Has Your Planning Application Been Refused?

We understand that a refused planning application can leave you feeling frustrated. Our senior planners are planning appeal experts. Working as senior planning officers within Councils, they have extensive and up-to-date knowledge of the planning system, giving your planning appeal the greatest chance of success.

The process begins by: a review of your planning application; scrutinising the officer’s decision notice and finally putting a formal proposal together. In our proposal we will show you what we feel are the chances of success are and the cost.

There may be weaknesses within the refusal or strengths in your application that need to be better highlighted. Our planners will examine your individual case to ensure it has the maximum potential to succeed at appeal.

Supporting Planning Statement- Adding Weight To Your Appeal
The most important element to any planning appeal will be the Supporting Planning Statement. Our statements are never a template from past cases, but deal with the key issues of your case, addressing their relevant policies (both national & local) and set out the planning grounds in favour of your proposal, whilst also addressing any tricky points that a case may present. This level of detail is often the area that wins us the appeal and sets us apart from other planning consultants.

Our fee quoted for the appeal would be a genuine maximum, in other words the final invoice may be for less, but there will be no hidden extras.

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Our Process For A Planning Appeal

Our fees to handle every stage of your case would typically include:

• A site visit by our lead planner dealing with the case and a detailed consultation with you.

• All necessary liaisons with your Council and the Planning Inspectorate.

• All necessary research, including Council and Government policies and other decisions which may be relevant to your case.

• Preparation and submission of all documentation.

• Presentation of your case, either by a full supporting statement, or orally at a hearing or public enquiry if required. Using professional planning arguments, our presentation would answer the type of questions the Planning Inspector may have; challenge the Council’s assumptions and set out in detail why their decision should be overturned.

• We will always suggest the best type of appeal based on your situation.

Appeal An Enforcement Notice

If you are issued with a Planning Enforcement Notice, you will be given; the details of the breach the reason for the notice, the steps required to deal with the issue, and the time line in which you must comply.

Planning enforcement cases can range from relatively small domestic building matters to very large commercial building schemes with vast amounts of investment at stake.

It can be a very testing time, so it’s important to have the services of expert planning professionals on hand to help you deal with any difficulties. After all, if you fail to act on an Enforcement Notice or a Breach of Condition Notice, you could face a criminal conviction and a hefty fine.

“AFA Planning Consultants were excellent. They did exactly what was needed, keeping us informed along the way and provided the optimum result by getting our planning approved on appeal first time. I would use them again and recommend their services (and in fact have done so already)”.

“It was a pleasure to work with AFA Planning Consultants. They produced a robust statement of case for our planning appeal. Thank you for all your help and advice along the way. Professional, honest and prompt service”.