Our recent successes include a new house in LB Croydon, a hip to gable and rear dormer window in a conservation area in LB Southwark, an increase in ridge height in LB Southwark, a successful costs application, and more...!

for town and country planning matters

We don't need to advertise this website - we rely on our reputation for providing a professional, knowledgeable and efficient service for town and country planning matters. Our Director, Warren Pierson, has over 25 years of planning experience, and we are therefore well placed to provide the professional, chartered town planning advice and expertise that you need.

Planning Applications...   Planning Appeals...   Prior Approval Applications...    Planning Appraisals and Reviews...   
Pre-application advice...   Planning Conditions...   Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)...   Residential Development...
  Business Development...   Extensions...  Changes of Use...   Churches and Schools....   Vehicle Crossovers...   Conversions...
Flood Risk Assessments...   Applications for Costs...  and more...

If you want to extend or alter your property, we can provide you with a professional and competitive service. We are honest in our approach and will advise you of the likelihood of you being able to get planning permission, and the best way to go about it. Planning legislation remains extremely complicated, and often daunting and time-consuming for those that are not familiar with it. We aim to help you through the process and make sure that you get the right permission for what you want to do.

We provide advice and support to builders and developers, and can advice of the best way forward to get planning permission. This might be in respect of a single house plot, a larger residential development, a conversion, or a commercial scheme. We want to see good and sustainable development that will actually be built, and we have the expertise and knowledge to help you get the best out of any site, and the process that you need to get there.

If you run a business then it can be difficult to find a premises that has the right kind of planning permission. Commercial organisations can also easily end up being in breach of planning legislation and can often be subject to enforcement investigations by the local Council. We want to help you avoid being subject to complications that you can do without, thereby enabling you to get on with more important matters that will make your business successful. Shopfronts, signs, operational development and changes of use - we can help make sure you have all the right permissions and consents.

We can advise on the likelihood of you winning an appeal on any decision made by the Local Planning Authority and can submit a planning appeal on your behalf to the Planning Inspectorate. The paperwork, forms and statements required can be a time-consuming and frustrating process, but we can make sure that everything runs as smoothly as possible. You will have the benefit of being professionally represented, and the reassurance that the best possible case will be put forward.

With our extensive planning experience we are also well placed to support local residents in developing planning proposals for their area, through assistance with the preparation of Neighbourhood Action Areas and Plans, or by making representations on individual planning applications.

Whatever you want to do that is planning related why not contact us to see how we can help? Simply use our contact form on this website, or send us an email at admin@pdplanninguk.com.

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