Permission granted for house with long history of refusals.

Planning permission has recently been granted for a new house on a site with a very long history and refused applications and dismissed appeals dating back 20 years. James Wells Planning Limited were appointed to try and overcome the previous concerns at the site and suggest a way forward. Work started with an appraisal of the history and a fresh look at the site. Once the key issue had been isolated it was quickly identified what the course of action was. In this case there had been historic use of an access that was the source of concern for the local authority, a Certificate of Lawfulness was submitted to show that the use of the access was lawful and that there was no control over the level of use. Once the certificate had been granted an outline application was submitted to allow the owner to develop the site as they had intended. Permission was recently granted.