Professional UK Elevation Design Services

Clear, Accurate Elevations That Support Planning and Construction

COMET Estimating provides professional elevation drawing services for construction projects across the UK. We prepare accurate front, side, and rear elevation views that clearly show building heights, levels, and external architectural features.

Each elevation is carefully coordinated with floor plans, selected materials, and local authority planning requirements. Our drawings clearly present finishes, openings, and critical dimensions, helping you submit strong planning applications, gain approvals faster, and move forward with construction clarity

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Elevation Design Support for UK Builders

Accurate External Drawings That Strengthen Planning and Construction

Accurate elevation drawings are essential before submitting for planning approval or starting work on site. Our elevation design services deliver fully coordinated external views that align precisely with your floor plans, roof layouts, and site levels. We clearly show building heights, window and door positions, roof pitches, and material finishes to ensure full design clarity.

You receive complete four-elevation drawing sets prepared for planning officers, design reviews, and contractor use. By paying close attention to site levels, boundary conditions, and architectural details, our drawings reflect how the building will appear in reality. This reduces on site guesswork, limits redesign, and supports smoother construction progress.

OUR CORE DESIGN SOLUTIONS

Our Elevation Drawing Services

COMET Estimating produces precise elevation drawings for UK projects of all sizes. You see every external face with accurate heights, levels, materials, and architectural details. These drawings support planning submissions, client approvals, and contractor pricing.

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Front Elevation Drawings

You receive detailed front views showing main entrances, windows, roofs, cladding, and key architectural features. Each elevation is fully coordinated with your floor plans and local authority expectations.
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Rear Elevation Drawings

We prepare rear elevations showing windows, doors, gardens, balconies, patios, external steps, and service areas. These help you plan drainage, access, and rear façades accurately.
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Side Elevation Drawings

You get left and right side views with full heights, offsets, and relationships to boundaries and neighbouring properties. These drawings support overshadowing reviews, privacy checks, and context assessments.
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Architectural Elevations

For both residential and commercial schemes, we produce complete elevation sets that show materials, textures, and key design lines. These are ideal for planning drawings and design presentations.
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Structural Elevations

We provide structural elevation views for framed walls, openings, bracing, and structural grids. These support structural coordination and MEP integration.
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Custom and Multi Storey Elevations

You send sketches or design concepts; we return layered elevation drawings suitable for revisions, 3D integration, or fabrication detailing. Ideal for complex or bespoke façades.

Key benefits of our elevation design in the UK

How Your Projects Gain Value from COMET Elevation Design

Our UK elevation design service captures your building’s true appearance before construction begins. You receive four coordinated views that align with your plans and sections, helping you secure approvals and deliver a clean, well finished façade.

Stronger Planning Approval Outcomes

Clear and complete elevation drawings show rooflines, building heights, massing, and material finishes accurately. Planning officers can clearly understand what is proposed, reducing questions and minimising the need for resubmissions.

Reduced Material Ordering Errors

Brickwork, render, cladding, windows, and trims are clearly defined on the drawings. This allows suppliers to price accurately and installers to order correct quantities, cutting waste and unnecessary returns.

Improved On Site Coordination

Front, side, and rear elevations are fully aligned with floor plans and sections. Trades such as joiners, bricklayers, and roofers work from one consistent and coordinated set of drawings.

Cleaner, More Professional Building Exteriors

Façade details such as stonework, feature bands, window proportions, and finishes are drawn precisely. The completed building reflects the approved design rather than site-based assumptions.

Faster Client Approval and Sign-Off

Complete elevation sets help clients visualise the finished building clearly before construction begins. Early understanding leads to quicker approvals, allowing projects to move confidently into tender and construction stages.

How we Work

Our Elevation Design Workflow

Our elevation design workflow is simple, accurate, and aligned with UK planning and construction requirements. Every elevation is carefully coordinated with your floor plans, sections, and site information to ensure consistency and clarity.

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Submit Your Plans

Share your floor plans, sections, and site details. We review storey heights, levels, materials, and any specific design considerations to understand your requirements fully.

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Receive a Transparent Quotation

We provide a clear quotation outlining the number of elevations, scale, scope, and turnaround time. Pricing is fixed and transparent, with no hidden costs.

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Approval and Design Start

Once approved, we prepare your elevation set. Roof pitches, window and door positions, and material finishes are drawn accurately to reflect your design intent.

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Receive Your Complete Elevation Pack

You receive a full elevation package in PDF and CAD formats, ready for planning submissions, tender documentation, and on-site use. Drawings are clear at full scale and easy to review on screen.

ELEVATION – CLIENTS WE WORK WITH

Residential Builders

Use front and side elevations to guide façades, window layouts, and roof construction.

Custom Home Designers

Show clients exactly how each elevation will look before construction begins.

Architects

Rely on coordinated elevation sets that align with plans and sections for design review and planning applications.

Developers

Review building appearance, streetscape impact, and material choices before marketing and sales launches.

General Contractors

Coordinate trades using elevations for heights, openings, feature lines, and finish details.

Bricklayers & Masonry Contractors

Lay brick, stone, and blockwork using clear callouts, coursing, and setting out references.

Roofing Contractors

Plan roof pitches, eaves, verges, and roof junctions from accurate elevation views.

