Planning Advice East Yorkshire

I can offer you the following professional services so please get in touch if I can help you with anything: –

• Preparation and submission of formal planning applications – I can project manage your planning application for you, including collaboration with architects and other technical specialists to bring together everything you need to get your application ready for submission.
• Pre-application enquiries – You may have a development idea but are unsure how realistic it is. I can assist with a pre-application enquiry to weigh up the key issues in consultation with the local authority before investing in a full planning application.
• Planning Statements.
• Design & Access Statements.
• Heritage Statements.
• Planning and Development Potential Feasibility – Planning policies are constantly changing. I can help you to understand whether there is scope to develop your land and buildings based on the latest planning policies and national guidance.
• Pre-purchase planning assessments – If you are looking to purchase land and property I can research planning history, key site constraints and development potential prior to acquisition to help better inform your decision.
• Pre-sale value maximisation – If you are looking to sell land and property there may be potential to secure a planning consent to increase value prior to disposal.
• Land Promotion – Periodically, Council’s and local planning authorities require more land to assist with housebuilding and employment etc as they develop and review their Local Plans. I can help you to promote your land for potential future allocation and inclusion within development limits.
• Certificates of Lawfulness (Existing and Proposed) – I can assist with applications to demonstrate that an existing development or use of land etc may be lawful and immune from enforcement action and/or proposed development or use of land may not require planning permission.
• Tied Properties – If you live in or are considering the sale or purchase of a tied property, I can advise if there is potential to vary or remove the tie.
• Planning Appeals – If you have had an application refused and want to consider an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate, I can help and guide you with the process.
• Planning Committees – If you have an application that is being considered by planning committee, I can represent you and outline to committee members why they should support it.
• Objections – If you are impacted by a development proposal and are concerned about the effect on your property, amenity and/or the environment, I can help with the formulation of policy-based objections.
• Development Plan Process – whether you are seeking to promote land and realise development potential or have concerns about the harmful effects of proposed land allocations, I can prepare formal representations on your behalf and represent you at Local Plan Enquiries and Examinations in Public.
• Enforcement – If you have been contacted by a Council Enforcement Team and are unsure what to do, I can liaise with the local authority and formulate a plan of action to address the matter.
• Permitted Development – Whether you are a homeowner, a farmer or other business operator, there are certain types of development that may be classed as permitted development. I can help you with the necessary process and procedures.
• Green / Grey Belt – If you live and/or operate a business in a Green Belt, particular restrictions apply. I can hep you to understand these and explore what might still be possible.
• National Parks and National Landscapes’ – I have experience of preparing and submitting applications to and working with various National Parks. They are important and nationally significant landscapes that must be protected but there is still scope to live and work in them.
• Rural Estates – I have worked with a number of rural estates to assess development prospects, promote land and assets and secure planning permissions;
• Agricultural diversification – I have worked with several farming families to diversify their primary agricultural enterprises, helping to secure housing allocations and consents for traditional building conversions and leisure and tourism.