Salmon Planning Company
Planning Consultants & Architects

The recently published statement on land supply in Bath and North East Somerset will present new opportunities for applicants and landowners seeking planning permission for housing in locations which are or can be made sustainable.

On 21 May 2025, important regulatory changes to Class Q Permitted Development Rights came into effect.  What are the new Class Q regulations? These reforms provide fresh opportunities – but also new considerations – for landowners and farmers looking to convert agricultural buildings into residential use without full planning permission.

When it comes to preparing a planning application with the best chance of achieving a successful outcome, one of the most underrated and crucial steps is canvassing neighbours and your local community before submitting the application.

The Government's revisions to the Planning Policy Framework open up significant new opportunities for farmers and rural landowners.

Securing planning permission is an increasingly complex and daunting process - especially when it involves navigating ever-changing local policies, planning law and design expectations. One of the most common questions we are asked at Salmon Planning is: “Should I employ a planning consultant or an architect to get planning permission?”

Planning appeal win for development on an edge of village greenfield site in East Somerset

Salmon Planning wins appeal in Somerset challenging a raft of unjustified conditions and for Council to pay the clients' costs.

The planning system can be daunting. Our new FAQs are designed to give you answers to the most common planning questions.

Don't be despondent if your planning application is refused. We are already celebrating four Planning Appeal wins so far in 2025!

A Lawful Development Certificate is a legal document confirming that a proposed or existing development is lawful in planning terms.

Planning Application Fees are set to rise dramatically from 1st April 2025 - some by as much as 105%.

The government has long promoted the role of pre-application advice. But is it worth it? We discuss.

Mandatory house building targets are the headline announcement in the long-awaited revised National Planning Policy Framework.

Salmon Planning secures approval for farmhouse for Wiltshire alpaca farmer after fifteen years of thwarted planning appeals

Dean Titchener joins Salmon Planning.

If your application has been refused, whether it relates to Planning Permission, Listed Building Consent or one of the many other applicatio