planning permission

Lammas eco village

summer 2011

The Lammas project at Tir y Gafel, Glandwr, Pembrokeshire, is Wales’ first collective initiative based on what is now the (TAN)6 national planning guidance for sustainable rural communities. (One Planet Development).

Planning permissionthe legal basis for being allowed to do some form of development such as building a house. (not to be [...]

Retrofit

‘Under the Sun’, a Victorian terrace house in Birmingham is an outstanding example of bringing a fairly typical old building up to PassivhausSee more on the Passivhaus standard. The PassivHaus Institute has pioneered a standard for low energy buildings. It includes very low energy usage and ways of achieving this. The word is derived [...]

Demolitions

demolition is not without its risks

Building Control

Demolition of existing buildings is covered on the Planning Portal web site. Also if there is a tenant in the building then check out Initial demolition notices

Basically the local authority Building Controlthe local authority department which deals with the Building Regulations require 6 weeks [...]

Walls

The main types of walls

Regardless of the type of wall construction, all walls have certain functions to fulfil and certain challenges to contend with. From a green perspective, three of the most important aspects of walls are their insulation values, the embodied energythe total amount of energy it takes to make a material [...]

Design it yourself

Have fun designing your house.

There are several worthwhile advantages if you do your own design work (or at least part of it) -

it may be the only way to get what you want. you achieve a kind of creative act that you can do in very few realms of your life. you [...]

Architects

Although architects have been quite slow on learning about green design principles there has recently been a bit of a scramble to catch up and they all now claim to know about the subject. In fact most architects practices leave the technical work to architectural technicians they employ. It may pay to ask quite detailed [...]

Searches

Normally your solicitor will submit a search (covered by the Local Land Charges Act 1975) to the local authority directly before you purchase land or a property. This will include standard questions about various item such as previous planning permissionthe legal basis for being allowed to do some form of development such as building [...]

Regulations / standards

Permissions and regulations

The two main permissions you will most often require for building work are Planning Permission and Building Regulations consent.

Planning Permission deals with the overall issue of what kind of houses are permissible in which area. The planning officers are employed by the local council.

Building Regulations deal with whether the building [...]

October 2011.

What is planning permission?

Planning permission must be obtained for all new houses and for most alterations (there are a few exceptions to do with small additions such as porches).

Don’t confuse planning permission with Building RegulationsThese are the legal regulations which govern how a house is constructed. (not to be confused with [...]

Detailed Planning Permission

the Shambles in York

This is a very different matter from outline planning permission and as the name suggests, the fine details of the design are ironed out at this stage. This can in some cases be very detailed indeed. For instance, if you want to build in an existing conservation area it [...]

Taking On The Planners

What happens when the planners are not going to allow you to do something which you think is completely reasonable?

Planning mentality

It is important to understand how planners think. At the end of the day most of them want an easy life and a guaranteed salary so they tend to try to achieve [...]

Outline Planning Permission

Don’t confuse planning permission (either outline or detailed) with Building RegulationsThese are the legal regulations which govern how a house is constructed. (not to be confused with Planning Permission which is about whether you are allowed to build the house at all or what it might look like) see Building Regulations). Planning permission is to [...]