Appeals and Planning Enforcement
Legal Process: Planning law, more subject to challenge than any other branch of the legal process, has become a minefield. It is not for the unwary. For planning to be successful there is a need for local knowledge, a detailed grasp of the latest development plan and its implications, an appreciation of central government guidance and a keen understanding of local authorities and their policies.Landmark Planning has all these characteristics in abundance. We have people with an excellent practical understanding of planning policy and its interpretation. Moreover, the informed advice and proficient performance of a planning barrister ensures that we maintain an unusually high rate of success.
Our awareness of the individual local authority requirements means that we may often achieve planning approval on projects that might otherwise have been rejected.
We are single minded in pursuit of a client's interest. For instance, costs are rarely awarded as a result of appeal proceedings. However, we have been successful in obtaining costs for our clients from a number of local planning authorities.
Unlike many other planning consultancies, we are always ready to undertake planning enforcement appeals. We are also skilled in those areas where local authorities exercise controls such as stop, planning contravention, untidy site, blight and breach of condition notices.
