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Although we have managed to create one or two new dwellings in the past without ever seeking or needing to obtain planning permission; the grant of 'Full Planning Permission' is effectively always required before any work on a new dwelling can legally start on site.  Depending upon the individual circumstances; you may also require a separate 'Demolition Permission' if the project or development involves the removal of an existing building and/or 'Listed Building' consent if it is proposed to build within the 'grounds' of a 'Listed Building'.

New or renew; amend and/or replace an existing planning approval!

It is impossible to quickly and easily summarise everything that should come into consideration as part of the planning application process but; irrespective of whether there is a valid 'Outline Planning Permission' in existence awaiting an application for the 'Approval of Reserved Matters'; an existing 'Detailed Planning Permission' that doesn't meet your requirements or no planning permission at all; 'Full Planning Permission' is required before any work can legally start on site.  If you don't already have, or seemingly can't get, full planning permission to build the house or development that you want to build; that is something which we will happily undertake and deal with for you!

• Obviously there are all sorts of things that can affect the viability of your proposals as far as gaining detailed planning permission is concerned; we have mentioned quite a few in the context of your design options and the feasibility of your proposals ~ if you haven't already looked at the page; you may find it worthwhile to look at it now by 'clicking' on the highlighted blue 'link' immediately above.

• Similarly; the viability and quality of the actual design for the proposed dwelling or dwellings is another area that should be looked at very closely before committing yourself to a final design for the planning application.  Whether due to ignorance or a fundamentally flawed approach to architectural training; i.e. financial (budget) constraints are NOT treated as being a legitimate 'design' consideration; there is an unfortunate propensity for houses to be unnecessarily expensive to build ~ irrespective of the method of construction used ~ which directly impacts upon what you can actually afford to build or have built!  If what you get for your money really matters to you; have a look at the 'rationale' behind the decision to publish our "An Insider's Design Guide" and see how the 'odds are always stacked' in the industry's favour to keep your 'build' costs as high as possible!

NB: We had to find out and teach ourselves how to do cut down and reduce the actual 'build' costs out of sheer financial necessity when we effectively became our own client; i.e. when we became 'DIY' Hands-ON self-builders and had to look at everything totally from a client's perspective instead of the industry's!

FACT: Nobody in the industry is trained how to reduce the actual 'build' costs for customers and/or clients!

The actual method of construction chosen will also have a huge impact upon your 'build' costs but; as the method of construction is generally irrelevant as far as getting planning permission is concerned; the decision about how to construct the project or development only really becomes relevant when doing the design work for the Building Regulations / Warranty (Scotland) application which is very much focused upon the chosen method of construction that will be used!

• With the interlinking and interaction of the various facets involved; we hope that you will be starting to appreciate the reason why we hold the principle of using a 'holistic' approach to the design and construct of every project and/or development as being essential to ensure a successful outcome; i.e. aesthetically pleasing, functionally efficient and extremely cost-effective; in a way that the industry's traditional 'piecemeal' approach can never truly achieve even if people wanted to!

Incidentally; where it is desired to seek approval to amend or revise an existing planning permission; depending upon the circumstances; there are potentially three different ways for such things to be handled and; just like deciding to change parts of an existing planning application; it doesn't always have to incur payment of additional planning 'fees' either!

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THE NEXT STEP?

If you haven't yet obtained full planning permission or want to change an existing planning consent; or you want advice before moving things forward onto the next stage; we are very happy to discuss your proposals and/or options with you.  Simply post or e-mail copies to us of any 'background information'; such as 'sketched out' ideas, formal plans, existing 'DPP' drawings, etc. that you have (together with your contact details), so we can discuss specifically relevant matters with you; rather than wasting your time, and ours, discussing abstract 'generalities' with you!

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