Two routes
Prior approval (Class MA). Some commercial, business and service buildings can become homes under permitted development, subject to prior approval on matters such as transport, contamination, flooding, noise, natural light and, in conservation areas, the effect of losing a ground-floor commercial use. There are conditions on the building's previous use and floorspace.
Full planning permission. Needed where prior approval doesn't apply, or where the scheme also includes extensions or external changes.
How we help
We check which route is available, survey the building, design layouts that meet the national space standard and give every habitable room adequate light, and prepare the application.
Who'll handle your project: Benjamin Plunkett, our Managing Director and Planning & Heritage Consultant, is your point of contact from the first site visit to the decision. Charlie Plunkett MCIAT produces the drawings.
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