Our team of Chartered Town Planners has provided their expertise and pre-application advice services to thousands of clients over the years and we’ve identified that many of our clients share similar concerns when it comes to planning applications.
Feel free to Contact Us with your enquiries and our expert team will get in touch with a FREE No Obligation Discovery Chat regarding your project.
We know that it’s crucial to have answers to your concerns early on before moving forward with your project and so to ensure a smooth planning and construction process. We offer comprehensive planning consultancy across the UK. Our team can provide you with further information and the solid answers you need to make informed decisions and avoid any potential planning and enforcement issues down the line.
With our pre-application advice or Planning Appraisal service, we can help simplify the process and ensure that your planning application with local authority is successful. If you are wondering how much is a planning fee per application, you can also check our Planning Cost Calculator to get your answers.
This option is perfect for homeowners seeking clear and reliable planning advice. Whether you want to extend, convert or consider improving your property, it’s important to know the planning feasibility. During the 30-minute call, our planning expert can help you make the right decision with your project with ease.
After the call, you will receive your own personalised Planning Checklist Report that summarises the advice and next steps.
This service is aimed at small and large businesses, commercial projects, HMO investors or property developers. It’s ideal if you’re considering a change of use, starting a new development or expanding an existing site. A 30‑minute call with a planning officer can help you make the right decision with your project with ease.
After the call, you will receive your own personalised Planning Checklist Report that summarises the advice and next steps.
Have you already tried contacting the local council with a pre-application enquiry and realised that it’s taking forever to get a written response for your request further information before even considering your proposal request? The council’s pre-application service will take 4-8 weeks to arrive! Not to worry, because we have simplified this process for you. While here at Homz, you can easily book your Pre-Application Advice Consultation Call with one of our chartered town planners on the same day!
Following your call, your planner will conduct the Planning Checklist Report which will include all the answers in only 2 working days. Our town planners will review your project, give pre-application advice examine the relevant planning policies, and analyse the relevant planning history before they send the Planning Appraisal Report back to you. We’re known and awarded for our simplified and streamlined Planning Application submission process in the UK.
Pre-Planning Advice you require will need to be conducted by a planning officer, on the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). You will need to understand whether the local planning authority are applying any constraints on your property (e.g. section 106, article 4 direction, potential neighbouring objections). The planner will then search for any evidence that could support your application or that could see it rejected (e.g. planning history of proposals in the area and planning policies.).
All our reports are customised and provide advice in response to our clients’ brief, site and council policies. You gain advice on whether your proposed development will require planning permission, guidance on the formal planning application, validation stage paperwork requirements of the local planning authorities, advice on an unaccompanied site visit or statutory consultees, further information about the community engagement, the formal pre-application enquiries to local councils.
Planning approvals and rejections in your local area can serve as indicators of the feasibility of your proposed development project. At Homz, with pre-application advice service, our Town Planners thoroughly examine all constraints and limitations that may affect your project’s success. Our pre-application advice is a useful tool to save time and money when you submit a formal application. This includes assessing whether your permitted development rights are at risk or if securing planning approval may be challenging.
You can also go to our Cost Calculator to get your Planning and Design Consultancy costs for your project. Our experts are happy to provide a Free No-Obligation Discovery Chat to discuss the next steps with you.
We’re working all over the UK with local planning consultants. With over 2000 projects submitted throughout the UK; Homz are a nationwide planning and design consultancy.
We have submitted thousands of planning applications in the UK. Our team of architects are specialises in planning drawings that will comply with your local authorities’ planning requirements. Check our Portfolio to see all application types.
The client instructed Homz to provide feasibility on their property for the pre-application stage of a Change of Use from C3 (Dwellinghouse) to C4 (HMO) in the London Borough of Brent. Our Senior Town Planner has conducted pre-application advice research within the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to understand whether the local planning authority is applying any constraints on your property.
Changes of use from single dwellings to HMOs up to 6 beds, can often be conducted under Permitted Development however throughout Brent, the planning department has implemented Article 4 directions which means that any proposed change of use from the form of a dwelling to the form of an HMO requires planning consent.
While planning approval will be required, we do believe that the applicant for the site location should benefit from a reasonable – strong likelihood of success in terms of securing the necessary planning consent.
As per the council’s public planning database, the surrounding area has a positive planning history regarding planning applications related to extension and alteration works including loft conversions. This should facilitate a strong precedent for development, further promoting the feasibility and overall likelihood of success. This includes applications for HMOs in the area which have also secured planning approval.
After the pre application advice meeting, our Architects and Town Planners prepared the supporting documents Architectural Plans, and Planning Statements. Please see the plans for this project in our Portfolio. Our team has successfully submitted and managed the planning application with the council. Following the waiting period of the decision, Homz has scored another successful Approval for submitting this planning application on behalf of our client.
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