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MX Development PassportThe site by the gasholderIssue 01 · October 2026RIBA 2 · Concept

00issue 01

Development Passport.

One record of the site and its scheme: the evidence, the design, the numbers and the next decision.

The scheme in its district: the designed building and the site, the district drawn in line around them

Issue 01 / The schemeMX-0412 · illustrative

Contents

01what's inside

Everything the next decision needs.

Six parts, each traced to its sources and kept current as the scheme changes. And everything it makes, next.

  • #1

    Site evidence

    Ownership, flood risk, history, heritage, access and ground, read from live sources before anything is drawn.

    5 known · 1 assumed · 1 missing

  • #2

    Planning position

    The policies that apply, the uses and heights they allow, and how the scheme answers each one.

    Mixed use · ≤ 30 m · protected view

  • #3

    Masterplan

    The scenarios tested on the site, the one taken forward and the massing behind it.

    3 scenarios · 412 homes

  • #4

    Compliance record

    Every standard checked, where and against what: space standards, daylight, fire and access.

    All checks ✓ · traceable

  • #5

    Financials

    Quantities, values, costs and residual land value, tied to the coordinated design.

    £96.4m cost · −2 % this issue

  • #6

    Technical packages

    Core, floor plans, daylight, airflow and services, drawn on the same model by the specialists.

    5 studies per building

What you get

02every output

Every output. From one model.

A one-to-one digital twin of the scheme, and everything it makes: explore it, walk every home, watch it run, sell it. Every image, film and number comes from the same model, so they all agree, and they all update when the design does.

Illustrative outputs of a fictional scheme. Drag to look through them, or pick a group.

The scheme

03one model

Every layer. One model.

The land, the plans, the daylight, the air and the services, all drawn on the model the numbers come from.

  • The landThe site read in layers: ownership, flood risk and historic use drawn over a line drawing of the district
  • Floor plansA floor of homes drawn from above, with furniture and door swings
  • DaylightThe sun's path over the building and the sky each window sees
  • AirflowWind lines round the building
  • EnergyThe building's storeys parted, its services drawn through them
  • The schemeThe designed building back in the district, its results carried into the scheme

Illustrative model of a fictional district. A visualisation, not a survey.

The numbers

04scenarios tested

Three scenarios tested. One taken forward.

  • 01 · C3 + E

    Residential-led

    Homes over ground-floor shops

    • 64 homes
    • 1,100 m² commercial
    • Residual land value £3.1m
    • Daylight to 8 in 10 homes
  • 03 · F1 + F2 · taken forward

    Civic and community

    A library and hall, homes above

    • 2,900 m² civic and community
    • 38 homes above
    • Residual land value £1.9m
    • Strongest planning case
  • 02 · E(g)

    Commercial-led

    Workspace around a yard

    • 5,600 m² workspace
    • About 430 jobs
    • Residual land value £2.4m
    • Needs a pre-let to start

Illustrative figures for a fictional site. Use classes as the Use Classes Order (England). Planning decisions remain with the relevant authority.

Track record

05project evidence

Crompton Place, Bolton

Less build area. Same development output.

  • 247 homes retained
  • ~1,500 m² less build area
  • ~£4m estimated cost reduction

Modelled findings, not realised savings.

FAQs

06need help?

Questions

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Is the passport a planning application?

No. It holds the evidence and the scheme behind one, set out so the design team, the planners and the authority can review the same picture. Statutory approvals and professional sign-off stay with the relevant authority and the appointed professionals.

Who is it for?

Landowners, developers, funders, planners and the design team: anyone who needs the same picture of the site before the next decision.

How does it stay current?

It is drawn from the living model. When the design changes, the homes, cost, daylight and compliance figures change with it, and each change is recorded with what it affected.

Where does the evidence come from?

Public data (HM Land Registry, the Environment Agency, Historic England, Ordnance Survey and the local plan) and the specialists working on the scheme. Every figure shows its source and whether it is known, assumed or missing.

What happens after RIBA 2?

The passport carries on through technical design and construction to an in-use record at RIBA 7, so the building's performance can be checked against what was planned. Scope and live-data services are agreed per project.

Start yours

07your site could be next

Bring us a site. We'll start its passport.

Share an address or a boundary. We'll read the land and tell you what it could support.

  • Site evidence
  • Planning position
  • Masterplan
  • Compliance record
  • Financials
  • Technical packages
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