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First published more than 15 years ago, and now published in a brand-new fully-updated edition, How To Get Planning Permission is the definitive guide to the planning process for homeowners and self builders. It includes: how to dramatically improve your chance of success; how to complete the application to your best advantage; how to overcome objections and refusals; and how to make an appeal if you've already been turned down. This guide is ideal for conversions, extensions, new builds, and improvements.

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Author:   Roy Speer ,  Mike Dade
Publisher:   Ovolo Books
Imprint:   Ovolo Books
Edition:   4th Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781905959204

ISBN 10:   1905959206
Publication Date:   27 October 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

FOREWORD PART 1 PLANNING PERMISSION: THE BACKGROUND 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 permission is needed Lawful Development Certificates Other consents CHAPTER 3 WHO GIVES PLANNING PERMISSION? District councils Parish councils Appeal to the government CHAPTER 4 HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE Role of planning policies Government policy and advice on planning Councils' supplementary planning guidance/documents 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 PART 2 MAKING A PLANNING APPLICATION 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 Types of planning application Planning application forms Planning application fees Plans and drawings Design and access statements Specialist Reports Financial contributions Supporting letter/planning statement Submitting the application CHAPTER 8 THE APPLICATION Registration and acknowledgement Publicity and consultation Contacting the planning officer Overcoming objections Planning officers' report Lobbying councillors Withdrawing applications Planning committee meetings Refusal of planning permission Delegated decision Deferred decision Planning permission Discharging conditions Further action Complaints CHAPTER 9 DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT PLANNING PERMISSION Need for permission Enforcement procedure PART 3 MAKING A PLANNING APPEAL 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 Re-applying to the council Appeal questionnaire Council's statement and letters Site inspection The decision Challenges and complaints Re-submission Hearings PART 4 PLANNING PERMISSION FOR NEW HOMES CHAPTER 13 SITE CONSIDERATIONS Size and shape Topography Flood risk Ground conditions Boundaries Orientation Trees Wildlife 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 PART 5: PLANNING PERMISSION FOR OTHER PURPOSES 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 Garden buildings Garden improvements CHAPTER 21 BUSINESS USES GLOSSARY INDEX AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Roy Speer and Michael Dade are consultants, writers and speakers on planning and land matters. Both are Chartered Planning and Development Surveyors with degrees in Estate Management. They run their own specialist town and country planning practice, Speer Dade Planning Consultants, carrying out a wide range of work throughout the country for their book readers, individuals, builders/developers, landowners, businesses and other organisations. Their consultancy work includes making and advising on planning applications, appeals and enforcement, giving evidence at hearings and public inquiries, carrying out planning potential reports, and a useful, cost-effective advice-by-post service for readers.

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