I offer the following services at KG Planning Ltd. If any of these services will assist you with your project, then please get in touch.

Development Potential Appraisals

I assess sites against planning policy, check planning history, get an understanding of the general context of the site and take into account any known nuances of the particular Local Planning Authority, to provide a detailed appraisal of both the positive aspects as well as issues, constraints and potential risks which may affect the development potential of the site.

Planning Advice & Strategy

Clear and concise advice can be provided early in the planning process, so that the most appropriate way of negotiating the planning system can be established early preventing delays in the future.

Pre-Application Advice

Engagement with Local Planning Authorities prior to the submission of a formal planning application can be undertaken to ensure that the final scheme stands the best possible chance of being validated quickly and gaining planning approval.

Planning Applications

The preparation and submission of various types of applications including: full, outline, reserved matters, permission in principle, technical details consent, variation of planning conditions, lawful development certificates and prior approvals. I will coordinate supporting documents and liaise with the Local Planning Authority to ensure successful validation and then manage the process through to determination.

Planning Supporting / Green Belt Statements

Clear, concise and persuasive statements can be prepared to ensure that a strong and solid case is presented to the Local Planning Authority.

Planning Appeals

I prepare and submit planning appeals to the Planning Inspectorate.

Third Party Letters

The preparation of letters either in support of or in objection to a specific planning application.

Approval granted in the Green Belt for up to six homes, based on the site being ‘grey belt’ (Chorley).  One of the key requirements of grey belt policy is that there is a demonstrable need for the proposed development.  The Local Planning Authority tried to argue that their emerging plan demonstrated that they have a 5-year housing land supply however, when the plan was found to be ‘unsound’ by the Inspectorate, they had to back down and the Permission in Principle application was approved.

Full planning permission granted for use of a large, detached dwelling as a children’s home for 4 children with 24-hour staff supervision (Burnley).

Householder permission granted for two outbuildings in the Green Belt and within a Conservation Area (Bolton).

Two Lawful Development Certificates have been granted for the stationing of a caravan and for the growing and selling of Christmas trees at a property in Wyre.  Sufficient evidence was collated to demonstrate to the Council that both elements were lawful.

Heritage and planning statement prepared for the change of use of a dwelling to an office in a conservation area (Bolton).

A complex site where a clear strategy was needed.  An application was submitted to relocate a previously approved stable block, followed by the submission of a lawful development certificate to establish that a barn had been used for equine purposes.  At this point, an application was submitted for the redevelopment of the site for three houses and this application has recently been approved.

Permission in Principle and Technical Details Consent applications were submitted and approved for a dwelling in the Green Belt in West Lancs.

Working collaboratively with an architect, outline and reserved matters applications were approved for the redevelopment of a site in the Green Belt for a bespoke, designed dwelling.