Planning refused
Lynsey Milne
7 years ago
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7 years agoDanielle Garber
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Comments (6)Hi, have you challenged the decision and met with the planner in order to discuss options and the reason for refusal? They will charge you a consultation fee, but it might be well worth your while to speak to them directly and ask for explanation of the refusal on site. You might be able to convince the planning officer to allow your project. Has anyone else on your street done such work?...See MorePoor Pre Planning Advice - Help Us please
Comments (4)As you probably know, the 'Pre-Planning' system has mainly been established to give a formal mechanism for planning departments to charge for advice which had previously been given informally. As architects we have tried to resist this system. Instead, we do a great deal of advance research into local planning guidance and comparable approvals, rejections, and the outcome of planning appeals. Unfortunately the planning system, especially for individual householders who want to do anything that doesn't follow specific conventions, is fraught with problems. Assuming you had an architect or a designer prepare your pre-planning applications, she or he would probably have had a general idea of local planning constraints and be looking for confirmation of more specific or unusual aspects. For the pre-application system to work, they would have had to provide quite a lot of detailed and contextual information, and the planner would have needed to spend quite a bit of time checking and analysing it. Even if that were the case (and it rarely is), the pre-planning advice won't necessarily be accepted when the full application is considered. In addition, some elements, such as neighbours' objections, are beyond the planners' control. You can always formally appeal against the planners' rejection, but if your proposals go against clear local planning guidance, you'd need very strong arguments to persuade a planning inspector to overturn the local planners' rejection....See MoreOur cottage is in a conservation area.Not listed
Comments (16)Good luck with the build. What a nightmarish time you've been through with the planning. It is so difficult to deal with local conservation officers at times. I had one tell me that I had to specify steel rooflights for a project in Liverpool, which is an area that is almost entirely considered a marine environment. On the home page for each of the 3 rooflight companies this conservation officer told me I had to specify it said very prominently that their products were not suitable for a marine environment! I told the officer that we would use them as long as the council would guarantee the product as the manufacturers would not in this area. They grudgingly accepted that we could use a conservation velux rooflight. They then tried to insist on various other details related to the rooflights, which I argued against on the grounds of health and safety and they had to back down. Heritage architecture is tricky and a minefield of personal preferences and subjective decisions. It definitely takes patience to get through a project on a listed building or a conservation area building, or even a building that is in the context of a listed building. Not sure why but something in me loves that challenge, which is why I specialise in these types of buildings!...See MoreHelp with ground floor layout.
Comments (3)It might help to post the original layout and what your aims/needs/dreams are with the renovation so the wonderful community here can provide feedback. The plan you have posted seems to work well - the kitchen and dining space are well connected, with the dining having enough space to travel around. The living is spacious but not 'in the kitchen' so it's able to provide a restful space away from anything happening in the kitchen. A full utility /mudroom with storage. An office that is able to provide a space away from the rest of the function areas, especially useful when WFH is needed. Enough WC's in places that don't open out into living areas. All in all, seems well thought out!...See MoreLynsey Milne
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