NLC

Thank you all for your responses. You do now have to pay for full planning permission if you PD rights have been removed. Apparently it is a Central Government directive and not within the remit of the Council's themselves. So sadly although I was advised in 2014 that I wouldn't need to for permission for anything that would have fallen under PD, we will now have to pay. Can anyone help me on the sort of things I need to say in my supporting statement. It is going to cost me £276 to submit the Section 73 notice. Then I have to wait 8 weeks to see if we have been successful .... or longer, apparently! It's a joke. They take the PD rights away and then I have to pay to get them reinstated!! Whichever way I go, I know it is going to cost me. It is not cheaper to apply for planning permission BTW. I just want what most other people have - the right to enjoy my home as I wish without the need of the council to own us at every turn. If anyone can give me an idea of where to start, I would be very grateful. Thank you all...

We had our PD rights removed when we built an extension - a modest one. At the time we neither had the time or money to appeal it with the council. We weren't happy but there you go. So now I am in the position where we would like to build a structure which under PD rights wouldn't be a problem. Because we have had them removed it is a problem. I have been quoted £950 plus VAT and fees. I have been told we have a good chance of getting the PD's reinstated. I just wonder whether anyone has done this for themselves on here? I can't seem to find any information out apart from the professional planning consultants who advertise themselves. I am not against the planning consultants earning a living, we just don't have a spare £1000 plus VAT and fees.... We are not listed. We are not in a conservation area. We are in an area of archaeological interest - but that should not take away PD rights, so I've been told. We have had all PD rights removed A to E due to our modest extension - which incidentally we now think would have fallen under PD rights!!!!!