Independent Forensic Planning Risk Intelligence vscore.tech · Est. 2026 · United Kingdom
The forensic planning audit

Make it
defensible.

We identify every vulnerability a hostile planning officer would find in your application – ranked by severity, evidenced from your own documents, before the decision is made.

Validated · blind backtest PA/26/00212
Prediction accuracy
5/6

GLA non-compliance points identified independently before the Stage 1 letter was published. Zero false positives.

5/6
GLA predictions
confirmed blind
0
False positives
across all audits
35
Point forensic
checklist
£3k
Fixed fee ·
pre-submission

Predicted before the GLA
published its response.

Run on the LEB Building submission documents in May 2026. Five of six formal GLA non-compliance points were independently identified – a blind backtest, analysed before the Stage 1 letter was available. The one miss is now incorporated into the methodology.

01
Ref V-Score prediction · May 2026 GLA Stage 1 finding Result
P-01 Energy non-compliance: individual panel heaters breach SI3; communal redesign required "…not compliant with SI3… revised to propose a communal system." – Para 66 ✓ Confirmed
P-02 Carbon shortfall: 39% on-site reduction below London Plan threshold; offset payment required "…achieves a 39% reduction… A carbon offset payment will be required." – Para 68 ✓ Confirmed
P-03 Cycle parking deficit: below minimum standard; S106-secured free-to-hire scheme required "…does not meet minimum cycle parking standards… secured by S106." – Para 58 ✓ Confirmed
P-04 Heritage balance deferred: less than substantial harm to 12 assets; Stage 2 balancing outstanding "…less than substantial harm to 12 designated heritage assets…" – Para 54 ✓ Confirmed
P-05 S106 incomplete: affordability and nominations agreement not secured "Affordability and early-stage review should be secured by condition… nominations agreement to be S106-secured." – Para 23–24 ✓ Confirmed
P-06 Whole life carbon assessment non-compliance under Policy SI2 – Para 70 Missed · v4

PA/26/00212 · GLA ref 2026/0115/S1 · Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets · AHMM for Telford Homes

Five dimensions.
One defensible score.

V-Score reads across the entire submission – not document by document – finding the internal inconsistencies, evidential gaps and policy failures a hostile officer would use, then scoring them by severity.

01
Financial Viability
Parkhurst Road circularity test, finance assumptions, profit-rate analysis, affordable-housing derivation.
02
Policy Compliance
Affordable housing, PBSA amenity, tall buildings, fire strategy, inclusive design, S106 enforceability.
03
Heritage & Townscape
WHS, LVMF views, CGI lens analysis, surveying-tolerance audit, visibility-vs-harm policy shield.
04
Sustainability
Carbon targets, biodiversity net gain, EIA adequacy, ecology-survey completeness, overheating.
05
Procedural & Legal
EIA compliance, S106 gaps, JR exposure, Mayoral direction risk, programme risk from emerging policy.
The scoring scale · 0–100
Green
70–100
Likely approved with standard conditions
Amber
50–69
Material risks requiring changes before approval
Orange
40–49
Multiple policy failures; at least one Critical risk
Red
20–39
Significant refusal probability; major redesign
Black
0–19
Refusal probable on current evidence
V-Score in 60 seconds

Three steps. One independent report.

A busy project director does not need to read the full methodology. Here is what V-Score actually does.

01
Ingest
Send us your draft planning documents – Planning Statement, D&A, FVA, Heritage Statement, Energy Strategy. We read every document, not just the executive summary.
02
Stress-Test
V-Score cross-references every figure, claim, and policy position across the entire submission. It finds inconsistencies between documents, departures from policy, and the exact language a hostile officer would deploy.
03
Report
You receive a structured report: a score, a risk tier for every finding, and a prioritised fix list written in officer language. Not a summary. Not a checklist. An independent audit you can act on.

The people who bear the
cost of a refusal.

01 – Developers

Before you commit capital

A pre-submission audit that quantifies planning risk before design spend is committed. Know where the vulnerabilities are while there is still time and budget to fix them.

02 – Funders & investors

Before you commit finance

Independent planning-risk intelligence from a party with no commercial interest in the scheme proceeding. A second opinion that is not on the applicant's team.

03 – Planning solicitors

Before you advise

Forensic cross-document analysis that surfaces procedural gaps, EIA inadequacies and JR exposure across large application files. Fast, structured, fully evidenced.

Why independence matters

Not a platform. Not a plugin. Not an internal review.

Every planning consultancy, developer, and local authority has internal processes for reviewing applications. V-Score is not one of them.

V-Score is an independent external audit. Every report is produced by a qualified practitioner with no commercial relationship with the applicant, their consultants, or the local planning authority. The findings are not filtered through client relationships, commercial sensitivity, or internal sign-off procedures.

When Turley reviews a scheme, they are advising their client. When V-Score reviews the same scheme, it is assessing the evidence – without any interest in the outcome.

That independence is what makes the findings credible at committee, at Stage 2, and at inquiry.

Qualified practitioner

Every V-Score report is produced by a practitioner with architectural qualifications and 25 years of planning-grade evidence experience. Not generated by software alone.

No conflicts

V-Score has no commercial relationship with applicants, planning consultants, architects, or local authorities. The analysis is not influenced by client relationships or repeat business.

Externally verified

The LEB Building backtest independently identified five of six formal GLA non-compliance points before the GLA published its Stage 1 response. No false positives. Independently verifiable from the public record.

Intelligence at the moment
it matters.

Pre-submission

Pre-Submission Audit

A full V-Score analysis of your submission documents before committee. Identifies every attack vector while there is still time to act.

£3,000
Fixed fee · scope confirmed within 24 hours
Five-dimension forensic analysis
Scored risk summary, every penalty itemised
Attack-vector language: what the officer would write
Prioritised remediation roadmap with costs
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Post-refusal

Post-Refusal Forensic Audit

Forensic dissection of the refusal: exactly what was objected to, the minimum viable fix, resubmission strategy and appeal route analysis.

£5,000
Fixed fee · includes appeal viability assessment
Forensic mapping of every refusal ground
Minimum viable redesign per refusal reason
Resubmission strategy and timeline
Appeal viability and grounds assessment
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Find the vulnerabilities
before the officer does.

Send us the application reference. Scope confirmed within 24 hours. No payment until scope is agreed.

Commission a report View sample report Pre-submission £3k · Post-refusal £5k