Archive for February, 2012

New 2012 Relaxed Planning Laws

This year to help the economic recovery in England, planning laws have been relaxed by the government, it is only on a temporary basis at the moment but one of the main rules being relaxed is that of extending domestic properties which may prove beneficial to a lot of home owners who want to improve or extend their property

Approx 200,000 people apply each year for planning permission to improve, extend or add to their domestic properties, these home owners often have to wait a number of months for their application to be looked at. Approx 90% of these applications end up being approved but the waiting can be frustrating for home owners and their building company. Read more »