If you’ve already had your windows and doors altered into double-glazed uPVC without permission, you’ll need a Certificate of lawfulness. Just like our client below.
This property owner in Hounslow is granted a certificate of lawfulness for the proposed replacement of windows from timber windows to white UPVC double-glazed windows.
Check out the drawings of the proposed and approved window schedule.
Call us if you want similar windows and doors! Or call us for free advice about your own case!
After an enforcement notice, we’ve achieved our client in Hackney retrospective permission for the erection of a rear dormer.
What is retrospective permission?
It’s the planning permission granting the Local Authority’s planning approval after the development was already undertaken, whether it was completed or not yet.
Property owners who have undertaken development without planning permission would need to apply for this permission, or else they could face enforcement notices and penalties.
However, within a limited period of time, you can still apply after receiving the enforcement notice. Contact us for advice on what could be done in your case.
The erection of a whole new dwelling house and landscaping with discharge of conditions applications were approved for this property owner in Epping Forest District.
The discharged conditions are:
– Condition 3: Levels.
– Condition 4: Surface water drainage.
– Condition 6: External materials.
– Condition 7: Hard and soft landscaping.
– Condition 8: Details of privacy screen.
– Condition 11: EVP’s.
– Condition 12: Ecological enhancement scheme.
Contact us if you want to discharge conditions of approved permission and planning permissions!
Extensions are one of the most preferable options for property owners to expand their living space. You can always have a room bigger by applying for an extension. It could be a double-storey extension, on the ground and first floor of your dwelling, or just a single one on the ground floor – a rear extension in this case- like the one this property owner in Castle Point applied for.
By adding this extension to the ground floor from the rear side, our client will manage to have a more spacious kitchen and lounge on the ground floor. Check out the drawings to see the difference.
Call us if you want to apply, too, or call for free advice on your case!
This property owner in Hackney wanted to change the activity of his shop, they wanted to turn the ground floor supermarket into a restaurant.
A supermarket is a Class A1 use, while a restaurant is a Class E use, which definitely requires planning to change use.
So, we went on a site survey, drafted the property plan, planned the new ground floor to make it match Class E legal requirements, and applied.
Finally, we received the decision notice from the Planning Local Authority in Hackney, and the application was approved. Now the owner has the right to start their new activity as a restaurant.
Check out the drawings below and contact us to apply for the same or similar proposals.
This property owner in Enfield wanted to expand their living space on the ground and the first floor. So, we planned them a two-storey extension and a single-storey rear infill extension and it was approved.
Alternations
Later on, they wanted to do some alternations to the front bay window together with retrospective front and rear rooflights. All were approved.
Check out the drawings below.
Contact us if you want to plan yours or if you have any queries. We give advice for free.
For this property owner, we have achieved a Lawful Development Certificate for a loft conversion.
The loft conversion; roof extension, provides a whole new loft floor with a 13m bedroom, 7m office, and a 4m bathroom. Check out the drawings below to see the difference made.
We’ve conducted a site survey, drafted existing plans, and created the proposed ones. We applied for a lawful Development Certificate and it got approved by Southend-on-Sea council to which the neighbourhood subordinates.
Lawful Development Certificates is one of the services we provide, contact us for free advice on your case.
Property owners get extensions, whether a rear one or any other because they are looking for expanding their living space. But extensions require planning permission, and here comes our part of the work.
Our client here was looking for a more spacious kitchen on the ground floor. The best solution was to plan an extension to the rear for them.
The process of planning the rear extension
And we did; a site survey was conducted, the existing plans were drawn up, and the proposed ones, as well. We’ve recently received the decision notices and the proposal was approved. Now the client can start the construction process and this has to happen within 3 years from they were granted permission.
When we plan properties, we take a lot of things into account, including the client’s desired outcome, the local authority’s rules, and the council’s potential concerns. Our team works cooperatively to get all of that done in harmony. Thanks to our ex-planning officers, we have the experience to get the job done.
Check our plans for this rear extension below. Contact us if you want free advice on your case. Or apply for your desired development.