The Rural Planning Practice has successfully obtained a Certificate of Lawful Use for a property in Surrey. The Certificate proves that our clients use of two agricultural buildings as dwellings is lawful. The requirement for 4 years of continuous use for the change of use...
The Rural Planning Practice has recently been granted planning permission for a new equestrian sand school at a rural property near Taunton, Somerset. The new facility will allow our clients to exercise their horses throughout the winter. The arena was sited with direct access from...
The Rural Planning Practice has successfully secured planning permission for an extension to a production building for a patented saddle design, located a rural area in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The business needed to extend their production building in order to...
One of our clients has recently been granted planning permission for a new purpose built livestock and storage building in East Sussex. The new building will be used to house cattle throughout the winter and allow the applicants to grow their farming enterprise with a...
The Rural Planning Practice recently submitted an objection on behalf of our clients to the proposed demolition of agricultural buildings and erection of four dwellings in Crowhurst. The objection set out the negative impact of the development on the rural settlement which has no facilities and...
We are hosting a free planning surgery to mark our second year in Cirencester from the 11th to 13th April between 10am and 3pm. We are on hand to discuss your planning and property issues such as listed building consent, diversification opportunities, barn conversions and...
The Rural Planning Practice has successfully removed planning conditions and a Section 106 agreement that restricted the use of an annex to use as a studio and storage space and no sleeping accommodation. The owners of this substantial Grade II listed property in the High...
The proposal for twelve holiday lodges within the South Downs National Park at Swanborough Fishing Lakes near Lewes was unanimously approved by the Park planning committee on 15 April. The application required a high level of detail relating to design, visual impact, biodiversity, flooding, contamination, archaeology,...
We have successfully secured planning permission for new purpose-built kennels in the Green Belt, as well as a change to the occupancy condition on the house, which will allow for the expansion of a small family-run dog boarding business. The application was in response to...
The impact of COVID-19 is now being felt by everyone in the country so this is a quick message from The RPP.
We are doing everything we can to continue, and to avoid any interruption to the usual service we provide to all our clients, new and old. Whilst prioritising the health of our team, clients, and the wider community.