Freeholder Consent and Alterations in Gloucester
The figures Gloucester City Council publishes, rather than a national average.
- Local authority
- Gloucester City Council
- Service
- Freeholder consent
- County
- Gloucestershire
- From our Plymouth office
- Approx. 149 miles
Consent for External Works in Gloucester
Gloucester gives away for free what Cheltenham charges for. Building conservation advice for works of repair to listed buildings, and conservation area consents, carry no pre-application fee at all, and nor do works to trees under a preservation order or in a conservation area. Cheltenham charges £55 to £163 for heritage and conservation specialist comments on the same kind of enquiry. For a listed or conservation-area block planning a repair programme, that is a real and unusual saving.
Planning in Gloucester
Gloucester publishes a pre-application band that Cheltenham does not, and it is precisely the one a block needs: minor works to residential property that is not a householder, given as new windows, solar panels, fencing or a driveway, at £225 for a letter, 384 with an office meeting or 459 with a site visit. Because flats have no householder permitted development rights, this is the category external works to a block fall into, and Cheltenham leaves the equivalent unstated. Read the small print on the site visit tier though: the council states it is not a site meeting, that the officer is there to view the site only, and that no discussion about the proposal will be held.
What We Do About Freeholder Consent in Gloucester
How that becomes a service here, working from what Gloucester City Council publishes:
- Establish what the designation permits before a contractor prices anything.
- Establish the decision-making policy before design, so a scheme is not redrawn twice.
Fixed annual fee, no commission on contractor work.
How This Works, in General
The general law, for every area: Consent & Licence Services.