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38 ADVICE Four Great tips for rural planning permission success Obtaining planning permission for your new home in the country can seem a nightmare, but it needn’t be. Here are some practical tips by custom home build expert, architect Garry Thomas, that will help you achieve your grand design dream. Tip 1 - Right Location If you’re planning an open countryside development, you need to find out if there are any transport links nearby. This will be important to demonstrate that your site is a ‘sustainable’ location. If you are near a public transport network your scheme is likely to win approval – even though it is outside a settlement boundary. Tip 2 - Look up what’s getting approved Recent applications are a good source for information, as they help demonstrate what the council is happy to support, and what technical reports you need to help get your application approved. What is ‘appropriate’ development does vary, particularly when the Ward Councilor gets behind your proposal. Getting his or her support can help the planners interpret planning policy more positively and is often why applications that appear against policy gain planning approval. Tip 3 - Engage the right expert It’s important to present your application well and provide Planning Officers with the reports they need to ensure your application is acceptable in planning terms. These reports can seem expensive, however the application is less likely to stall and is more likely to win approval. Being sure to comply with ecology legislation is important too or you could end up with a fine up to £5000. Tip 4 - Talk to your neighbours If your scheme causes disturbance to neighbours, it will attract criticism and negative comment – avoid this. You really should do all you can to bring your neighbours on board. Sitting down with your neighbour over a bottle of wine and discussing your needs and your development aims works wonders. There’s a useful report on our website that provides you with all you need to know about how to get planning permission on a difficult site for further reading. Herefordshire Architect, Garry Thomas, is in the top 25 all time best Grand Designs architects, and secures planning permissions for custom build homes on difficult open countryside locations. If you’d like to find out more about the schemes Garry has designed his office can be contacted via www.thomasstudio.co.uk What are the top home improvements of 2017? Bathrooms, kitchens and new central heating systems top the list of improvements for this year, but homeowners are warned that major works could invalidate their home insurance. A new study from GoCompare Home Insurance has revealed that a new bathroom is the UK’s most popular home renovation with 39% of homeowners who carried out a major home improvement in the last five years splashing out on one. New kitchens came in second place with 38% and a new boiler or central heating system made up the top three with 34%. However, the study also revealed that 41% of those carrying out renovations did so without telling their home insurer, potentially invalidating their policy. Matt Sanders, home insurance spokesperson for GoCompare explained, “While you don’t need to inform your insurer about routine decorating or maintenance, you should inform your provider if you’re planning on carrying out any major building or renovation work, otherwise you could risk invalidating your policy. When planning a major renovation project, one of the first things you should do is to review your buildings and contents insurance to make sure that you have adequate cover both during and after the work has been completed. Another important thing to note is that most home insurance policies don’t cover tradesmen or their work, so you should always check that they have their own insurance in place. It’s also sensible to check that any tradesmen you employ are qualified to carry out the work and registered with a recognised governing body. Remember, after completion of the work, you may need to increase your sum insured to reflect any increase in the rebuilding costs of your property and any increase in the value of your possessions.” Written by Warren Lewis, propertyreporter.co.uk
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