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HOW
OUR NO WIN – NO FEE TERMS ARE SET Our
success – related fees for NO WIN – NO FEE projects are set by carrying out a Preliminary
Assessment of Development Potential. Its
purpose is to examine your development proposal in the context of the
planning policies adopted by your Local Council, National planning
policy guidance issued by the Government via the Department of Transport
Local Government & the Regions, and the “other material
considerations” referred to in s54A of the Town & Country Planning
Act 1990. Because
The Town & Country Planning Act 1990 requires all planning
applications determined under the Act to be decided “in accordance
with the policies of the development plan and other material
considerations”, we can then accurately estimate the chances of
winning the planning permission you want, assess the business RISK to us of forfeiting our normal “time plus expenses” fees,
and thereby set the success-related fee we require for winning the
permission you want. If
we do not win your permission for you, you will never – in any
circumstances – receive any invoice for the time and effort we have
expended pursuing it for you. Nor will you receive any invoice for the
considerable costs we incur in postage, telephone calls, faxes, e-mails
etc… Once
we offer our NO
WIN – NO FEE terms,
only when we WIN your planning permission for you will you receive an
invoice from us for the agreed success – related fee, plus VAT. PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT There
is a small fixed charge
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just £147.00
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towards the cost of your Preliminary Assessment, because there
are very significant costs involved for us in undertaking it. Whilst
that fixed charge covers less than 25% of the actual cost of undertaking
your Preliminary Assessment, it tends to prevent abuse of our Assessment
Service and discourages irresponsible applicants from wasting our time
with ridiculous “no hope” proposals like housing in Green Belt
areas. The
assessment is essential to allow us to assess the prospects of success,
the likely time involved and therefore the terms we can
offer you for pursuing your planning permission. Clients
should note this it is not possible to undertake an assessment “off
the cuff” by telephone. We are legally liable for the advice we issue,
and during a telephone conversation we would have before us none of the information we need to reach reliable
conclusions. Given
a reasonable chance of success, be assured that our Preliminary
Assessment will include the NO WIN – NO FEE terms we can offer to pursue your planning
permission, including an explanation (with reasons) of the prospects of
winning the permission, and the fixed fee you will pay
ONLY if we win the
planning permission for you. Our NO WIN – NO FEE terms will always include taking your case
to planning appeal if it is necessary. If
you would like us to consider pursuing YOUR planning permission on NO
WIN – NO FEE terms. Please complete and submit the application
form on the following page. Our track record of success speaks for
itself, and we always devote the same skills and energy to NO
WIN – NO FEE projects as we do to projects undertaken on our
normal “time plus expenses” terms. We can profit from your project
only if YOU win, so our promise to you is very simple…….. “If it is possible to win your
planning permission, we WILL get it for you. And, if we can’t
win it, well, quite frankly, it is extremely unlikely that anyone
else will be able to”. Fact……. ***Land
Planning Associates achieved a 62.5% success rate for No Win-No Fee
Planning Appeals in 2002 against a National average of 30%***
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