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Planning Conditions

Every planning approval is subject to certain conditions and failure to discharge (meet) any of the conditions of your approval could risk enforcement action.

Almost all approvals have the following two common conditions;

• Commencing work within a specified time limit, in most cases this is 3 years from the approval date and completion within 5 years of approval.
• Building exactly to the plans you submitted with your application, which means the same dimensions and materials as specified in your application.

However, in addition to these there are many other potential conditions that could be imposed. The most common conditions usually relate to materials, paving, parking, drainage and trees.

Some conditions need to be met before you start work, these are called pre-commencement conditions. Others need to be met during construction or before you occupy the building. There are also conditions that affect how you can use the building or how you can change the building.

If your planning permission has been approved and you are unhappy with any of the conditions then you will be pleased to know it may be possible to remove or change them.

To find out whether it may be possible to remove any conditions of your approval contact us today to speak with one of our expert planning consultants.