Ken Dijksman

Ken Dijksman

Ken, a former planning officer, is an experienced planning consultant with over three decades of experience helping self builders, renovators and developers achieving planning permission. He set up his own consultancy, Dijksman Planning LLP, in 2005. He is also the author of The Planning Game, How to Play the System and Win Planning Consent: An Insider's Guide to Planning Permission for Newbuilds and Extensions.

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Blue shaker kitchen by Olive & Barr in oak frame room

Permitted Development: How it works for homeowners

By Sally Tagg, Ken Dijksman, Michael Holmes last updated

Find out what you can build under Permitted Development without planning permission in our beginner's guide

special dispensation due to outstanding design meant that this home was granted planning permission to be built in the countryside

Building a New Home in the Countryside: Paragraph 79 Guide

By Jason Orme, Ken Dijksman last updated

Planning Hub The Paragraph 79 clause of the National Planning Policy Framework, could be just the ticket to building a home in the countryside. Find out how it works

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