One of the visual resources which our clients and ourselves alike, find useful, is Pinterest. Much like searching for images using Google, you can do the same using Pinterest, with the addition of some intuitive features that are well suited to forming ideas.
I am often asked what benefits a dedicated planning consultant adds to the process of achieving consent for new development. We do not design buildings like an architect and we are not engineers, like a highway consultant or an ecologist, yet we add an additional level of experience to a project.
Additional information will arise in future articles, particularly concerning planning and building regulations, but for now we’re going to provide a broad overview of some of the statutory and legal duties which may apply to your building project.
This article is going to be the first in a series, in which we begin to delve into the process, right from sitting at home with an initial idea and instigating early discussions
It’s an issue that is frequently overlooked but the ‘right to light’ is a crucial piece of legislation that may scupper a bid to build an extension to a property. It’s a subject that’s often overlooked when planning to build an extension to a house but