Can a builder start once planning permission is granted?
A plain-English distinction between having permission and having a coordinated, supportable route to construction.
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Start-Ready guides
Clear answers to the questions project owners hesitate to ask.
Costs. Problems. Comparisons. Responsibilities. Risk. Each published guide answers one real decision question, shows what to check next and states where project-specific professional advice remains necessary.
How the guides are prepared
Direct answers, practical depth and traceable responsibility.
The useful answer comes first. Each full guide then gives practical checks, warning signs, questions and an owner sequence.
Primary guidance is linked, professional observations are identified, and prices and limitations remain visible. No guide implies authority to start or replaces project-specific professional advice.
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The three questions that define the gap between permission and construction.
Read these in order when a project has planning permission but the proposed start is not yet supported by one coordinated evidence position.
Pre-commencement planning conditions: an owner’s evidence check
How to identify conditions that must be addressed before the relevant development starts and record the evidence supporting discharge.
Read the answer →Five reasons a proposed residential start date may not yet be supported
A cross-workstream explanation of why a plausible date can still depend on unresolved approvals, information and agreements.
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Written for decisions, reviewed for accuracy.
Published by Planning & Project Advisory Ltd. Anthony Lilley is the editorial lead. The library draws on planning, design coordination and owner-side project delivery experience.
Review date: 3 September 2026. Geographic scope: England, with project-specific advice required where legislation, property documents or local authority requirements differ.