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DEVON | CORNWALL | SOUTH WEST
My name is Graham Clark. I am a Chartered Town Planner with well over 30 years’ experience of working in planning and development, at a senior managerial level, in both the private sector and public sector across Devon and Cornwall and the wider south-west. GRC Planning provides specialist planning and development advice to developers and house builders, as well as personalised advice for private individuals and householders. I specialise in getting planning problems solved large or small, including getting planning permission on previously refused sites and successfully resolving complex enforcement cases. Since Covid the pressures on Planning Departments have increased in the face of the reduction in staff resources and the ability to provide a service that existed pre-Covid. It has meant that achieving a planning permission has become more difficult. Getting clear advice from Council Officers has become difficult when all is needed is some guidance on whether a proposal is likely to get planning permission. Even, getting an application validated and registered has become more difficult as the requirements to be met become more extensive and challenging particularly in light of the emerging Climate Change agenda. I specialise in successfully helping applicants through what can be a labyrinthine and daunting prospect of making a planning application but more importantly giving honest and clear advice to ensure a proposal has the best chance of success.
Latest newsCouncils now prepared to look at sites for housing development previously considered unacceptable
Plymouth City Council, South Hams District Council, West Devon Borough Council, Cornwall Council and Torbay Council all do NOT have a 5-year land supply which means they have to consider sites suitable for housing that previously may be deemed unacceptable as long as they are ‘sustainably located’. Call for sites to be considered for future housing development
Plymouth City Council, South Hams District Council, West Devon Borough Council, Cornwall Council and Torbay Council have all launched a ‘call for sites’ to be included in their forthcoming updated Local Plans. Housing sites should be capable of accommodating a minimum of five dwellings. Please contact me for a free non-obligation assessment of whether your site has a chance of being developed for housing.
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Why choose me?GRAHAM CLARK BA(Hons) DMS MRTPI | Director GRC Planning Ltd
I believe in providing clear no-nonsense, meaningful advice and recommendations. I have a respected record of getting planning problems solved. I identify opportunities, as well as planning risk, as part of a comprehensive analysis of all the options for a proposal. I often end up saving clients’ money as well as achieving enhanced values for their land or buildings. I work with a number of architects, architectural technicians, surveyors, drainage engineers, ecologists and tree specialists who I would recommend, as part of a ‘one stop shop’ team not only to get an application submitted but more importantly ensure it has the best chance of approval. |
How I can help you
For a FREE INITIAL ONE HOUR NO OBLIGATION CONSULTATION please contact me to see how I can help you. |
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HOUSESWith 18 years as a Planning Director of a Regional Housebuilder I know what it takes to get a planning permission for houses. In those 18 years I never had a planning application for houses refuse. With the Climate Change Emergency permissions for new houses are even more difficult to achieve. I will give you an honest opinion of your chances, based on my years of experience. It means I will not take on a case if I do not think you have a reasonable chance of success.
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SPECIAL PROJECTSIn my time as Head of Development Control and Head of Major Projects at Plymouth City Council I was used to dealing with the complexity and delivery of large projects As a result, I like the challenge of interesting projects that depart from the norm. If I genuinely feel I can assist in achieving a planning permission I will give an honest opinion. It means I often turn projects away. I often say I usually save client’s money rather than spend it.
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CLASS Q CONVERSIONSResidential barn conversions and particularly Class Q conversions of an agricultural building are challenging to achieve. The requirement to preserve and enhance or ensure compliance with the Class Q requirements for prior approval needs skilful handling to achieve success. I will ensure that a client has the best chances of a success.
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ENFORCEMENTAnyone who gets enmeshed in the complexities of the planning system can come up against the council, following a complaint, insisting what you thought did not require planning permission, actual does. It can be daunting and worry when faced with what appear threatening correspondence from the Council. My knowledge and experience will give you the best chance of resolving the threat of enforcement action from the Council resulting in achieving the requisite planning permission.
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CONSERVATION AREASI normally advise clients never to buy a site in a Conservation Area or a Listed Building. To achieve a planning permission or Listed Building Consent requires knowledge of all the issues as the bar to achieve a consent is set very high. I will only take on a case if there is a reasonable chance of success with all the constraints that a Conservation Area and Listed Building impose.
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APPEALS
At the moment, only one in four appeals are successful. I prefer not to undertake appeals but rather I would seek to secure a planning permission by resubmission. It is quicker and more often than not will achieve a successful outcome. I will, though take on an appeal case if I believe it has that one in four chances of success.
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