Certificate of Lawfulness

There are times when you need to establish whether your development requires planning permission or not – a Certificate of Lawfulness is what you need.

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Applications for Certificates of Lawfulness are generally made when you want to check that a development or use is lawful.

There are two types of Certificate of Lawfulness:

  • For an existing use or development  (Section 191)
  • For a proposed use or development  (Section 192)

We can help you choose the appropriate route and take you through the process.

We have access to a wealth of case law and appeal precedents to help construct a robust and successful appeal.

Existing Use or Development

A Section 191 certificate can be applied for when you want to prove that an existing development or use is lawful. This is commonly used to prove that a use or development has been in existence for a certain length of time and therefore becomes lawful by default. For applications relating to residential matters this is generally 4 years or 10 years for commercial/agricultural applications.

Proposed Use or Development

A Section 192 application is very useful to make sure that a proposed residential extension falls under permitted development rights (as set out under the General Permitted Development Order).

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Why Use Plainview Planning?

Why Use Plainview Planning?

We appreciate that there are lots of planning consultants and architects out there - so why choose Plainview Planning?

We are a friendly, approachable firm that takes pride in providing honest advice and innovative solutions to our clients. We also believe that everyone deserves expert planning advice, and we take pride in helping our corporate and private clients every step of the way.


Honest advice

Honest advice

We provide honest up-front advice about your project. If you do not have a good chance of success we will tell you. We think our honest approach to projects is why our three year success rate is 81% for our applications, appraisals, appeals and enforcement work.

Our team of planning experts are familiar with all aspects of the planning system, and prepare application and appeal documentation that is robust and persuasive.

Fixed Fee

Fixed Fee

We aim to be very transparent with our fee structure. All projects are on a fixed fee basis, and invoiced stage-by-stage.

There will never be any nasty surprises like photocopying charges, mileage allowance or additional hours.  What you see on a Plainview Planning quote is what you pay. We believe in clear, simple billing for all our clients.

Clear timelines

Clear timelines

We believe in a simple and clear approach to all projects. At the beginning of every new case we break it down into clearly defined stages, with appropriate goals and milestones. This is discussed and agreed with our client from the outset.

We provide regular updates to our clients during each stage, and are always available to discuss your project.