frequently asked questions

Obtaining planning permission can be stressful, confusing and complicated specialist planning advice is often required to help navigate the way through the planning system. We have more than 25 years of experience in negotiating and obtaining planning permission. With our client centred imaginative approach, we are ideally placed to represent your interests by opening the doors to your development and raising the value of land or property holdings.

It usually takes 8 weeks for decision making on standard applications and 13 weeks for major developments.

Full planning permission is valid for three years after which it must be renewed.

Increasing pressure to boost the supply of housing has resulted in greater flexibility for new housing on various types of land including garden land. Obtaining planning permission would be dependent on the individual circumstances of the case. Our role is to make sure that the individual circumstances work in your favour.

Yes, planning departments offer pre-application advice for which they charge a fee dependent on the size of the proposal.

One of the central roles of our practice is to identify and realise development value. We do so by highlighting constraints and opportunities and by providing feasibility studies with clear options and recommendations.

If planning permission is refused or if a decision is not made within the required 8 or 13 week application period you have a right to appeal. We have considerable experience of successfully appealing adverse decisions by providing written representations, appearing at hearings and acting as expert witnesses in public enquiries.