A Farmer's Guide to the Planning System - ARCHIVE: Defra

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IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER
THINK carefully about your ideas. What effect will they have on the environment, your
neighbours and the community? Are there elements you might be prepared to change?
FIND OUT what your local planning authority is likely to approve by:
• looking at the development plan(s) held at the council’s offices or main libraries;
• talking to the local authority’s planning officers.
DISCUSS your ideas with:
• the local planning officers and your elected local councillors;
• your neighbours and others likely to be affected by your proposals.
TAKE ADVICE where necessary:
• consider seeking professional advice from a planning consultant, land agent or surveyor;
• consider whether you need, and are eligible for, free planning consultancy advice offered
by DEFRA under the Rural Enterprise Scheme – see Appendix E.
CHANGE or modify your original ideas if that makes them more likely to succeed.
PRESENT your plans and application with accurate and adequate information, covering all the
points likely to be of concern to the local planning authority.
CHECK that you have included everything, including the correct fee.
FIND OUT if you may need other consents in addition to planning permission.
FURTHER INFORMATION
The Appendices that follow contain further information and other sources of advice on some of
the matters covered in this booklet.
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