Advising on all types of planning applications and appeals including pre-application advice, prior approval applications and certificates of lawfulness.
Our experienced team help clients to evaluate the best means of achieving planning permission across a broad range of project including residential, mixed use, retail, rural, marine and energy.
We advise on the full range of planning applications at project inception including:
Planning appeals
Where the local planning authority refuses, fails to determine the application within the statutory time frames or imposes unacceptable planning conditions, an appeal to secure planning permission may become necessary. This can be made to the Secretary of State and will be dealt with by way of:
Our planning team have substantial experience dealing with all procedures whether as acting for advocates in the appeal, managing the appeal team, or working alongside Counsel from leading planning chambers.
This depends on the type of planning application being appealed.
For the majority of planning applications, the relevant time scale is six months from the date on the decision notice or, where the local authority have not determined the application in time, six months from the expiry of the period which the local authority had to determine the application.
In the case of householder applications, the relevant time frame is generally twelve weeks from the date on the decision notice to appeal.
In the case of advertisement applications, the appeal deadline is usually eight weeks from the date on the decision notice or, where the local authority have not determined the application in time, eight weeks from the expiry of the period which the local authority had to determine the application.
It is crucial that you do not miss the relevant deadline for your appeal and there are important exceptions to the above rules in the context of enforcement. Contact a member of our team for further advice or assistance on any queries relating to planning appeals.
David Richardson
Partner | Head of Planning & Infrastructure Consenting | Joint Head of Public Sector & Government
+44 (0)1392 333745 d.richardson@ashfords.co.uk View more
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