Project Type Guides – Page 8
How to get planning permission for extensions, conversions, new builds and commercial uses.
Project Type Guides articles – page 8
269 articlesHow to get planning permission for a recording studio
A recording studio application turns on two things: which use class the operation falls into, and whether the building envelope can hold music noise in at night. Here is how councils approach both.
Planning permission for a film studio in a warehouse
A studio mixes stages, workshops and offices, so no single use class fits. Most councils treat it as sui generis, which makes the condition schedule the document that matters.
Planning permission for a clay shooting ground
A clay pigeon shooting ground can run for 28 days a year under permitted development, unless the land is in a SSSI. Past that, the application stands or falls on the noise assessment.
How to get planning permission for a rural workers dwelling
National policy allows an isolated rural home where there is an essential need for a worker to live at or near their place of work. Councils refuse these applications on functional need and finances long before anyone looks at the drawings.
How to get planning permission for a climbing centre
Indoor climbing falls in Class E(d), so putting a centre into a warehouse is a material change of use. Employment land policy and evening parking evidence decide most of these applications.
How to get planning permission for a caravan storage site
Storing touring caravans on agricultural land is a material change of use under section 55 and needs permission. Landscape impact and surfacing decide these applications, and biodiversity net gain now decides some of them too.
How to get planning permission for a cattery
Cat boarding falls outside every use class, so a cattery always needs planning permission. Odour and waste management decide most applications, and the animal licensing standards should shape the drawings before the planning application is drawn.
Planning permission for a roadside coffee kiosk
Trading from the same pitch week after week is a material change of use, whatever the trailer does. Highway safety decides most roadside kiosk applications.
Planning permission for a balcony on a flat
Flats have no permitted development rights, so every balcony needs permission. Overlooking decides most cases, and on buildings of 18 metres or more, fire decides the rest.
Planning permission for a roof terrace on a flat
A roof terrace on a flat always needs planning permission, because permitted development rights do not apply to flats. Overlooking decides most cases, and the screen detail decides most approvals.
How to get planning permission for glamping pods on a farm
The first question on a glamping scheme is not design. It is whether your pods meet the statutory caravan definition, because that changes the consent route entirely.
Planning permission for a glamping or caravan site
Pods, tents and cabins fall under three different regimes. Work out which one your units are in, then design the layout to the licence standards from the start.
Planning permission for stables and a manege
Stables and an arena are three limbs of one application: change of use, buildings and engineering operations. What councils test, and the drawings that answer them.
Converting a barn to a house with full planning permission
Class Q does not apply on designated land or to listed buildings, and it does not cover works amounting to a rebuild. The full planning route needs stronger structural and design evidence.
Planning permission for a self-build on a serviced plot
A serviced plot usually comes with permission, a design code and a list of conditions. The planning work is reserved matters and discharge, and the levy paperwork has to come before any start on site.
Permission for a pair of semi-detached infill houses
A two unit frontage infill is a minor application with modest technical requirements and tight design constraints. Frontage width, building line and separation distances decide it.
Converting a shop with a flat above into two flats
Whether a shop with a flat over can become two flats turns on Class MA prior approval versus the council's frontage protection policy. The route you take decides what the council can refuse on.
Subdividing a house into two self-contained flats
Section 55(3)(a) makes subdivision a material change of use, so there is no permitted development route. What decides the application is unit size, amenity provision and parking evidence.
Two-storey side and rear extension on a semi-detached house
Class A never allows a two storey side extension, so a householder application is unavoidable. What decides it is the gap to the boundary, the roof form and what the first floor does to the neighbour.
Getting permission for a rear dormer loft conversion
Most rear dormers need no permission, within a 40 or 50 cubic metre allowance and a set of conditions that are easy to breach. Check Article 4 and the original permission first.
Getting permission for an open storage builder's yard
Open storage yards are won or lost on amenity rather than buildings. What environmental health and the highway authority check, and the evidence that answers them.
Getting permission for a solar canopy over a car park
A solar canopy over a car park is a building operation and needs permission. What decides the application: massing, reflection towards roads and aircraft, and drainage.
Getting permission for a fishing lake and angling facility
Excavating a fishing lake is development in its own right, and planning is only one of four consents. What the council assesses, which permits run alongside, and what to submit.
Getting permission for a caravan and boat storage yard
Storing caravans and boats commercially on farmland is a material change of use. What the council assesses, which documents the application needs, and the conditions to negotiate before consent.
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