Planning Permission
Planning permission is granted where there is a need for housing. If you are looking to gain planning permission in the medium term you should be looking to the following factors.
Housing Need
If there is no housing need then no houses will be built – it's that simple! A quick test: Are builders in the locality building on small pieces of investment land and in peoples back gardens?
Community
With the present demands on reducing commuting distances it is important that new housing is close to or actually in a village or town.
Utilities
Some of the largest costs associated with residential buildings are in supplying the utilities. If your building plot is away from other housing, the supply of the utilities may prove too expensive to allow development.
Proximity of Residential Housing
New housing on green field sites is always unpopular with voters. However when the new housing is being built next to existing housing (especially infilling between existing housing) it tends to get passed. Building new homes in the middle of picturesque greenbelt countryside annoys the whole population as they spoil the countryside.
Always ensure that your plot of land is in close proximity to existing housing.
