Visual Impact Assessment Specialists

Planning visuals that move applications forward

Fixed-price Visual Impact Assessments for residential planning applications in London conservation areas. Prepared in accordance with GLVIA3. Delivered in 5–7 working days.

Residential architecture in landscape setting
Typical turnaround
5–7 days
From instruction to submission-ready document
GLVIA3 Compliant
Conservation Areas
Listed Building Settings
Residential Specialist
London & South East
Fixed Price
Photomontage Ready
Submission-Ready Documents
GLVIA3 Compliant
Conservation Areas
Listed Building Settings
Residential Specialist
London & South East
Fixed Price
Photomontage Ready
Submission-Ready Documents

Rigorous process.
Fast delivery.

We handle the entire visual assessment process from viewpoint identification and site photography to methodology write-up and photomontage production. You submit with confidence.

01
Instruction & Desktop Scoping
We review the application address, planning history, and local authority requirements. Viewpoints are identified on desktop and agreed with your client within 24 hours.
02
Site Photography
A specialist site photographer captures all agreed viewpoints to Landscape Institute TGN 06/19 standard correct lens length, GPS coordinates, compass bearings recorded.
03
Assessment & Photomontage
We prepare the written significance assessment in accordance with GLVIA3 and, where required, produce photomontages showing the proposed development composited into baseline views.
04
Delivery
A complete, submission-ready PDF document is delivered within 5–7 working days of instruction. Revisions requested by case officers are handled within 48 hours at no extra charge.

Fixed-price packs.
No surprises.

5 working days
Standard
Residential Visual Impact Assessment
For straightforward residential applications requiring a standalone VIA. Covers 3–4 agreed viewpoints, baseline photography, written significance assessment, and methodology statement.
£1,500
fixed fee
6 working days
Conservation Area
Conservation Area & Listed Setting Assessment
For applications within conservation areas or affecting the setting of listed buildings. 5–6 viewpoints, extended heritage context, significance matrix, and photomontages at two principal viewpoints.
£1,750
fixed fee
7 working days
Extended
Extended Assessment with Full Photomontage Suite
For more complex schemes requiring comprehensive visual documentation. Up to 8 viewpoints, full photomontage suite, daylight and shadow analysis narrative, and officer pre-application alignment.
From £2,500
fixed fee

The thinking behind
Clearview.

Good visual documentation does something specific in a planning context. It gets everyone looking at the same outcome, client, architect, planning officer, and that shared picture is often what moves an application forward. I know this because I have spent years producing it.

I studied design at Central Saint Martins and built GoFigo, a CGI visualisation practice producing photo-realistic images for property developers and architects across London. That work gave me a clear view of what the people commissioning visual documentation actually need: speed, quality, and a document that communicates the vision rather than just satisfying a checklist.

Clearview brings that design sensibility to Visual Impact Assessments. Every document we produce is prepared with the same attention to how it reads, how it looks, and how it will land with the planning officer who opens it. Fixed prices, fast turnaround, no surprises.

Sona Palana
Founder, Clearview Planning Visuals

The specialist choice
for residential work.

I

Residential scale, not infrastructure scale

We focus exclusively on residential applications. No large infrastructure backlogs, no waiting lists, no minimum fees designed for £10m schemes.

II

Fixed price, always

Every pack is priced upfront. No hourly billing, no scope creep surprises. You know the cost before you instruct.

III

Built around your programme

5–7 working day turnaround as standard. We understand planning programmes and don't add unnecessary delay to your application timeline.

IV

Officer revisions included

If a planning officer requests amendments to the document following submission, we handle them at no additional charge.

5–7
Working day standard turnaround from instruction
All LDN
We cover all 32 London boroughs and the City of London
GLVIA3
All assessments prepared to Landscape Institute standard
£0
Additional charge for officer-requested revisions

"Residential architects deserve a specialist they can rely on. Not a large firm that will deprioritise their job, and not a generalist doing it slowly on the side. That is the space Clearview was built for."

We cover all of
London.

Every London borough has its own Local Plan, its own validation checklist, and its own particular conservation area sensitivities. We work across all boroughs, with particular depth in those with the highest concentration of conservation areas and listed building settings.

London Borough of Islington
Multiple conservation areas · Article 4 directions · Georgian streetscapes
London Borough of Camden
Primrose Hill · Bloomsbury · Gospel Oak · Belsize Park
London Borough of Hackney
De Beauvoir · Stoke Newington · Clapton conservation areas
London Borough of Southwark
Bermondsey · Dulwich · Peckham · Borough High Street
London Borough of Lambeth
Brixton · Streatham · Clapham · Herne Hill conservation areas
City of Westminster
Mayfair · Belgravia · Marylebone · Pimlico heritage areas
London Borough of Wandsworth
Putney · Balham · Tooting · Clapham Junction conservation areas
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Notting Hill · Chelsea · South Kensington · Holland Park
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
Fulham · Brook Green · Ravenscourt Park conservation areas
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Bethnal Green · Stepney · Whitechapel · Spitalfields
London Borough of Haringey
Crouch End · Muswell Hill · Stroud Green conservation areas
London Borough of Barnet
Hampstead Garden Suburb · Finchley · East Barnet conservation areas
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Richmond · Twickenham · Kew · Ham conservation areas
London Borough of Greenwich
Greenwich · Blackheath · Woolwich conservation areas
London Borough of Lewisham
Blackheath · Forest Hill · Lee conservation areas
All Other London Boroughs
We cover all 32 London boroughs and the City of London

Start your
enquiry.

Tell us about your application and we'll confirm scope, turnaround, and fixed fee within one working day. No obligation.

Email hello@clearviewplanningvisuals.com
Coverage London and South East England
Response time Within one working day

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