Pre-Applications

Pre-Applications are a very important service which allows us to gain the local authority’s view on your development. Our approach to submitting pre-applications is to treat it as a ‘dry run’ of the planning application, meaning we contain as much information as possible to gain a meaningful response from the council. Typically, cases where the planning issues are not clear cut, or where policy issues need to be explored, are normally ones which would benefit from a pre-application submission. We have found pre-applications to be very effective when combined with a meeting with the council, as this gives an insight into their thinking.