Planning Applications & Certificates

CSJ Planning regularly provide advice to individuals, companies, and institutions on a wide range of planning applications and development issues. Our approach is to focus on achieving aspirations whilst reducing planning risk. We prepare, submit, manage and negotiate applications with councils across the country, and we are particularly experienced in:

• Major planning applications for new development
• Listed Building Consent applications, and sites in Conservation Areas
• Change of use applications
• Section 19 and Section 73 applications
• Non-material and Section 96(a) minor material amendments
• Enforcement investigation response and regularisation
• Discharge, variation, and removal of condition applications
• Planning obligation, CIL, and Section 106 applications
• Certificate of lawfulness for existing and proposed development
• Prior approval and other permitted development type applications

We work across the entire range of sectors. Examples of projects can be found via the links below:

• Residential Projects
• Commercial Projects
• Regeneration Projects
• Heritage Projects
• Student Accommodation Projects
• Education Projects
• Strategic Land Promotion Projects
• Public Services Projects
• Health Projects

We also provide advice on the practicalities of the Community Infrastructure Levy, including the extent of indexation in order to ensure potential CIL liabilities are understood at an early stage of a proposed development.

We are experienced in negotiating planning obligations through the application process to ensure that requests are reasonable and justified in relation to the application proposed, including the preparation of Heads of Terms and the briefing of solicitors to finalise Section106 agreements. Please get in contact with us via the contact details provided below if you want to discuss your options.