Upon instruction you will be met onsite, with both CAD worker and builder, at your home to conduct a survey, take dimensions and photos of your existing property and discuss your ideas with you to ensure you get the most from your property and your specific design needs.
You will get the best possible advice from both the design and building perspective at the same time, ensuring no conflicting advice your plans will be complete within 7 days, along with a fully specified quotation for the building works from princesconstruction.co.uk ready for building works to begin upon approval from the council.
Once paid for, the plans are yours, and can be used to obtain quotes from other building companies, so you are not obligated to use Princes Construction Ltd for the build. As outlined in the prices below however, we include a structural engineer report wherever we are instructed to carry out the build. We will provisionally book in a start date for the works based on the planning portals guidelines on approval times. (Usually 2-8 weeks depending on type of application.)
We are a sister company of princesconstruction.co.uk and princesfinestfinshes.co.uk who have over 15 years experience in the home building trade. Please visit our websites for examples of our work.
Read below to see what we can do for you and you can contact us by calling on 07947 541659, email info@princesplanning.co.uk or via the contact form.
The main types of applications
Below are the types of applications you can apply for,
our team will pick the best and most suitable process for you.
Building notice
Where works are within permitted development and can start once a building notice has been given.
These type of works usually only take a few days to organise and apply to small extensions, outbuildings and loft conversions
Please visit planningportal.co.uk for guidelines on what constitutes permitted development
We always recommend to apply for a Certificate of lawful development for any building works as this officially confirms the works undertaken are within permitted development guidelines. Doing so without this confirmation is entirely at the clients discretion.
Householder planning application
Any home extension which doesn’t fall within permitted development will be submitted under this kind of application.
These applications take 8-10 weeks for approval in most cases.
Double storey extensions, large single storey extensions, L shaped loft conversions and some hip to gable loft conversions fall in this category.
Full plans applications
For large scale and commercial building projects
All plans, building regulations and structural calculations are approved by the council and experienced surveyors prior to any works taking place.
Any commercial works must be submitted as a full plans application and some lenders may insist on this for large home builds.
Once an approval notice is given you will have peace of mind that all aspects of the build have been approved before works commence.
The prices for our planning services
These prices include:
• Survey of your existing property
• Scaled drawings of your existing and proposed plans ready for submission to your local council
• Application fees, block and location plans
• All subsequent correspondence with local council until a decision is made.
Please note that the structural engineer calculations will be included in the above prices if Princes Construction Ltd are to undertake the building works. Otherwise the cost of these calculations are £250-£350 approx.
Please note: We will always endeavour to advise you on how to obtain a positive planning decision and we have considerable experience with most councils in the East London and Essex area. However, the councils decision is final and if it is a negative answer we will either appeal on your behalf or resubmit revised plans at the application fee cost only. (£186 for a householder planning application for example)
Testimonials
Princes Planning took the guess work out of our planning application and saw us through to signed off plans ready for construction.
– CLARE STEEL
Contact
Please contact us directly if you would like to see some of our recent work, or if you would like further details and to arrange a viewing.
Address
125 Princes Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex IG9 5DX
Phone Number
Phone: 07947 541659
info@princesplanning.co.uk