Planning Consultancy & Planning Permission

Councils aim to determine minor applications in around 8 weeks and major ones in around 13, from validation. The realistic timeline adds survey and preparation time before submission — we map the whole path with dates at the start.

The council's application fee plus professional fees for drawings, reports and management — quoted as one fixed figure after the free assessment, so there's a single number before you commit.

Not always — but on anything beyond the routine it usually pays for itself, because the officer's early steer shapes a scheme that gets approved rather than argued about.