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Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently secured full planning permission for the change of use of a portal framed agricultural building within the West Midlands Green Belt to two dwellings. Accompanied by a Structural Survey, our Planning Statement served to demonstrate that the proposal was acceptable in the context of both local and national Green Belt policy,...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently secured planning permission for the diversification of an existing agricultural holding by way of the conversion and change of use of a modern portal framed agricultural building to a veterinary surgery. The site was located within the Green Belt. A detailed Planning Statement was prepared to demonstrate compliance with both...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently secured planning permission on a site in Cornwall for the siting of two shepherds huts to provide holiday accommodation. The application raised a number of challenges, both in terms of the site's location and in terms of ecology impacts. Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. prepared a comprehensive Planning Statement to...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently secured planning permission for the erection of a single storey extension to an existing residential annex building to provide an additional bedroom. The site was located within the Green Belt and through a comprehensive Planning Statement we were able to demonstrate that the extension amounted to an appropriate form of development...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently secured planning permission for the erection of a ground mounted solar array on a parcel of land within the Green Belt, and within a Conservation Area. A detailed Planning Statement was prepared to demonstrate that the environmental benefits arising from the development outweighed its conflict with Green Belt policy, leading the...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently appealed the imposition of a planning condition that removed permitted developments on a residential development. The Local Authority had imposed the condition removing permitted development rights owing to vague and generalised concerns about what might possibly occur on the site by way of permitted development. Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd....
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently secured a successful appeal decision against a refusal of a lawful development certificate relating to residential use of land adjacent to their property. The lawful development certificate application had been refused by the Local Authority owing to perceived weaknesses in the applicant's evidence. Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd was able...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently secured prior approval consent for the conversion of a portal framed agricultural building to a dwellinghouse under the provisions of Class Q Permitted Development. The application was accompanied by a comprehensive Planning Statement to demonstrate compliance with the legislation and was met with the approval of the Local Authority with no...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently secured full planning permission at appeal for the change of use of the upper floors of an existing commercial premises in Stoke-on-Trent to three apartments. The application had been refused by the Local Authority on the grounds that the apartments had insufficient internal floor area to provide an acceptable level of residential...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd has recently secured prior approval under Class MA of the Permitted Development Order for the change of use of a vacant restaurant in a small village within the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme to residential use. The application was accompanied by plans of the proposed layout of the new dwelling, along with a supporting Planning Statement...
