Planning Permission Tips for Home and House Extensions

To be able to build a house extension successfully most home owners require formal Planning Permission rather than utilising the sites limited Permitted Development Allowances (PD). In order to be successful in obtaining a suitable Planning Approval it is vital that your home extension scheme can be supported by the Case Planning Officer.

Here are some of our suggestions that you may want to consider before presenting your house extension design for Planning Permission.

Read through the issues to understand what is suitable under Planning. Remember that Planning assessment is more of a subjective art than a science but here are our tips for obtaining a planning approval at the first attempt.

Not all home extension schemes will be approved. Some will be refused for a variety of reasons from neighbour implications to external appearance.

Many home owners will make mistakes during the build by deviating from the approved plans to building a house extension without the proper planning consents in place. Many such breaches of planning control will end up in enforcement action.

Therefore, simply understanding the Planning process can assist you in avoiding such planning refusals or enforcement action. Always remember that the Planning Department has a multi-customer role which is to consider not only your building scheme but its effect upon neighbours and the local character of the area. Just because you are paying a fee does not make you the number one priority in the Planning process.

We hope you find this section very interesting and enlightening. If you have any suggestions of your own please do let us know.

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