Tips regarding Planning Permission
January 19, 2007 by kotoman
1. Eight weeks is the target that most planning offices aim for to arrive at a decision.
2. A little known fact is that you don’t need to own the plot – you can apply for planning consent on any land.
3. If you feel that the result isn’t going to be favourable, you can withdraw you proposal and resubmit it another time without incurring extra costs. You are also not restricted by the amount of proposals you submit.
4. You don’t need to include you nieghbours but it certainly help if you pay a visit to explain your ideas and talk through the plans. The final decision isn’t effected by their objections though.
5. Land with planning permission is worth more than land without. So even if you don’t go ahead with your plans and decide to sell– add this to the valuation.
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Paul, thanks for your sharing of advice on this process. We found it very helpful. On another brief note, we too had used Loftplan to convert our last loft, and were most impressed with their professionalism and efficiency, as long as we still owed them money that is! We had two minor guarantee issues with our conversion which took ages to get attended to. By all measn, have them quote, but make sure you have absolutely everything you need before final payment, and be prepared to be tenacious if any folow up is required! They lose focus on the customer after the final payment is through. This is good general advice when dealing with contractors of course.