RIBA Stages 1-2

Briefing - Feasibility study - Pre-application - Cost plan

The initial stage is all about developing your brief and initial ideas and translating them into a logical document which provides you with critical view on layouts, architectural form and a coherent design narrative for the overall project. We communicate this via sketches, three-dimensional modelling, precedents and finish with recommendations in all aspects.

The stage concludes with a presentation and a copy of feasibility study document. At this point we aim to give you enough to make a considered decision on the design direction for the overall project.

Should the proposals look to push the local planning policy, we would advise submitting a pre-application to the local authority to gain valuable feedback on the likely hood of a later approval. We also review the benefit a separate planning consultant can bring to the project.

Often we direct our clients towards cost consultants at the end of the stage to set budgets and get a feel for how their brief materialises into an early financial form.

As an overview this stage typically includes:

Early brief consultation and development
Production of an A3 feasibility study document
Presentation meeting
Production of pre-application documents
Submission, monitoring and liaison with feedback from local authority.
Cost checks with third party quantity surveyors.

RIBA Stages 1-2 / Concept