Planning on updating your home in the coming months?
Embarking on a home renovation, extension, or self-build project is an exciting milestone… but navigating the ins and outs can be overwhelming to say the very least.
Especially when you consider how many thousands of householder planning applications are delayed or outright refused.
Not because the project is impossible, but because preventable errors were made during the initial application stage, highlights Simon Rix, professional planning consultant, and founder of Planix.uk, who specialise in advising people for small- to medium-sized projects.
Simon Rix, professional planning consultant and founder of Planix.uk – which specialises in advising people for small to medium-sized projects, gives three tips to get your project approved.
“I get a lot of people who think because what they want to do is simple, they don’t need expert help or advice; and they can just do a simple sketch of what they want to do – and submit that to the council for permission,” says Rix.
“Literally, hand-drawn sketches, or even just photographs, and think that’s enough. You need proper technical drawings to be submitted that are the right quality,
