Capital Planning and Architecture in London
Planning and architecture, for developers and investors across London
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At Capital Planning & Architecture, we help developers and investors secure planning approvals faster, with less risk and greater certainty. Our expertise spans Permitted Development projects, HMOs, new build developments and conversions.
By combining strategic planning with expert architectural design, we maximise every site's potential and profitability, ensuring a smooth journey from concept to approval.
Duncan Terrace, Islington
More than drawings
“We take a strategic approach to planning and design, so every project has the best chance of approval and is optimised for maximum GDV.”
Moishe Goldstein
Founder & Managing Director
Why Capital
We help developers and investors secure planning approvals with less risk, fewer delays, and maximum GDV. Our team integrates planning expertise with architectural design, ensuring every project is strategically positioned for approval and profitability. Whether it's a new build, HMO, or conversion, we make the planning process seamless.
With a former council planner on our team, we know exactly how local authorities assess applications, giving you a real strategic advantage. We don't just submit applications, we fine-tune them for approval success. Our expertise in Permitted Development, HMOs, New Builds, and Conversions ensures smoother approvals and fewer setbacks.
From feasibility studies to full planning applications and construction-ready designs, we handle the entire planning and development process. Our end-to-end service removes uncertainty, streamlines approvals, and ensures your project moves forward smoothly and profitably, whether it's a conversion, HMO, or new build development.
Services
We help developers, investors and landowners secure planning approvals with less risk, fewer delays and maximum GDV. Whether it's a new build, an HMO or a conversion, we make the planning process seamless.
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Class MA commercial-to-residential and other prior approvals, prepared with the detail councils look for.
Small and large HMOs, including in Article 4 areas, planned for compliance, good layouts and yield.
Infill, backland and small-site schemes designed to secure consent and maximise the value of the land.
Houses, upper floors and commercial buildings converted into well-planned, self-contained homes.
Approach
Planning and design are worked out together from day one. Before we draw a line, each site goes through three tests. Only a scheme that passes all three goes forward.
Test 01/Approval
With a former council planner on the team, we assess the site the way the local authority will: policy, planning history and precedent. If the odds are low, we say so.
Assessed like a planning officer
Test 02/Value
Planning and design are shaped around the numbers, so the scheme we take forward is the one that maximises GDV.
Designed for maximum GDV
Test 03/Route
Prior approval, permitted development or full planning. We pick the route with the least risk and fewest delays, then build the application around it.
Least risk, fewest delays
Passed all three? Then we design it, submit it and see it through to consent.
Planning routes
Each site has more than one way to approval. We find the one with the best odds and the strongest return, then build the application around it.
Commercial buildings into new homes under Class MA.
Prior approval
C3 to C4 change of use and large sui generis HMOs, inside and outside Article 4 areas.
Planning permission
Infill, backland and small sites, designed for consent and maximum GDV.
Full planning
Single houses and upper floors into self-contained flats.
Full planning
Upward extensions, larger extensions and changes of use under permitted development rights.
Prior approval / LDC
What a site can achieve, and how likely approval is, before you commit.
Site appraisal
Process
No obligation
Tell us about the site and what you want to achieve. We'll give you an honest view of its potential and its chance of approval. If the odds are low, we'll say so upfront.
Site appraisal
We assess the site against planning policy, its history and how the local authority has decided similar schemes, then set out the strongest route to consent and the scheme that maximises GDV.
Planning submission
Planning and architectural design are developed together, so the drawings and the planning case make the same argument. We prepare and submit the application, fine-tuned for how the council will assess it.
After consent
Once approval is granted, we take the scheme on to construction-ready designs, so your project moves from consent to site smoothly and profitably.
Our promise
“If a project has a low chance of approval, we tell you upfront. No false promises, and no wasted money.”
Moishe Goldstein
Founder & Managing Director
Practice
Moishe Goldstein founded Capital Planning & Architecture to bring planning strategy and architectural design under one roof for property developers and investors.
The team includes a former council planning officer, so every application is shaped by first-hand knowledge of how local authorities think and what they look for.
Based in London, we work with developers, investors and landowners who want approvals with less stress, less risk and more certainty, and projects that are as profitable as possible.
Statham Grove, Stoke Newington, N16