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If you own land, the starting point isn’t always a planning application or a development scheme — it’s understanding what you already have.  A land portfolio review is often the most valuable first step. Not because it commits you to change, but because it helps you see the opportunities across your land, many of which are unknown, overlooked, or […]

If a heat pump is permitted development, why isn’t air conditioning? Air conditioning seems to be everywhere in the news at the moment—and for obvious reasons. A few recent enquiries have led me down a planning rabbit hole, and I’ve ended up with a question I’d genuinely be interested to hear views on from the […]

Recent changes to the planning appeals process have introduced a major shift in how planning applications must be prepared and managed. Applicants, landowners and developers cannot afford to overlook this change, as the implications are potentially huge.  Before this change, the appeal process was a valuable if lengthy means to have an application considered objectively and to explore key issues raised by the […]