Constraints and Designations – Page 13
Green Belt, conservation areas, flood zones, SSSIs and other designations, and the reports they trigger.
Constraints and Designations articles – page 13
294 articlesRegistered parks and gardens: what the designation means
There is no registered park consent. What registration changes is the evidence, the consultees and the harm test, and where a new building can sensibly sit within a designed landscape.
Archaeological Priority Areas and what triggers evaluation
A mapped priority area means the council wants to know what is under the ground before it decides. The tiers, the evaluation sequence, and how foundation design changes the answer.
Coal mining risk areas and the referral requirement
Coalfield councils will not validate an application in a Development High Risk Area without a Coal Mining Risk Assessment. The free check, the report contents, mine entry zones and Coal Authority permits.
Source Protection Zones and what they change on a site
A Source Protection Zone rarely stops a scheme. It changes the drainage design, the foundation method and the remediation targets, and the Environment Agency has views on all three.
Local Green Space designation and what it blocks
Local Green Space gives an ordinary field Green Belt style protection, but only through a local or neighbourhood plan and only where three strict tests are met.
Ancient woodland buffers and what councils expect
Ancient woodland is an irreplaceable habitat, so the policy test is close to a prohibition. How buffers are measured, what counts as deterioration, and the evidence an application needs.
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