Certificates of Lawfulness, Planning Enforcements & Prior Notice matters 

With over 34 years of experience, we have  obtained Lawful Development Certificates (LDCs) on many complex usage and building cases, typically situations which were previously unlawful and possibly where the Council is chasing enforcement action. Our LDCs include houses, flats, outbuildings, commercial premises and new buildings, which can all be built or put into use outside the planning system (usually called being 'unlawful').

 Please look at TRACK RECORD and 'General Planning Work' for LDC case examples. We stress that each LDC application needs to be properly constructed and the right evidence lodged, and this is where our expertise may be useful to you. Applications can be put in under sections 191 and 192 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for EXISTING and PROPOSED LDCs -   Please CONTACT US with details of your case and to find out more. Also Contact us if you are having issues in selling or refinancing your property or in getting things like HMO licences - lawfulness problems can easily arise. If you are concerned with other issues like PLANNING APPLICATIONS you can find out more HERE.  

More recently, PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS have been extended to allow for new types of development. These include larger house extensions, changes of use from office to residential and changes from shop to residential. They are secured by a type of application called a PRIOR NOTICE APPLICATION. It is important to make the right case at the outset, so we hope that you will CONTACT US if you have a PRIOR NOTICE APPLICATION in mind. We can advise you on what permitted dev. rights you may have.