Independence is only worth stating if the rules behind it are published. This page sets out the disclosure we make, the rules we hold to, and the terms every commission runs under.
V-Score's director also owns Construct Media Ltd, an architectural visualisation studio. We disclose this openly rather than claim an absolute independence that would not be true.
What matters is what follows from the disclosure. The two companies never work on the same scheme. A V-Score report never recommends, endorses or identifies any supplier, including Construct Media. And visual-evidence findings in a V-Score report are anchored solely to published standards (LI TGN 06/19 and the applicable policy), not to any commercial view.
V-Score reads the evidence and reports where an application is exposed. It does not act for the applicant, and it has no interest in whether the scheme proceeds. Where a relationship could bear on that, we disclose it and recuse.
V-Score and Construct Media Ltd never work on the same scheme. If Construct Media has any involvement in a scheme, V-Score does not accept an instruction on it, and vice versa.
Where the director, a reviewer, or the business holds a relationship that could reasonably bear on the independence of a report, we disclose it to the client and recuse from the work. If independence cannot be maintained, we decline.
A V-Score report never recommends, endorses, names or identifies any supplier, consultant or contractor, including any business connected to V-Score. Recommended fixes name the type of specialist required (for example "viability surveyor" or "heritage architect"), never a named firm.
Findings are anchored to published standards and policy, not to opinion. Visual-evidence findings are anchored solely to LI TGN 06/19; viability, heritage, sustainability and legal findings are anchored to the RICS guidance, the London Plan, the NPPF and the applicable regulations in force at the date of audit.
Every V-Score report, and every product page on this site, is subject to the same scope. A V-Score report is an assessment of planning risk, not legal advice. It is not a substitute for site-specific professional assessment by qualified architects, planning consultants, heritage specialists, viability surveyors or sustainability engineers.
No outcome is guaranteed. A report expresses where an application is exposed, what an officer could write, and what would move the score, not a prediction of what a committee or inspector will decide. The decision remains with the decision-maker.
This mirrors clause 2 of our standard engagement letter, so that what the site says and what the contract says are the same.
Every commission is carried out under our standard engagement letter. Its core terms are:
Fees are fixed and payable on commission. Delivery is within 10 working days from receipt of a complete document set and cleared funds.
Our liability in respect of any commission is capped at the level set out in the engagement letter.
A report is prepared for the commissioning client only. No third party may rely on it without our written agreement.
We maintain strict confidentiality over all submission documents and client details. Nothing is disclosed to any third party.
The full engagement letter is issued with the scope note before any work begins. This page is a summary of its key terms and does not replace it. In the event of any inconsistency, the executed engagement letter prevails.