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Permitted Development

We help clients understand and leverage these legal rights to their fullest potential

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Our team of chartered planning consultants provides expert guidance on the scope of permitted development rights, ensuring your project complies with all necessary regulations while maximising its development potential.

What Are The Advantages of Permitted Development?

  • Speed/Efficiency: Where viable, permitted development rights bypass many planning policies and regulations, allowing for quicker project commencement and completion.
  • Cost-Effective: Reduce the necessity for extensive consultants' reports which can significantly lower project costs and administrative burdens and speed up decision making.
  • Value Adding: Utilising permitted development rights effectively can considerably enhance the value and utility of your property and is invaluable in providing a 'fall-back' position in controversial development proposals.
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Our Expert Services in Permitted Development

  • Feasibility Assessments: We conduct thorough evaluations to determine if your project qualifies as permitted development under the latest and continually changing national regulations. 
  • Design and Planning: In conjunction with our expert planning consultants, our team of highly skilled and experienced in-house architects will design your project within the parameters of permitted development rights, ensuring optimal use of space and compliance.
  • Application and Notification Process: While permitted development often does not necessitate a complete planning application, specific processes, such as prior approval or notification, may be necessary. We manage these submissions on your behalf, ensuring everything is in order.
  • Advice on Restrictions: We provide clear guidance on the limitations and conditions associated with permitted development rights, helping you navigate potential pitfalls effectively.

Maximise Your Development Opportunities

Understanding the nuances of permitted development rights can unlock significant potential for your property and provide leverage in negotiations with local planning authorities. Whether you're considering changes of use, conversions, or other alterations (including extensions), Salmon Planning + Architecture are here to provide the expertise and support you need. Our strategic approach ensures that your development not only complies with the necessary regulations but also achieves your vision and adds value to your property.

FAQ

Permitted Development Rights are the rights to carry out certain types of work without needing to apply for Planning Permission. Determining where Permitted Development rights apply can be complex. A chartered planning consultant will help you find your way through this process.

A Certificate of Lawfulness is a formal confirmation issued by the Local Planning Authority that on the date of issuing, ratify that the use of the land or development is lawful. It is a valuable document as it can provide leverage for a more complex planning proposal.

An Existing Lawful Development Certificate is also an important document which relates to works already carried out, whereas a Proposed Lawful Development Certificate relates to works proposed in the future.

It is advisable that a Certificate of Lawful Proposed Works is obtained. This will offer both confirmation that the works are lawful as Permitted Development and provide legal documentation for clarification should the property be sold in the future. A chartered planning consultant can guide you through this process.

Yes. Permitted Development Rights can be removed as a result of conditions imposed on the granting of Planning Permission. These conditions can remove any and all Permitted Development rights. In some geographic locations certain categories of Permitted Development can be removed under Article 4 Direction. It is advisable to seek the advice of a chartered planning consultant should this occur.

Permitted Development allows for certain types of works to be carried out without the need for Planning Permission. Planning Permission is required for all other works. A chartered planning consultant will be able to distinguish whether Permitted Development will be appropriate or whether a full planning application is required.

All works on buildings and changes of use need to be assessed against the General Permitted Development Order. This will inform whether a proposal needs Planning Permission. It is advisable to speak to a chartered planning consultant who will be able to give further advice as to whether a proposal is likely to be categorised as Permitted Development and whether a Certificate of Lawfulness application is appropriate.

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I’ve been using Dan Foster and his team for over 2 years now on my property developments, the level of service, support, and professionalism of each member forever seems to impress! They have saved me many times, highlighting (potentially expensive) issues I had missed and always listen to my ideas and questions with great patience . I cannot recommend this company more highly , if you need reliable advice/designs from a team for your projects definitely give Salmon Planning a call. They will tell you everything in black and white and explain all you need to know regarding the complete planning process from start to finish.

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Owen Robinson

Owen Robinson

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I was very pleased with the services and advice provided by Salmon Planning. I also thought the in-house architecture / drawing service worked well - saving costs, time and generally making things far more efficient. We managed to easily secure consent for something that I thought might be fraught with issues. Nigel is also very well informed on local / Somerset matters. Highly recommend!

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Peter Prescott

Peter Prescott

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We worked with Dan and Matt at Salmon Planning Company to secure planning permission for a double garage, workshop, and gym/yoga room. From start to finish, they were incredibly professional, knowledgeable, and easy to work with. Their advice on both the planning and design stages was excellent, and they made the whole process smooth and stress-free. Highly recommend their services!

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Simon Banks

Simon Banks

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Prompt, professional and client-focused. Would highly recommend Salmon Planning, thank you!

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Salmon Planning have secured planning permission for me for both holiday lodges and a new build pub and restaurant as well as for a new dwelling. The Salmon Planning team’s skill at handling complex planning applications and securing successful outcomes has been excellent. I would happily recommend their planning and architectural design teams.

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Mike

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I have found Salmon Planning to be a well-run, professional planning company who have always strived to go above and beyond to help their clients achieve their objectives.I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to anyone.

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Aoife Dick

Aoife Dick

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Excellent end-to-end experience and advice for our listed property in Brighton. Would highly recommend

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Richard Dutton

Richard Dutton

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We had the pleasure of working with Matt and Dan from Salmon planning recently. They dealt with our planning application for a wrap around kitchen extension from idea to submission. They listened and came up with very helpful input. They are a useful mix of knowledgeable, practical and creative. They made the process straightforward, seamless and enjoyable. They dealt with all the laborious paperwork and liaised with other relevant bodies, leaving us to just contribute to the ideas and design. They are both extremely amiable and a pleasure to deal with. The process was affordable and I feel I got great value for money. Use them, you will be pleased you did.

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Shona Perkins

Shona Perkins

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The Salmon Planning Team assisted me with an assessment of development potential in the Conservation Area of a rural Oxfordshire village. The advice I received was extremely helpful both in its decisiveness and clarity and backed up by a very useful written report. I would be happy to recommend the company for those looking for a very experienced and professional planning-led team. I wish I had contacted a planning-led architectural firm first off rather than having expensive plans drawn up by an architect and then refused by the Local Authority! It would have been a much cheaper exercise.

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Jane Thomas

Jane Thomas

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I was extremely pleased by the service provided by Dan Foster at Salmon Planning Company. He provided advice in relation to securing planning approval for the conversion of a barn to a residential annexe, leading to a swift and successful outcome. His advice was timely, thorough and well reasoned and his effective communication with the planning authority led to an outcome which would not otherwise have been likely. The support provided proved to be money well spent.

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Paul Wiseman

Paul Wiseman

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It has been a real pleasure working with Matt and the team at Salmon Planning + Architecture. Throughout the process they have been consistently professional, prompt to respond, and genuinely helpful at every stage. A great team to work with, which I wouldn't hesitate to recommend.

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Christopher Davies

Christopher Davies

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Excellent all round service from Nigel and his knowledgeable and experienced team. I have recommended them to many people in the past and will continue to do so in the future as they listen, understand and work with clients to deliver achievable results.

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Alex Keevil

Alex Keevil

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I regularly contact Nigel Salmon for information and advice. He, and his colleagues, are always friendly and rapidly provide excellent advice and services. As a Chartered Surveyor myself, I appreciate the professionalism of this firm.

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Roderick Thomas

Roderick Thomas

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Dan and the rest of his team at Salmon Planning were consumate professionals, dealing with every aspect of a sensitive, high profile, listed, town centre development, in a conservation area. Always available for every question I had … and I had a lot.I would, without a doubt ,call upon them for any future planning projects and would have no reservation whatsoever in recommending. Unquestionably 5 star - thank you.

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