planning conditions hold up the start on site

  • !Every condition has to be understood, and evidence sent to the council for approval, often before work can start.
  • !Finding and briefing the right specialists is slow.
  • !It is all done by hand, and it delays the start on site.

Condition Desk does that groundwork for you, usually within a day, so your team can get on with the parts only they can do.

How it works

1

Send

Send us the decision notice. That is the whole brief.

2

Read

Every condition is put into plain English: what the council needs, when it is due, which specialist usually prepares it and which documents to gather.

3

Start

You get the register with the conditions that block a start picked out, plus a drafted covering letter for each council submission. You or your planner send each submission to the council.

The Albrighton planning permission

Below is the real register we produced for a 150-home outline permission in Albrighton, Shropshire. Filter the 38 conditions by stage, then click one to see what it means and which documents you need.

A real example, built from public documents. Land north of Kingswood Road, Albrighton, Shropshire (Shropshire Council, 24/02662/OUT, up to 150 homes).

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Where the 38 Albrighton conditions fall

With the detailed plans13
Before work starts11
Before people move in5
Rules to follow throughout4
During the build3
Time limit to start1
Only if something happens1

11 of 38 conditions must be cleared before work can start on site.

By hand, or with Condition Desk

By handEvery condition worked through by hand after permission is granted
With Condition DeskA register of every condition in plain English, usually within a day
By handSlow to see what must be approved before work can start
With Condition DeskThe conditions that block a start on site are picked out for you
By handGuessing which specialist to commission
With Condition DeskEach condition shows which specialist usually prepares it and which documents to gather
By handDrafting each submission letter from scratch
With Condition DeskA drafted covering letter to the council for each submission
First page of the Condition Desk sample reportPDF · 17 pages

Sample report

See a full report before you pay

The full Condition Desk report for Land north of Kingswood Road, Albrighton: all 38 conditions, built from Shropshire Council's decision notice.

  • Every condition in plain English, with when it is due
  • Which specialist usually prepares each one, and the documents to gather
  • The conditions that block a start on site, picked out
  • A drafted covering letter for the first council submission

Simple pricing

Start here

One-off

£400

per planning permission

Monthly

£1,000

a month, for up to five live sites

What it does not do

  • We do not give planning advice.
  • We do not submit anything to the council. You or your planner remain responsible.

Who is behind Condition Desk

Tristan Fischer, Director, Fractional Forge Limited

Tristan Fischer has been chief executive or a board director of fourteen companies, almost all of them hard technology: wind, solar, wave and tidal, batteries, carbon capture and controlled-environment agriculture. He has built three greenfield industrial sites, including a 25,000 m² automated factory, and has raised around £200m for his companies. He started in project finance at Citigroup and later ran corporate venture investments at Shell Technology Ventures.

Chief executive or director of 14 companies3 industrial sites builtAbout £200m raisedCitigroup project finance

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No calls needed

Send your decision notice

Fill in the form and we reply by email. If you have the documents to hand, you can also email them to tristan.fischer@fractionalforge.app.

  • Questions answered by email
  • Usually within a day
  • Built from public documents

Questions

How fast do I get the register?

Usually within a day of sending us the decision notice.

What does it cost?

£400 per permission, or £1,000 a month for up to five live sites. The register covers every condition on the permission, picks out the conditions that block a start on site, and comes with a drafted covering letter to the council for each submission. You or your planner send the submissions to the council.

Can I see an example first?

Yes. This page shows the real register we produced for a 150-home outline permission in Albrighton, Shropshire, with all 38 conditions, and you can download the full report.

Can you handle large permissions?

Yes. We have worked on real permissions, including 38 conditions on a 150-home outline permission in Albrighton, Shropshire and 46 on a 586-home scheme in New Malden.

Does this replace my planning consultant?

No. We prepare the register and draft the covering letters. We do not give planning advice and we do not submit anything to the council. You or your planner remain responsible for submissions.

Who checks the work?

Your own team or planner. Every entry in the register sets out the condition as written in the decision notice, so each point can be checked against the original.

Do you submit anything to the council?

No. Condition Desk does not give planning advice and does not submit anything to the council; you or your planner remain responsible.

Who delivers Condition Desk?

Condition Desk is a Fractional Forge service, run by Tristan Fischer.

Send your decision notice

Send us a decision notice and get the register back, usually within a day. Everything is done by email: no calls or meetings needed.

£400 per planning permission
Usually within a day
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