Appeal on rejected planning permission

[hind]

hello all

I have had a planning permission refused in November by Southwark Council. My house is in the conservation area but not in the Dulwich Estate.

My concern is that the loft conversion I have requests has been approved for a house up my road ( further into the conservation).

Since then I have received two letters through the post from companies offering to appeal on my behalf.

Please help and advice on the following;

1- is it best to appeal directly of to hire the services of a company? Who woold you recommend?

2- any advise on how to approach this?

Many thanks

Hind

[bemusED]

what reasons did southwark give for rejection?

[Judge]

I did the appeal myself - putting in some common sense arguments for why it should be approved (e.g. precedent, no neighbour objections etc). After popping down to the planning dept and speaking to a different planner he didn't see any particular reason the first application was declined so we knew it was a borderline decision. At the same time we submitted slightly altered plans (to account for the concerns causing the original application to be rejected) in case the appeal was rejected - so not to delay the building work any further. In the end the appeal was accepted and the revised plans were approved.

[asherplanning]

It depends on the reasons for refusal and what if any extra information the Council are asking for. It may be that if you make some minor changes / provide extra info you could put in a new application and get it approved - this is easier than appealing.

If you do appeal again it depends on the complexity as to whether you can do it yourself or need help.