Project Type Guides – Page 5
How to get planning permission for extensions, conversions, new builds and commercial uses.
Project Type Guides articles – page 5
268 articlesWhat a trampoline park application has to prove
A trampoline park application is decided on vibration through the building frame, airborne noise, the weekend parking peak and servicing. Here is the evidence councils expect.
Opening a rooftop bar above an existing pub
Patron noise from a terrace at roof level reaches facades a beer garden never would, and a parapet screen does little for receptors above it. Design that in early.
Planning permission for a swimming pool in a garden
The pool is rarely the problem. A raised deck, a heat pump near the boundary or an excavation inside a root protection area are what turn it into an application.
Planning permission for a gypsy and traveller pitch
Pitch applications turn on the planning definition, the authority's five year supply of deliverable sites and whether the land is Green Belt. Here is how to build each.
Planning permission for a temporary surface car park
A temporary car park needs permission for the surfacing and for the change of use. The drainage, lighting and restoration evidence decides whether it is granted.
Planning permission for a climbing centre in a warehouse
A climbing centre in a warehouse is a Class E(d) use needing full permission. Slab capacity for wall loads and evening parking accumulation decide the application.
Planning permission for a last-mile logistics depot
Urban parcel depots are Class B8, but nothing else about them resembles a regional shed. Van trip profiles and electrical capacity decide whether the scheme works.
Planning permission for a rooftop telecoms installation
Most rooftop telecoms apparatus goes up under Part 16 permitted development, with prior approval limited to siting and appearance and an ICNIRP declaration required.
Adding storeys to a block of flats: the two routes
Upward extension of a block of flats runs through Class A of Part 20 or a full planning application. The dimensional limits, structural capacity and the 18 metre fire threshold decide which.
A new house in the grounds of a listed building
A new dwelling in a listed curtilage turns on section 66(1) of the 1990 Act, the extent of the curtilage and a setting assessment that drives the design rather than following it.
Planning permission to split a house into two flats
There is no permitted development route for splitting a house into flats. Unit size, outdoor amenity space and where the bins and bicycles go are what decide the application.
Micro hydropower on an existing weir: consents explained
A micro hydropower scheme on an old mill weir needs planning permission, but the Environment Agency licences decide whether it works. Here is how the consents fit together.
A traveller pitch application: what the evidence must show
Traveller site applications run on their own national policy, with its own definitions and its own tests. The evidence that decides them is need, layout and flood risk, in that order.
Planning permission for a farm reservoir or irrigation lagoon
Capacity is the decision that shapes everything else on a farm reservoir: it determines whether reservoir safety legislation applies, what the abstraction licence has to cover, and how much spoil you have to place.
Converting a shop into a tattoo studio or nail bar
A nail bar is normally a Class E service use, so the change from a shop needs no permission. A tattoo studio is less settled, and the answer decides whether you apply or just open.
Planning permission for a slipway or jetty on a tidal river
Below the high water mark a jetty stops being a planning matter alone. Marine licensing, flood risk permits, navigation consent and a seabed lease all sit on top of the planning application.
Flats above a working pub: agent of change in practice
The upper floors of a trading pub look like easy units until the acoustics are priced. Agent of change puts the mitigation on the incoming flats, and the council will want it verified on completion.
Extending a special educational needs school
Specialist school expansions turn on playing field loss and drop-off capacity, not on general education policy. Mainstream school trip rates give the wrong answer.
An off-road motorsport track on private land
Motor sport gets 14 of the 28 permitted temporary use days, and none of them cover track construction. What a full application needs and how the conditions are drafted.
A single wind turbine on a farm holding
A single turbine on a farm is a full planning application decided on noise, shadow flicker, aviation safeguarding and landscape. Here is what each of those needs and in what order.
Floodlighting a school sports pitch
School floodlights need planning permission in almost every case, and playing field land triggers statutory consultation. Here is how the lighting is assessed and which conditions follow.
Rooftop telecoms equipment on a commercial building
Rooftop antennas for a network operator usually run through Part 16 prior approval, where the council decides siting and appearance only. Here is what that covers and what the lease has to deal with.
Creating a natural burial ground on farmland
A natural burial ground is decided on hydrogeology before landscape. What to test first, and how the usable area is usually smaller than the field.
A wedding venue in a farm building: the application
Why a barn wedding venue needs a full change of use application, and how the noise, dispersal, parking and drainage evidence decides it.
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