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With property values rising quickly over the last ten years, many people with relatively small mortgages wish to release value from their homes. This is often achieved by Equity Release Schemes but there are other options.

As town planners in business for 20 years, we see our role as multi-faceted. Creating good quality architecture and achieving high standards of designs via obtaining planning consents are just two of our aims.

In situations where homes are redeveloped for flats and houses, we also see ourselves as helping to promote lifestyle opportunities for the homeowners involved in the project.

You may be in a situation where you wish to move to a bigger home, or down-size to a smaller one. Or you might be seeking to move to the country or abroad, or possibly need the finance to do other things.

Thus, DEVELOPMENT SEEKERS and ENABLING PROJECTS, in generating a higher value in the sale of your home, can help you to realise lifestyle as well as financial benefits.

Whilst some houses are large enough to be redeveloped with additional dwellings, many are not, even if they have large gardens.

More often than not, to accommodate new buildings of reasonable size plus access, garden areas and parking spaces, more than a single house needs to be redeveloped. We have seen many instances where a line of 3, 4 ,5 and more adjoining houses have been beneficially redeveloped.

You therefore need to consider whether any of your neighbours might be interested in a redevelopment proposal - we can then advise them as well as you on the next steps.

You can either speak to your neighbours before CONTACTING us, or submit your details first and do that later… 

If you are a homeowner or other landowner with a relatively small building on a large plot then ENABLING PROJECTS can help you to realise the value of your property.

We initially look at the planning situation without any obligation whatsoever. We will assess planning policy and look at the site’s development potential and come back to you with a workable proposal. This may involve bringing in one of our developer contacts or us working directly with you to achieve a planning consent.

If that proposal is acceptable to you we will then set out the next steps for a redevelopment project.

You will be kept informed at all stages and will be comforted by our open approach. We will work closely with you to achieve planning permission for your site, at all times explaining the sequence that must be gone through to make the project successful.

Please do not hesitate to CONTACT us through our web site or speak to Peter Kyte (Development Director) should you wish us to expand on our planning led approach or to discuss a specific development idea.

If you feel that your land or buildings have development potential, you will need to submit your details. We have a special CONTACTS FORM to do this. The form will give us your details on a confidential basis and ask some questions about your land.

We will then contact you to give you initial advice on the next steps. If you are agreeable, we will start the process to ascertain whether the site can be developed. We will explain all the stages of the development process and keep you in touch with the project's progress.

BUT BEFORE YOU CONTACT US YOU MUST FIRST GO THROUGH A SHORT CHECKLIST SO THAT YOU AND WE ARE SURE THAT YOUR LAND HAS A CHANCE OF BEING DEVELOPED. THIS INVOLVES SOME INITIAL INFORMATION PROVISION BY YOU...

PLEASE GO THROUGH THE CHECKLIST AND THEN SUBMIT YOUR DETAILS.

The Checklist is as follows:

CHECK 1: You must NOT, please, be dealing with another developer. We are a firm of town planners who wish to deal openly with landowners and do not want to become involved in site value competitive situations.

CHECK 2: The land/buildings must be WITHOUT a current planning permission,

CHECK 3: The land in question must be within an URBAN AREA (city, town or within village boundary). That is, it should not be rural and in the open countryside.

CHECK 4: The site should be of a GOOD SIZE and have clear potential for redevelopment (i.e. not too small and should be close to other residential development). You need to make a realistic assessment of the size of your plot.

CHECK 5: Many sites which are big enough to be developed fail because they have POOR ACCESS. Please ensure that there is the possibility of good access - enough room to the side of the house to get a new roadway through, for instance. Also, if a garden can be developed on its own, there should be a side access on to a street.

CHECK 6: If a residential GARDEN AREA is involved (which might be developed on its own) this should be as deep as possible to allow for houses at the back and retain a garden for you.

CHECK 7: If in a RURAL AREA it must be directly abutting a largish village, with shop, bus services and school close by. In these situations a village extension scheme could be promoted. We will only very occasionally deal with rural situations as planning policy prefers to see development in urban areas.  

CHECK 8: If you feel that your NEIGHBOURS might become involved, please speak to them first before approaching us. We can then arrange to meet you all.

CHECK 9: Please note that we will NOT look at Green Belt situations. You will need to help us at the first stage to check whether it is Green Belt, as defined by the Planning Department.   

CHECK 10: The site/buildings should also NOT be a listed building, un;less it is in a highly dilapidated state. Also, a site within a conservation area may not be easy to redevelop with many dwellings. You should be aware of these designations BEFORE you approach us.

CHECK 11: INFORMATION PROVISION: Please FILL IN THE CONTACTS FORM with the site address, a description of the site with your idea of its potential, and any planning history that may have occurred. You must have gone through the ABOVE CHECKLIST POINTS before submitting to us.

CHECK 12: INFORMATION PROVISION: We will need a copy of the LAND REGISTRY PLAN AND TITLE. We will ask this from you at an early stage. Are you able to provide this?

CHECK 13: INFORMATION PROVISION: Before we come and see the site we would like an e-mailed set of DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SITE. These should show the site AND surrounds... Are you able to provide this?

You can now DOWNLOAD THE CHECKLIST for your use. Please go through the list and when you are sure that some form of development is possible, then you can SUBMIT YOUR DETAILS in the next section of this website

Please note we are open in the way we operate, so please do not feel awkward about approaching us and asking about the next steps.

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Now that you have browsed this website and possibly seen our MAIN WEBSITE you can now submit your contact and site details. Please hit the link below:

SITE SUBMISSION FORM

If you are a homeowner and wish to get more advice from the ENABLINGUK website on what you should do prior to submitting a site to us, please read on below and see YOU ARE>>> A LAND/HOMEOWNER and TRACK RECORD.

Once you submit we will come back to you shortly... We look forward to hearing from you...

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