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Estimating Services
Planning Drawing Estimates
Accurate measured estimates from your planning drawings. Reliable costings to support your planning application.
Measured Estimates from Your Planning Drawings
Planning drawing estimates go a step beyond basic budget estimates. We take your planning-stage drawings (floor plans, elevations, site plans) and produce measured quantities with applied rates. Unlike budget estimates that provide a cost range, planning estimates use actual measurements to deliver more accurate figures.
Ideal for homeowners submitting planning applications, architects advising clients, and developers assessing schemes. Our QS team typically deliver within 3-5 working days.
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How Planning Estimating Works
Review & Quote
We assess the project scope and provide a fixed-price quotation for the estimating work within 24 hours.
Measurement & Pricing
Our Quantity Surveyors measure quantities from your drawings and apply current market rates for your area.
Estimate Delivery
Receive a detailed estimate broken down by trade with measured quantities, rates and totals.
Deliverables
What’s Included in Your Planning Estimate
Measured quantities from planning drawings
Trade-by-trade cost breakdown
Labour and material rate separation
Site-specific rate adjustments
Summary with overall project cost
Professional PDF report for sharing
Transparent Pricing
Planning Estimate Pricing
Planning Estimates From
£95
Price varies by project size and complexity. Fixed-price quotation always provided before work begins.
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What Our Clients Say
We were delighted with the estimate First4Estimating produced from our planning drawings. It gave us a realistic budget before we committed to the full building regulation package. The level of detail was impressive for a planning-stage estimate.
Common Questions
Planning Estimate FAQ
A budget estimate provides a broad cost range from basic information, typically within 15-20% accuracy. A planning drawing estimate uses measured quantities taken from your planning drawings, providing greater accuracy — typically within 10-15%.
The planning estimate includes a trade-by-trade breakdown with quantities and rates, giving you a much clearer picture of where costs lie.
Yes. Planning drawings — floor plans, elevations, sections and site plans — provide sufficient information for a reliable estimate. While building regulation drawings provide even more detail, we can produce accurate costings from planning-stage information by making standard assumptions about construction methods and specifications.
Planning drawing estimates are typically delivered within 3-5 working days. For simpler projects, we can often deliver sooner.
Contact us if you have an urgent deadline and we will do our best to accommodate.