Planning application 1 of 2 approved!
As per my previous post, we submitted a S73 application to vary the planning conditions around occupation timelines. I'm pleased to say this has finally been approved!
Our application was validated 1 August 2025, and wasn't decided until 12 December 2025. Given the simplicity of our application (no design changes), we're shocked it took so long. No one had any objections and consultation comments came in promptly; our case officer just made a complete mess of things. She also only worked 3 days a week, which made progress ridiculously slow.
No extension of time was requested until the very last few days. At that point the case officer said something like:
"Everything is all done, I'm just sending it off for approval. So can we agree to an extension until x date?"
Presumably just trying to swoop in at the last minute and make us ineligible for a refund! I simply replied saying that given everything was wrapped up, I didn't feel we needed an extension. She didn't reply and we got the decision letter a day later!
So finally we're able to move on. We'll next be submitting another new application to vary the design slightly. Ideally we would have done both in one go to save on time and planning fees, but we had to get the occupation conditions done by a very specific time frame and didn't want design changes to hold that up. Excited to start finally seeing progress though!
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