Planning Permission Experts In London

Essentially, a “planning breach” is a violation of planning permission regulation. Usually, a planning breach occurs in one of two instances:

• A development requiring planning permission is undertaken in its absence – because the permission was refused or never sought in the first place
• A development granted planning permission subject to conditions breaks at least one of these conditions

Nonetheless, if you are responsible for a planning breach, the council might allow you to make a retrospective application for planning permission.

If the breach involves a development previously denied planning permission, the council could issue you with an enforcement notice insisting that you revert the site to how it was before.

While the original breach would not be illegal in itself, you would be breaking the law if you disobeyed an enforcement notice – unless an appeal against it has succeeded. If you are served such a notice, we could carry out building work, such as roofing work, to help you to satisfy the notice’s terms.

Once we have agreed the final design of the project with you, we will prepare the planning application and any information needed to support it.

The planning application process tends to take about 8-10 weeks overall. However, even during the wait for the application to be approved, you can keep in touch with our team as we work on other aspects of the building project, such as notifying Building Control and firming up other design details.

These are matters that the local planning authority (LPA) will consider when making a decision on your planning application – though not all matters that can be defined as material considerations will necessarily be taken into account for each scheme. Examples of material considerations include:

• Loss of privacy
• Parking
• Noise
• The building’s layout and density

A house extension would obviously affect the property’s overall layout, while a digging a basement extension could generate a lot of noise.

Given the complexity of planning regulation, there is no simple answer to this question.

Almost all internal works – such as loft conversions – do not need planning permission. However, it can be required for internal works to a listed property or within a conservation area.

An extension can often be completed without planning permission, too – though we urge you to phone us on 0203 409 0115 for guidance concerning when exactly the permission would be needed.