CarveCarve
Se connecterEssayer gratuitement
Skip to main content
Planning permission renders your officer can actually read
For planning applications

Planning permission renders your officer can actually read

Architects preparing residential extension applications use Carve to turn CAD drawings into photorealistic planning portal visuals in under 60 seconds.

Accepts DWG, DXF, PDF sketches, and site photos

Ce qui vous ralentit aujourd'hui

Visualisation studios slow your programme

Outsourcing planning visuals to a studio adds days to your programme. Revision rounds stretch further when the application window is already tight.

5-10 working days typical turnaround

Hand-drawn sketches raise officer queries

Planning officers and neighbours struggle to read flat line drawings. Ambiguous visuals invite objections and requests for further information that delay decisions.

Per-scene fees eat into small-project margins

A single commissioned render for a rear extension or loft conversion can cost several hundred pounds. On a modest residential job, that fee is hard to justify or pass on.

£300-£800 per scene at many studios

Traditional studio vs. Carve

Traditional studio
With Carve
5-10 days per render, depending on studio capacity
First Render ready in under 60 seconds
£300-£800 per scene, revisions billed separately
Around $5 per Render, iterations included
One or two views supplied per commission
Multiple views and 49+ styles in one session
Briefing calls and back-and-forth emails required
Upload your CAD or sketch, adjust in Studio, export

How it works in Carve

01

Upload your drawings

Drop in a DWG export, a scanned sketch, or a site photograph. Carve reads geometry and context without manual tracing.

02

Set style and context

Choose Exterior AI, pick a material palette, and adjust lighting to match the site's aspect. Use Edit & Modify to refine brickwork, glazing, or landscaping detail.

03

Export for the planning portal

Download a high-resolution Render scaled and labelled for your application. Produce additional views or a Style Transfer variant for the design-and-access statement.

<60sAvg time per planning Render
~$5Cost per Render at standard plan
49+Built-in architectural styles

Voyez-le sur une entrée réelle

Massing studyMassing study
Planning visualPlanning visual
Exterior AI

Geometry-accurate Renders from your existing CAD files

Exterior AI preserves the proportions in your drawings so the Render matches what you've designed, not an approximation. Officers can read roof pitch, eaves height, and fenestration clearly. No separate modelling step is needed.

Geometry-accurate Renders from your existing CAD files
Edit & Modify

Revise materials and massing without redrawing

Edit & Modify lets you swap cladding, change window sizes, or adjust the boundary treatment directly inside Studio. Each change produces a fresh Render in seconds. You can address a pre-application comment the same afternoon it arrives.

Revise materials and massing without redrawing
The planning officer's first read of an application is visual. A clear, accurate Render answers the massing question before anyone has to ask it. That alone reduces the back-and-forth.
Principal architect at a residential practice

Produce your next planning visual in under 60 seconds

Open Studio, upload your extension drawings, and have a client-ready Render before your next site visit. No briefing calls, no waiting.

No credit card needed to get started

Questions fréquemment posées

Les Renders Carve sont-ils suffisamment précis pour une demande de permis de construire ?
Oui. Exterior AI lit la géométrie de votre fichier CAO ou croquis importé, de sorte que les proportions, la pente de toiture et les positions des fenêtres reflètent votre conception réelle. Le résultat est un Render photoréaliste adapté à l'inclusion dans un dossier de demande de permis ou une notice de conception et d'accès. Il vous appartient de vérifier que le visuel correspond à vos plans approuvés.

Plus de cas d'usage

Explorez la boîte à outils