How to get your planning permission and/or building warrant for free?

 

HOW TO GET YOUR PLANNING PERMISSION/BUILDING WARRANT FOR FREE?

In this latest blog, we are going to explain how you can get your planning permission and/or building warrant application for FREE….

If you are planning an extension/alterations to your property, which is for the benefit of a disabled person within the home, then the council will allow the fee to be waivered.

HOW TO TELL THE COUNCIL?

When your architect submits your plans to the local authority, they will also submit a letter from your doctor/occupational therapist regarding the disability person and how the alterations will help.

The council will then confirm acceptance of this and will save you £100’s

OTHER WAYS TO ALTER YOUR HOUSE WITHOUT COSTING YOU?

There is also grants available from local authorities and can apply on the below link.

Disabled Facilities Grants: How to apply - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The main criteria for the grants are, you or someone else living in the house must be disabled, intend to live in the property during the grant period (usually 5 years but this can be shorter, for example, if the person is terminally ill).

The person who submits the application must be either the owner, tenant, landlord.

The council needs to be happy that the work is necessary and appropriate to meet the disabled person’s needs, reasonable and can be done, depending on the age and condition of the property.

The work should be completed within 12 months of the grant being approved.