Category archives: Planning Permission

Retrospective dog field applications currently slip past BNG rules – meaning no 30-year monitoring plans, no offset credits, and no bureaucratic nonsense. Here’s how the loophole works, who it helps most, and why it won’t stay open for long.

Short answer: technically yes. Long answer: absolutely not, unless you fancy a personal introduction to your local enforcement officer. Let’s Start With the Obvious You’ve probably seen it online – someone bragging that they used ‘AI’ to write their planning application. They typed, ‘Write a planning statement for a dog…

Many dog-field owners start with good intentions and a printer full of hope. But DIY planning rarely saves money. Here’s what happens when “I’ll do it myself” turns into months of chaos – and why expert help usually costs less in the long run.

Everyone talks about it – few understand it. The 28-Day Rule is the rural legend of planning permission: that magical clause that supposedly lets you open your dog field ‘without permission’. In truth, it’s narrow, fiddly, and easy to get wrong. Here’s what it actually says, why it rarely works for commercial dog field use, and how to use it smartly without waving a red flag at your local council.

Secure dog fields are booming- but so are the complaints about who does and doesn’t have planning permission. Here’s why being the self-appointed “planning police” does more harm than good, what really matters to customers, and why you should focus on your own field before pointing fingers.

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