More than beautiful images
3D Visualisations for Public Bodies & Local Authorities
The Ruby Cube helps public bodies communicate planning decisions, green infrastructure investments, and environmental programmes clearly to councillors, residents, and central government, through visualisation that is accurate, accessible, and ready for committee, consultation, or publication.
3D Visualisations for Public Bodies & Local Authorities
Local authorities, combined authorities, and other public bodies are central to delivering biodiversity net gain, climate adaptation, and green infrastructure commitments — often while managing limited budgets, competing priorities, and public scrutiny.
assessment-ready visualisation for planning
promotional and consultation visualisations
procurement-friendly & budget-conscious
Supporting BNG Delivery in Local Authority Areas
Local planning authorities are responsible for assessing biodiversity net gain submissions and, in some cases, delivering BNG on council-owned land or through local nature recovery initiatives. We support both functions: producing assessment-ready visualisation for planning teams reviewing developer submissions, and producing promotional and consultation visualisation for council-led habitat creation projects.
For Planning & Development Management Teams
We can produce independent visualisation to help planning officers verify or contextualise visuals submitted by applicants, and produce committee-ready summary imagery that translates technical Biodiversity Gain Plan data into accessible visuals.
For Council-Owned Land & Estates Teams
Where councils are creating habitat on their own landholdings — for BNG offsetting, carbon programmes, or amenity improvement — we produce the same renders, animations, and virtual tours used by private habitat bank operators, supporting both internal decision-making and public communication.
Ready to Visualise your Project?
Get in touch by sending our contact form, or call 0203 286 7661 to discuss your brief.
Where Visualisation Supports Public Body Decision-Making
Planning Committee Presentations
Planning committees assess applications involving biodiversity net gain, green infrastructure, and landscape change — often without ecological expertise. Clear visualisation helps elected members understand what is being proposed, what the baseline condition is, and what the post-development outcome will look like, supporting more confident and defensible decisions.
• Before-and-after renders for BNG-related planning applications
• Visual summaries for committee reports
• Aerial context renders showing development within landscape setting
Green Infrastructure & Public Realm Investment
Councils investing in parks, green corridors, sustainable drainage, tree planting programmes, and urban greening need to demonstrate value to residents and to central government funding bodies.
Renders and animations of proposed green infrastructure schemes support funding bids (Levelling Up, UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and successor programmes) and build public support.
Public Consultation
Statutory consultation requirements for major projects — local plans, masterplans, green space strategies — benefit from visualisation that residents can engage with meaningfully.
A virtual tour or render of a proposed park, nature reserve, or BNG habitat bank generates more substantive consultation responses than a site plan alone.
• Virtual tours for online consultation portals
• Exhibition-ready renders and animations for public events
• Accessible imagery for residents without technical planning knowledge
Why Public Bodies Choose The Ruby Cube
Procurement-Friendly & Budget-Conscious
We understand public sector budget cycles and procurement requirements. Our scoping process is transparent, with clear cost estimates provided before work begins, and we're happy to discuss framework or call-off arrangements for authorities with ongoing visualisation needs.
Accessible to Non-Specialist Audiences
Our imagery is designed to communicate to councillors, residents, and journalists — not just planning professionals. We can produce plain-English explainer content alongside technical visualisation where needed.
Politically Neutral, Evidence-Based Imagery
All our visualisation is grounded in actual data — LiDAR terrain, habitat surveys, design drawings. We don't produce promotional imagery that overstates outcomes; our work is designed to withstand scrutiny from opposition members, the press, and the public.
FAQs
Can imagery be used in committee reports and published agendas?
Yes — all imagery is supplied with full usage rights for council reporting, agendas, consultation documents, and press use.
Do you offer reduced rates for multiple projects across a council area?
We're happy to discuss volume arrangements for authorities with multiple sites or an ongoing programme of green infrastructure and BNG visualisation needs.
Can you turn around visualisation quickly for committee deadlines?
We work to committee timetables wherever possible — let us know your deadline at brief stage and we'll confirm whether an expedited turnaround is achievable for your project.
What our clients say
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Whether you have a detailed brief or just an early idea, we offer a free 20-minute scoping call to talk through your project, the formats that will work best, and what we need from you to get started.
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