Comparisons – Page 12
Side-by-side explanations of reports, consents and application types that people confuse.
Comparisons articles – page 12
272 articlesSequential Test or Exception Test for flood risk
Two flood tests, in a fixed order. Here is what triggers the exception test, what its two limbs require, and why each test usually fails.
Prior approval or full planning permission
Prior approval narrows what a council may consider and runs on a fixed clock. Here is where that helps a landlord, and where a full application is safer.
Outline permission or permission in principle
One is a permission with matters reserved. The other establishes location, use and amount and nothing else. The difference decides what a lender treats as a consented site.
Section 73 or section 96A: which amendment route
The difference sounds procedural and it is why most amendment decisions go wrong. A section 73 permission arrives with fresh conditions, a new levy calculation and no obligation attached.
Preliminary ecological appraisal or protected species survey
One is a desk study and a walkover that grades potential. The other is seasonal fieldwork by a licensed ecologist. Commission them in the wrong order and a self-build programme loses a season.
Heritage Statement or Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment
One assesses significance and harm to what stands above ground. The other assesses the potential for what lies beneath it. Different authors, different standards, often both.
Planning Statement or Design and Access Statement
One is required by statute for defined applications, the other is asked for by validation lists. Splitting the content properly stops the two documents contradicting each other.
Transport Statement or Transport Assessment: which one
The difference between the two documents is depth, not subject matter. Here is how the thresholds work, what scoping with the highway authority should settle, and where budgets go wrong.
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