If your proposal seems somewhat ambitious, we would recommend gaining pre planning advice from the council prior to submitting a full application. This application includes submitting plans to the council to get their thoughts and advice on the design prior to submitting a full planning application. Based on the advice received, the proposal can be re-worked in order to give the application the best chance of receiving approval . The pre planning application takes roughly 2- 4 weeks to process and dependant on the scale of works can be a couple of hundred pounds.