Serving Manchester · Online
Arkiplan is an online architectural design service for Manchester homeowners — the practical alternative to a traditional high-street architect. Planning drawings, building regs and structural work, designed with you over video and delivered at a fixed price.
All free, all online, all in about a minute — no obligation and no card needed.
Book an intro callGreater Manchester’s dense terraced streets and growing suburbs make rear extensions, dormer loft conversions and open-plan through-lounges some of the most popular projects we draw.
One thing to know: each Greater Manchester borough is its own planning authority, so the right council depends on exactly where you live. We make sure your application reaches the correct one.
Whatever your project, it is designed and submitted the same simple way — from wherever you are.
Yes. Arkiplan is an online architectural design service working across England and Wales, including Manchester and the surrounding area. Your design is done over video, with a single 3D Home Scan of your property.
Your application goes to Manchester City Council or your specific Greater Manchester authority — Salford, Trafford, Stockport, Tameside and the rest each run their own. We submit to the right one.
It depends on the size and your property. Many single-storey rear extensions are permitted development, but rules are applied by your specific Greater Manchester borough, and some areas are conservation areas. We confirm exactly which route applies to your address before drawing anything.
We arrange one 3D Home Scan of your property to capture it accurately. Everything after that — design calls, drawings and submission — is handled remotely, so you do not need to take time off for office visits.
The route in is a Price confirmed in your proposal Deep Dive with Dave, credited in full against your design package if you go ahead. Your fixed price — with no percentage-of-build-cost fees — is tailored to your project and confirmed in writing after your Deep Dive.
Yes — we produce building regulations drawings and coordinate structural calculations to England standards, and submit to building control on your behalf.
A Price confirmed in your proposal Deep Dive with Dave comes first, credited in full against your design package if you go ahead — then a fixed price tailored to your project, confirmed in writing afterwards, with the planning route confirmed for your address.
All free, all online, all in about a minute — no obligation and no card needed.
Book an intro callThis page is general information, not planning advice. Permitted development and planning rules depend on your specific property and local authority and can change. We confirm the current position for your address as part of every project.