Freeholder Consent and Alterations in North Devon
The figures North Devon Council publishes, rather than a national average.
- Local authority
- North Devon Council
- Service
- Freeholder consent
- County
- Devon
Consent for External Works in North Devon
North Devon publishes the single most useful line for a block anywhere in this research, in its Barnstaple management plan: replacement of windows and doors is not controlled on unlisted buildings in use as private dwelling houses, but buildings in other uses, including apartments, require planning permission for alteration and replacement of windows and doors. A block of flats therefore needs permission for a window programme where the house next door does not. The same plan warns specifically against turnerisation, the bituminous coating over hessian sometimes sold as a cheap roof fix, because the coating begins to fail after about ten years, is difficult and costly to remove, means all the slates must be discarded, and may reduce resale value.
Planning in North Devon
Two North Devon quirks are worth knowing before an application goes in. A wildlife trigger list must accompany every application, without exception. And there is no fee for listed building consent, nor for a planning application required exclusively because of an Article 4(2) direction, which is an unusual second exemption and directly relevant in Pilton and Bradiford.
What We Do About Freeholder Consent in North Devon
Freeholder consent in North Devon is part of a full management service. North Devon Council's published figures are the starting point, not an estimate:
- Settle consent before the specification is written. Getting that order wrong is what turns a straightforward repair into a retrospective one.
- Read the plan that is in force now, including where North Devon Council has said its own policies are out of date.
Fixed annual fee, no commission on contractor work.
How This Works, in General
The general law, for every area: Consent & Licence Services.