The planning process during the covid-19 crisis

Our hearts go out to anyone affected by the current health crisis, and we are all playing our part whether that be through directly volunteering or just simply working from and staying home.

The challenges for the development industry are relatively unimportant compared to the significance of health, but the trials it faces are beginning to become clear. The situation is fast moving so we thought we would provide some advice for homeowners, landowners, purchasers and developers on this page – we will update it as things develop.

Please click on the drop down text below to find out more on each matter.

Planning Appeals

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Five-Year Housing Supply

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Local Planning Authorities

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Keeping Permissions Alive

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S106 Agreements

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Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)

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Permitted Development Rights

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Our experience of working in the era of Covid-19

We’re a diverse yet close-knit bunch at SFP. While our core expertise is based upon an established bedrock formed of years of town and country planning experience, everyone on the team brings with them additional areas of personal interest. Even with the most intricate and unique of planning questions, a quick tour of the office will normally yield an answer from someone with first-hand experience.

In the lead up to the ‘lockdown’, SFP worked with its IT and telephony partners to ensue systems were and continue to be in place allowing the entire company to be operated remotely. As a result, staff have full remote access to both our systems, and each other.  We are pleased to report that there has been minimal disruption to our ability to service our clients’ and customers’ needs in the manner we hope you are used to.

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