We have finally had a response to our Pre Planning Enquiry, which says that in the opinion of the planning officer they can see no reason why an application for planning would not be accepted so long as we only went out as far as out neighbors existing extension.
This is good news, although, we were hoping that they might come back and say it did not need any planning permission, this is positive.
What is more the planning committee and planning department is legally bound to resolve the planning application within 8 weeks and not the 12 weeks we thought it would be, so as such there is still a possibility we will be able to get the kitchen extension and orangery done this year.
It may mean that we are starting the project and the build in the first week of October at the latest but at least that will mean that the build part of the project can be completed before the end of October thus hopefully avoiding any of the really bad weather or critically the frosts which could cause problems for footings and new brickwork.
This will mean that the schedule is very tight to get the project done before Christmas, however, I will re-jig the project plan with these dates in mind and see where it leaves us.
It maybe that we get approval sooner than the 8 weeks and if so we can just bring everything in the project plan forward, but my project plan will be worst case scenario.
We have already instructed our planner to go ahead and submit the final application to the Planning Office as soon as possible, so we await news that it has been submitted
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