Obtaining Planning Permission
You can, of course, apply for planning permission yourself, but unless you have some experience there are many pitfalls.
As the applicant, you must ensure that you abide by the legislation and rules that govern building on land, provide drawings and information about the property to be built and undertake a range of surveys and reports which ensure the land is suitable. Typically the latter includes:
- TPO check and confirmation
- Highways surveys and evaluation
- Arboriculture survey & report
- Air quality report
- Topographical study
- Drainage report
- Environmental flooding data
- Environmental search and graphs
- Mining survey
- Noise study
- Conservation/wild life study
The cost of applications can run into many thousands of pounds and, of course, there is never any certainty of success.