Withdraw or wait for permission refused

[hrxv1]

I have submitted an application and I have been informally told that it is likely to be refused.

I now have a choice of withdrawing or waiting for a formal refusal. If I wait for the refusal I will at least have the particular reasons for the refusal.

I do not want to appeal this refusal.

I will be resubmitting my modified application. If this second application is refused then I will appeal. At that point the appeal inspector will see the refusal reasons for the second application and if the first application was formally refused they will also see the first application's refusal report. However, if I withdraw now and resubmit then the appeal inspector will not see any report from the first application.
Has anyone have any advice about which route to take.

 

Thank you.

[ProDave]

You can't appeal without a refusal.  Has your planner given reasons why it might be refused?  Can you alter anything to satisfy them an re submit?

 

If you make changes now and re submit, you will be in a better position if it does go to appeal as you can show you tried to adapt the scheme.

[Gone West]

12 minutes ago, hrxv1 said:

I have submitted an application and I have been informally told that it is likely to be refused.

I know I'm a cynic, but my opinion of planners is not high. If you withdraw your application it's less work for them and if you submit another application that could also be refused. I would stick with the original application and find out the reasons for refusal.

[joe90]

After 4 planning applications and a successful appeal for my build I would wait for refusal so you have actual points of refusal to work on, you can re apply once for free. Make sure your planners are abiding by their own policies. When I won at appeal the planners were slated for not applying their own policies. You may find that you can refute their refusal points, post it all here, lots of knowledge on planning here ?

[Bitpipe]

Agree with getting a formal refusal - all reasons are then down in writing and they also need to reference the planning policy and also acknowledge any community objections.

 

We were rejected first time, resubmitted a new application (on the free go) where we addressed the majority of issued. LA were minded to reject that too  for trifling reasons until our planning consultant (ex LA)  called their bluff and said that if refused, both schemes would got to appeal. They folded.

 

[Jilly]

We had some to ing and froing with different elevation adjustments, and waiting for bat reports, but it passed eventually first time. My architect had a good relationship with the planning officer, and we had no objections, which I think made a difference. Is there anyway you can find out what the reasons are and see if you can fix them? No much in this planning malarky happens quickly...

Edited July 30, 2021 by Jilly

[SuperPav]

Depending on the details, I'd prefer to amend under the original application and avoid withdrawing/refusal.

 

If this isn't possible, then go to refusal. Resubmit via your freebie (assuming a HH application) and use your second application supporting statement to specifically say how the new proposal addresses all of the reasons for refusal of the first one.

 

There are very few times I'd recommend withdrawing. Usually if you're trying to speculatively get some permission (unsuccessfully) on a plot you intend to sell. Although in reality you won't be fooling anyone who understands the process.

[ToughButterCup]

On 30/07/2021 at 09:18, hrxv1 said:

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Has anyone have any advice about which route to take ?

 

No, because a carefully considered answer depends ( at least in part) on technical details we don't have, and the micopolitics of your area which we cannot know.

All we can do is refer to generalities and our own experiences: the argument in favour of appointing a local planning consultant.