You want to develop your land

If you want to build on land, or develop land, or want to use land or property in a certain way, our Planning law team can advise you on whether planning permission is needed.

If Planning permission is needed, then our Planning team can guide you through the planning process. They can suggest how you can improve your chances of securing planning permission. They can negotiate and draft any planning obligations which may be required from you by the Local Authority. 

We would be delighted to talk with you, free of charge - all you have to do is click on "Please Contact Me Now” or  telephone us on 0845 567 6000.

Planning permission has been refused, or has conditions attached

You may already have had an application for planning permission refused. Or, you may have had planning permission granted but on conditions that you are not happy with. Your immediate reaction may be that you want to appeal against the Council's decision.

We can review the reasons for the Council's decision and can advise you on any grounds of appeal that you might have and on the prospects of an appeal either against their refusal of planning permission or against their imposition of conditions.

We can guide you through the planning appeal process and, if need be, represent you at a Hearing or Inquiry. Just click on "Please Contact Me Now” or call us on 0845 567 6000- we would be delighted to see whether we could help you.

You have been granted planning permission but do not want to develop immediately

Planning permissions have a certain "shelf life”, after which they lapse. If you have been fortunate enough to obtain planning permission but you do not yet wish to start the works, we can advise on what you need to do to keep the permission alive or to extend its life.

You want to promote your land for future development

You may want to promote your land for future development, so that planning permission will be granted for particular use or development in the future. You may want to have your say on evolving planning policy. 

We can advise on the prospects of your land being allocated for a particular use by the Local Authority, and we can guide and represent you through the promotion process. We can also guide you on how you can make your views known as part of the Local Development Framework process.

We can also advise on proposed changes to the infrastructure funding regime and how Community Infrastructure Levy will impact on you and your future developments.

As we say, we are always there for businesses who are in our BLUE LAW scheme, so we invite you to join BLUE LAW now. Once you have joined, we try to answer any legal enquiries that you have, free of charge. If legal work is needed, we give you a price, and you are then free to "shop around".  If you wish to speak to us now, please click on "Please Contact Me Now” or call us on 0845 567 6000. We look forward to always being there for you.