Façade and Cladding Contractors

Install cladding, rainscreen, and panel systems using precise external drawings.

Planning Consultants

Submit elevation packages that address local authority expectations and common planning queries.

Landscape Designers

Align planting, boundary walls, and levels with the building faces shown on elevation sheets.

A PARTNER YOU CAN RELY ON

Why Contractors Prefer COMET Estimating for Reliable Elevation Drawings

UK contractors and designers choose COMET Estimating because we supply elevation drawings that are accurate, clear, and ready for both planning and construction. Our work reduces uncertainty, avoids rework, and supports smoother delivery on site.

Project specific elevation design

We do not use generic templates. Every elevation is drawn to match your plans, site levels, and chosen materials, so the building on site reflects the design on paper.

Reduced material waste and rework

Clear dimensions and material callouts mean fewer ordering errors and less cutting or adjustment on site. Façades are built right the first time.

Support for planning and tendering

Full elevation sets strengthen your planning submissions and help estimators price external works accurately.

READY TO GET STARTED?

Share Your Floor Plans and Get Elevations Ready for Planning

Upload your floor plans and site details to receive a full set of elevations with heights, materials, and key features clearly shown. Our accurate sheets help you to Secure planning permission more smoothly. Provide site teams with information that is easy to see. Show clients and stakeholders a well-designed project.

UNDERSTANDING THE RISKS

How Poor Elevation Drawings Put Contractors at High Risk Before Approval

Weak or incomplete elevation drawings expose projects to significant planning and construction risks. Incorrect heights, missing materials, and poorly aligned views can lead to rejections, delays, and costly on site changes before façade work even begins.

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Stronger Bids, Faster Approvals

Get accurate estimates that improve your bid quality and help you secure more projects with confidence.

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ABOUT OUR APPROACH

Objectives of Our Elevation Design Services

Our approach is centred on producing precise, coordinated elevation drawings that reflect the true appearance and buildability of your project. We focus on clarity, consistency, and practical use on site.
Our Elevation Mission

To deliver elevation sheets that are ready for planning and construction, showing accurate heights, rooflines, openings, materials, and key details. We want builders, designers, and clients to see exactly what will be constructed, with no ambiguity.

Our Elevation Vision

To build long term partnerships by providing reliable elevation packages throughout design and construction. Success means clear, well scaled drawings that planning officers approve and site teams trust.

Question Answer

Frequently Asked Questions

Our standard packages include four primary elevations (front, rear, left, and right) showing heights, rooflines, window and door positions, materials, and key architectural details. Additional context or sectional elevations can be added if required.

Typical domestic or small commercial schemes are delivered within 1–3 working days of receipt of information. Larger or more complex façades can be turned around quickly by agreement, and urgent projects can be prioritised where possible.
Yes. Provide reference images, sketches, or product details for items such as stone banding, feature brickwork, bay windows, balconies, or canopies, and we will represent them clearly on the elevations.
Yes. Elevations are produced directly from your plans and checked against storey heights and key dimensions. This ensures levels, openings, and rooflines are properly aligned across all drawings.
We typically use UK standard scales such as 1:50 or 1:100, depending on the size of the building and drawing sheet. Scale is clearly shown on each sheet and set to print correctly at A1 or A3.
We label each floor level clearly and show key vertical dimensions between storeys, parapets, and ridge heights. Complex façades are broken down logically so builders and planners can understand them easily.
Yes. Where information is provided, we can show indicative planting, boundary walls, retaining walls, and ground levels against the building. This often supports planning submissions by showing how the building sits within the site.
Absolutely. We prepare drawings with clear linework, annotations, and material indications suitable for submission to local planning authorities as part of your application pack.
You benefit from coordinated, accurate, and presentation ready elevations backed by experience across hundreds of UK projects. Our drawings support planning, pricing, and construction, reducing the risk of rework and delay.
Each elevation set is checked against your plans, sections, and key dimensions. We review levels, rooflines, and opening positions before issuing final files, so the information is consistent across all drawings.

Testimonials Client

Our Clients Trust Our Elevation Drawings

We produce elevation drawings that capture the exact look and feel of each building. Four view sets with clear materials, heights, and details give clients, planners, and contractors full confidence in the design.

“The front elevation captured our stone and brick detailing perfectly. Everything aligned with the floor plans, so framing on site was straightforward.”

Davie Matheson
Paul Anderson Home Builder

“The multi storey elevations were set out clearly, with roof pitches and heights marked. Our planning application was approved on the first submission.”

Michael
Jennifer Hayes Architect

“Bespoke trim and window details were shown exactly as the client wanted. Large format prints were crisp and easy for building control to review.”

Dave
Chris Morgan Developer, Manchester

“Including landscaping and levels on the elevations gave the council a complete picture. Roofers followed the drawings without a single query.”

Sam
Laura Bennett Main Contractor, Bristol

“Side elevations highlighted window positions we needed to adjust before submitting. The full elevation package sped up our entire approval process.”

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Steve Walsh Project Manager, Leeds

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Confident About Showing Your Building’s Exact Look?

You need clear elevation views before you apply for planning or start on site. COMET Estimating prepares precise elevation drawings with clearly defined heights, materials, and features. You gain planning confidence. Your crews build from accurate information. Your design is presented exactly as intended.