Richmond Upon Thames

I was approached by a couple who were buying a house and wanted to build an end-of-terrace house on their plot. I undertook a site visit and drafted the pre-application letter providing a full justification for the development. The meeting held with the Council’s planners was very positive and the Council gave their verbal support for the scheme.

​February 2017 – Planning application submitted for the new dwelling. I drafted the supporting planning statement and advised the applicant on matters relating to affordable housing, sustainability issues, parking, residential design standards, Community Infrastructure Levy, infill development, residential amenity issues and design. This was refused due to concerns with parking.​

September 2017 – Planning application submitted for the new dwelling. We submitted an amended planning application with more supporting evidence on parking and this was approved at Planning Committee.

Planning permission granted for a rear dormer to a building used as a children’s nursery in Hampton. 

I was contacted by the owner of a property who had applied for planning permission for a two storey rear extension to a dwelling in a conservation area (and was locally listed). He had  been informed by the case officer that it would be refused.  I assessed the application and considered it had a good chance of gaining planning permission.  I negotiated with the head of planning at Richmond and requested that the application be determined by the Planning Committee. 

I drafted the speech for the owner to read out at the Planning Committee (I was away on holiday at the time).

Even though the planning officer recommended the application be refused, the Members of the planning committee unanimously voted to approve the application and it was duly granted planning permission.

Involved with a pre-application submission for the extensions to a small dwellinghouse to enlarge the space by extending it by two storeys. Attended the site meeting and advised accordingly. Wrote the planning statement and submitted the planning application with advice on Affordable Housing (and Viability assessment), Sustainable Construction Checklist, Energy Assessment, Parking issues, design issues, Room sizes, Neighbour amenity issues. Decision Pending.

Planning advice for a couple intending to buy a house and needing advice on how best to extend the property.

Submitted planning applications for 3 households – one as a joint planning application and one for a single household to extend their properties with 2 storey rear extensions within a conservation area and to locally listed buildings. The Council recommended refusal but managed to convince the Planning Committee members to vote against the recommendation and the planning applications were approved.