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by Surveyors: Roy Speer, Michael Dade
Planning permission is the single biggest hurdle for anyone who has acquired
land on which to build a house. This book aims to provide guidance on how to go
about securing planning permission successfully.
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How to Get Planning Permission gives you all the information you will need
on planning permission and using the planning system effectively. With over 80
illustrations, tables and examples, this book tells you:
- How to dramatically increase your chances of success before your application
is even submitted
- When to make full or outline applications
- How to complete application forms and notices to your best advantage
- 9 essential points for writing a supporting letter and 8 common mistakes
to avoid
- What you must include in application plans and drawings
- 8 steps to help your proposal through the application process successfully
- All the ways you can overcome objections and refusals
- 14 vital factors to take into account in applications for new homes
- The critical issues in applications for conversions, extensions, home improvements,
demolition and re-builds, mobile homes, sub-dividing houses, buildings in your
garden, working from home and agricultural dwellings
- How to tell whether an appeal will succeed and the crucial steps to see an
appeal through
- How four families got their planning permissions against the odds
Planning permission is the single biggest hurdle for anyone who has acquired
land on which to build a house, or wants to extend or carry out other building
work on property.
There is never a guarantee that permission will be given and without it no
project can start. Yet the system is not at all user-friendly. There is a bewildering
array of formalities to go through and ever more stringent requirements to satisfy.
Planning permission has never been more difficult to get, nor so sought after
- every year over half-a-million applications are made, and the number is rising.
These trends create a tremendous need for this book, providing as it does clear,
step-by-step guidance on how to go about securing planning permission successfully.
It is written in an accessible style and illustrated throughout with photographs,
drawings and examples.
Comments:
'At last a really useful book on planning for the selfbuilder. It is user-friendly,
and describes how individuals can best set about getting the permission they require
to build the home they want. This is one of the half dozen really essential books
to read if you want to build a new home for yourself.'
Murray Armor, Author 15 editions of Building Your Own Home
'A straight forward, readable guide to getting the best results from the planning
system. You'll be surprised at how little you knew and how much you have to gain.
For builders, developers and keen individuals, it's money well spent.'
Darren Field BSc CTIS, Building professional
'Obtaining planning permission is an essential part of the design process,
especially if architects want to earn their fee. As architects we often pretend
to know the answers, but do we? This book is an essential source of reference
to the architect in private practice.'
George Baxter ARIBA, Chartered Architect, writer and lecturer
'The sort of 'nitty gritty' advice you would normally expect to pay a professional
a considerable sum of money for.' - Build It Magazine
CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS PLANNING PERMISSION?
Full and outline planning permission
Planning application decisions
Planning conditions Planning obligations/agreements
Other permissions
CHAPTER 2 WHEN IS PLANNING PERMISSION NEEDED?
What work needs planning permission
'Permitted development'
Existing planning permission
Finding out whether planning permission is needed
Lawful Development Certificates
Other consents
CHAPTER 3 WHO GIVES PLANNING PERMISSION?
District councils
Parish councils
Appeal to the Secretary of State
CHAPTER 4 HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE?
Role of planning policies
Government policy and advice on planning
Councils' informal planning policy
Effects of special designations
Influence of planning history
Physical factors that affect planning decisions
Factors not relevant to planning
Non-planning considerations that can influence decisions
Constraints on councils
CHAPTER 5 GETTING STARTED
CHAPTER 6 INITIAL PREPARATION
Pre-application meeting with a planning officer
Planning officer's comments
Judging the planning officer's comments
Other pre-application contacts
CHAPTER 7 PREPARING THE PLANNING APPLICATION
Applicant • Address • Agent
Type of application • Full and outline
Reserved matters • Renewal of planning permission
Removing or varying conditions
Address of the application site
Description of the development
Area of the application site
Access and parking • Trees
Existing uses of the site • Drainage
Other questions • Planning application fees
Notices and certificates • Plans and drawings
The covering letter
Submitting the application
CHAPTER 8 THE APPLICATION
Registration and acknowledgement
Publicity and consultation
Contacting the planning officer
Overcoming objections
Planning officers' reports
Lobbying councillors
Withdrawing applications
Planning committee meetings
Refusal of planning permission
Delegated decision
Deferred decisions
Planning permission
Further action
Complaints
CHAPTER 9 DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT PLANNING PERMISSION
Need for permission
Enforcement procedure
CHAPTER 10 FIRST CONSIDERATIONS
Whether to appeal
Methods of appeal
Getting professional help
CHAPTER 11 PREPARING THE APPEAL
Completing the appeal form Appeal statements
CHAPTER 12 CONDUCTING THE APPEAL
Negotiating with the council
Appeal questionnaire and letters
Council's statement • Site inspection
The decision • Challenges and complaints
Resubmission • Informal hearings
CHAPTER 13 SITE CONSIDERATIONS
Size and shape • Topography
Ground conditions • Boundaries
Orientation • Trees
Services • Access
Existing uses • Legal matters
CHAPTER 14 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Planning policy
Planning history
Surrounding area
Neighbours
CHAPTER 15 SPECIAL CASES
Replacement dwellings
Agricultural dwellings
Mobile homes
CHAPTER 16 HOME CONVERSIONS
CHAPTER 17 HOME EXTENSIONS
CHAPTER 18 HOME IMPROVEMENTS
Loft conversions • Porches
Replacement windows and alterations
Cladding and rendering
Re-roofing Painting Balconies
CHAPTER 19 SUB-DIVIDING HOMES
CHAPTER 20 BUILDING IN YOUR GARDEN
Garages
Outbuildings
Garden improvements
Edward and Rose Alexander, Suffolk
Jane Hewett and Tony Arens, Hertfordshire
Tim and Maddy Doherty, Sussex
Jane and Allan Short, Cumbria
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by Surveyors: Roy Speer, Michael Dade
Planning permission is the single biggest hurdle for anyone who has acquired
land on which to build a house. This book aims to provide guidance on how to go
about securing planning permission successfully.
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from Amazon UK |
by Surveyors: Roy Speer, Michael Dade
Finding and buying land can be the most difficult task faced by people who dream
of building a house. Getting it right is the key to the whole process, whilst
getting it wrong can be an expensive disaster. This book deals with the subject.
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by Surveyors: Roy Speer, Michael Dade & other contributors
This reference presents advice on building and converting the home. It gives methods
of finding out land and property costs, as well as construction costs. It also
advises on the best way to work up a realistic budget, and the places to look
for money to fund the project.
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Publisher: Stonepound Books
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