Full Description
The UK Planning Regulations are a minefield for anyone looking to build a new home - and for those who are worried about the impact of a new planning application near their home. Avoid being one of the thousands whose application is turned down - and whose dreams are crushed - by using this book to familiaries yourself with the system and beat it. With a step-by-step guide to every part of the application process and ehaustive coverage of the do's and don'ts, this is an essential guide to securing that first step on the path to building your dream home. And if you're worried about a nearby development, there are easily implimented strategies for preventing planning permission from being granted. From one of the UK's leading planning consultancies, with the very latest on all the new and recent changes to planning law, this is the most comprehensive guide avaliable to manipulating the intricacies of this difficult and controversial area.
Contents
: PART ONE - THE PLANNING SYSTEM
: 1. What planning is and the system
: 2. Is permission required
: 3. Basis for making planning decisions
: 4. The planning application process
: PART TWO - MAKING PLANNING APPLICATIONS
: 5. Before you make your application
: 6. Making a planning application
: 7. Managing your application
: 8. After planning permission is granted
: 9. What to do about unsatisfactory decisions
: PART THREE - PROTECTING YOUR PROPERTY
: 10. Knowing what is happening
: 11. Making objections
: 12. Writing an objection letter or statement
: 13. Mobilising
: 14. After a decision
