Expertise

Connected disciplines. One development strategy.

Planning, commercial viability and architectural design aligned around the outcomes that matter.

Development lifecycle

Advice at every decisive stage.

Senior planning, development and design specialists work as one team, keeping commercial objectives, evidence and delivery aligned from the outset.

Stage 01

Assess the opportunity

Establish what the site can support before major cost is committed.

Discuss this stage
  • Site and market assessment
  • Planning policy review
  • Constraints and opportunities
  • Initial viability testing

RCA expertise

Planning

Wide-ranging advice for residential, commercial, energy, leisure and community-led schemes.

Discuss your requirements
  • Applications, objections and appeals
  • Strategic land and policy promotion
  • Section 106, CIL and affordable housing
  • Expert witness and project management

RCA expertise

Development & viability

Early commercial advice that keeps proposals viable, fundable and implementable.

Discuss your requirements
  • Financial viability and development appraisals
  • Market and options assessments
  • Red Book valuations
  • Grant funding and delivery advice

RCA expertise

Architecture

Design expertise integrated with planning and development from the outset.

Discuss your requirements
  • Briefing and exploration
  • Concept and capacity proposals
  • Planning design packages
  • Principal Designer role

Why partner with RCA

Integrated thinking. Clear accountability.

One coordinated team brings the right disciplines together, gives clients direct access to senior specialists and keeps advice focused on a deliverable outcome.

Commercially grounded

Planning and design advice tested against viability, value and a realistic delivery route.

Senior people involved

Direct access to accountable specialists who understand the brief and stay close to the work.

Evidence led

Recommendations shaped by policy, market data, development appraisal and project evidence.

Unsure where your project should start?

Ask an RCA specialist