PLANNING LOOPHOLES

If you get familiar with some of the lesser-known rules, they may just help you get approval for your project

PLANNING CLINIC You may have realised from many of the articles I write on planning consent for Homebuilding & Renovating that I regard much of the planning system in this country as being stacked against the ordinary citizen, who usually just wants to do the right thing by themselves and their community. Yes, of course we need rules, but the problem is that most of the planning rules in the UK are far too complicated, unreasonable or both. And too many of the people making decisions about individual planning applications can sometimes act unreasonably. I don’t say this lightly and it’s not just a theory. Every month in my job as a planning consultant, people come to me for help because they’ve been treated terribly by local councils. Their stories…

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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2024

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