"I've done thousands of projects. This one's intuitive"
Brian Strong
A Faster Way to Submit: Real Feedback from a High-Volume Planning Agent
It's very simple to use and quite intuitive. So far, so good.
Brian Strong has submitted more planning applications than most people will see in a career. When someone with that mileage switches platforms after years on the same workflow, it's worth paying attention. That's who we built Planda Portal for.
Power users like Brian don't just notice the gaps in a process, they know exactly what it takes to improve it. After years of the same workflow, here's his first thought about Planda Portal:
It pulls up a map showing where all your planning applications are -
colour-coded. Approved, in draft, submitted. You can search other
applications in the area too.
Instead of applications scattered across lists and dashboards, Brian now sees them on a map. Colour-coded by status: approved, in draft, submitted. And he can search nearby applications for context.
Visibility at a glance. That's the point. And it's about to get better! A refreshed map and location plan experience is landing in the next few weeks.
Brian also told us straight that our AI validator isn't doing much for him, because he already knows what councils want. That's fair - and it's exactly why we built the bypass option. But it also pushed us to rebuild the validator UI and upgrade the underlying model. The new version is rolling out now. Even veterans should find it quieter and sharper.
The line that mattered most wasn't about features. It was about what happened when one council flagged a payment issue:
Sorted it out immediately. Very quick and easy.
That's the standard. No tickets lost in a queue. No week-long chases.
Planda Portal
plandaportal.co.uk
Planda Portal is a planning application platform built for UK planning consultants and agents. It combines AI pre-validation, application tracking, and time-saving automation to make submissions faster and more reliable.
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