Planning on updating your home in the coming months?<\/p>\n
Embarking on a home renovation, extension, or self-build project is an exciting milestone\u2026 but navigating the ins and outs can be overwhelming to say the very least.<\/p>\n
Especially when you consider how many thousands of householder planning applications are delayed or outright refused.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>, who specialise in advising people for small- to medium-sized projects.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n \u201cI get a lot of people who think because what they want to do is simple, they don\u2019t need expert help or advice; and they can just do a simple sketch of what they want to do \u2013 and submit that to the council for permission,\u201d says Rix.<\/p>\n \u201cLiterally, hand-drawn sketches, or even just photographs, and think that\u2019s enough. You need proper technical drawings to be submitted that are the right quality,<\/p>\n