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Planning Applications

Our team specialise in guiding projects of all sizes through the planning process

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Navigating the complexities of planning applications can be challenging, but you're in expert hands with Salmon Planning + Architecture. Our dedicated team of chartered planning consultants specialises in guiding projects of all sizes through the planning application process with precision and strategic insight.

Why Choose Salmon Planning + Architecture for Your Planning Application?

  • Proven Planning Track Record: We’ve been advising clients here at Salmon Planning + Architecture for over 25 years. With a robust portfolio of successful planning applications spanning Bristol, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Devon, Cornwall and beyond, our expertise speaks for itself. We pride ourselves in overcoming objections and successfully obtaining planning permission for our clients.
  • Personalised Planning Strategy: Every project begins with understanding your vision and the site's constraints. We craft a bespoke strategy that aligns with local planning policies and your project’s goals, enhancing the likelihood of approval.
  • Comprehensive Support: We provide end-to-end support from initial feasibility studies to submitting your application and liaising with local authorities. Our services include expert architectural design, project co-ordination and navigating legal complexities, ensuring a smooth and efficient process.
  • Professional and authoritative: All of our planning consultants have direct experience of working within Local Planning Authorities, so they understand how decisions are made in practice - giving your project a smoother and more predictable route through the planning system.
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Whether you're extending your home or developing a new residential community, commercial space, or a mixed-use development, the importance of professional planning cannot be overstated. With Salmon Planning + Architecture you gain a partner committed to the success of your project.

How We Make Your Planning Application Stand Out

  • Detailed Site Analysis: Understanding the nuances of your site and its context within the local area is vital. We conduct thorough site analysis and identify potential issues and opportunities from the outset.
  • Strategic Planning Documentation: Our team prepares compelling and comprehensive planning submissions. From detailed site plans and design statements to ensuring all of the relevant supporting assessments are completed, we ensure that every submission is robust and persuasive.
  • Community Engagement: Where necessary, we facilitate community consultations to garner support and address any concerns proactively, strengthening the case for your application.

Navigating the Planning Application Process

The planning application process can be intricate, but we're here to simplify it for you. Here's how we approach it: 
 

  • Initial Consultation: Understanding your project's vision and requirements.
  • Feasibility Study: Assessing the viability and potential challenges of your proposal so you have clear advice about the likelihood of success.
  • Design process: Our Architecture team can prepare all necessary plans from initial sketch proposals through to submission plans.
  • Project co-ordination and Submission: We co-ordinate all the relevant reports and assessments, including those from specialist consultants (ecology, drainage etc), necessary to submit your application 
  • Monitoring and Amendments: We will respond to feedback and make necessary application adjustments
  • Decision: And we'll celebrate your success once approval is granted.

FAQ

Whilst not needed, it is highly recommended. Due to the complexities of the Planning System, employing a chartered planning consultant to submit a high quality, professionally compiled planning application is likely to lead to the best outcome for your application.

With extensive training, knowledge and experience in all aspects of the planning system, a chartered planning consultant is the best option for potentially gaining planning consent. The application will be led by Planning Law and Policy from the outset which will inform the design and scope of the project. A purely design-led process can sometimes lead to serial planning refusals and a lengthier, more expensive process.

Whilst this varies depending on complexity and requirements, Planning Permission can take anywhere from 8 to 13 weeks to obtain on more major developments. Your chartered planning consultant will advise you on the timing of the process according to the scale of your project and your rights of appeal if a Planning Authority delay making a decision.

Fees set by Local Planning Authorities depend on the scale and nature of the proposal. If using a chartered planning consultant, it is wise to ascertain their estimated fees before submission. The initial quote may be exceeded if extra work is involved in monitoring the planning application. Please call Salmon Planning + Architecture for an idea of costs.

No, generally there is no limit to number of Planning Applications that can be made on a site but a Planning Authority can turn away repeated applications of the same scale and character which have previously been refused. It is advisable to contact a chartered planning consultant to ascertain whether it is necessary to make a planning application and whether the application is likely to be successful.

Yes, as long as the correct ownership certificate and notice is served, anyone can apply for Planning Permission on any land. It is advisable to contact a chartered planning consultant if you do not own the land. Should planning permission be granted it may increase the value of the land in question for the owner of the land.

Whilst Full Applications cover all the required details of a proposal, Outline Permission seeks consent to the principle of development only. Depending on whether the Outline Permission sought is an ‘Outline with All Matters Reserved’ or ‘Outline with Some Matters Reserved’ will determine the level of detail submitted as part of the application. 

Pre-application advice is advice given on a proposal prior to any submission. Pre-application advice given by a Local Planning Authority is non-binding, so can be of limited value and is unlikely to advise on whether your scheme optimises the value of the site. It is preferable to seek the advice of a chartered planning consultant to determine the viability of a project.

Pre-application advice is best obtained at the start of a project. However, it is preferable to seek the advice of a chartered planning consultant to advise on the viability of a project in advance so that any pre-application submission is targeted in a way that achieves the best outcome.

Salmon Planning Reviews

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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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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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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’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

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