Report Deep Dives – Page 6
Section-by-section anatomy of each of the 66 planning report types, beyond the basics.
Report Deep Dives articles – page 6
377 articlesCumulative effects chapters: which schemes to include
The EIA Regulations 2017 require cumulation with other existing and approved projects, but set no radius or cut-off date. Here is how to build, agree and defend the scheme list.
Non technical summaries that officers actually use
The non-technical summary is the only part of an environmental statement most people read, and officers quote from it. This is how to write one that stands alone.
Appendices that get a technical report validated first time
Reports fail validation for administrative reasons, not technical ones. This is the appendix structure and the pre-submission checklist that stop a fortnight being lost.
Uncertainty statements that strengthen a technical report
A report with no stated limitations reads as evasive. This sets out how to express measurement uncertainty, seasonal gaps and assumptions so an officer knows what weight the conclusion carries.
Baseline and displacement in an economic impact assessment
Gross job numbers carry almost no weight in a planning balance. This is how the leakage, displacement, substitution and multiplier adjustments are built and reported so an officer can test them.
Employment land supply tables in an employment land assessment
Releasing employment land turns on two tables: the supply schedule and the marketing record. What each must contain, and the failure modes councils look for.
Quality standards and deficiency mapping in open space work
Quantity, accessibility and quality are three tests, not one. How to build a scoring matrix assessors agree on, separate quality from value, and map deficiency by population.
Compartmentation drawings in a fire safety strategy
Compartment lines, resistance periods, travel distances and appliance access decide how many units a core can serve. The drawing content, and what to fix before planning.
Crack pattern interpretation in a structural survey
Crack geometry, not width, points to a cause. How damage is classified, how seasonal clay movement is separated from progressive failure, and what a planning file needs.
Bin store sizing and collection access in a waste strategy
Bin stores get redesigned at condition stage more often than any other part of a scheme. The arithmetic and the drag distance are what the waste officer checks.
Waste stream forecasting in a site waste management plan
The statutory requirement for site waste management plans went in 2013, but the planning condition did not. A forecast you can report against is what discharges it.
Photographic register discipline in historic building recording
Conservation officers rarely reject a building record for poor photography. They reject it because the register cannot tell them what each frame shows or where it was taken from.
Trench positioning in an archaeological field evaluation
Trench layout is settled in the written scheme of investigation before any machine arrives. Here is how sampling percentages, geophysics targeting and site constraints shape it.
Credit tracking and shortfall risk in a BREEAM pre-assessment
A pre-assessment is a forecast that becomes a planning condition. The tracker behind it, with an owner against every credit, is what stops the rating slipping at post construction stage.
Capacity confirmation letters in a utilities assessment
A utilities assessment is only as good as the letters behind it. Five enquiries, raised early and read properly, will tell you whether the programme is deliverable.
Per capita demand figures in a water supply assessment
The water efficiency figure in a planning submission is a Building Regulations standard delivered through a planning condition. Getting the route right saves an argument at occupation.
School and surgery capacity tables in a social infrastructure report
The argument in a social infrastructure assessment lives in four tables: yield, existing capacity, forecast capacity and the residual shortfall your scheme actually causes.
The exposure declaration in a telecommunications submission
A telecommunications prior approval fails without the exposure declaration, and succeeds or fails on siting and appearance. Here is what the declaration covers and what the submission needs alongside it.
Lawson comfort criteria tables in a wind microclimate report
Lawson categories pair an activity with a threshold speed and a frequency of exceedance. Here is what each one means, why distress is absolute, and the six checks to run on the plots.
Characteristic situations in a ground gas assessment
The gas screening value decides the characteristic situation, and the characteristic situation decides the protection. Here is what has to sit behind that number for a reviewer to accept it.
Reading the results tables in a daylight and sunlight report
Vertical sky component, no sky line, annual probable sunlight hours and target illuminance measure different things. Here is how to read each column, and where a summary table can flatter a scheme.
Selecting trip rates inside a Transport Assessment
Trip rates set the outcome of a Transport Assessment before any junction is modelled. Here is how to filter the database, choose between person and vehicle rates, pick the peaks and record the selection.
What the BS 5837 tree schedule must record, column by column
The tree schedule sets the root protection areas and retention categories that shape a layout. Here is what each column in a BS 5837:2012 survey has to carry, and what to check before it reaches a drawing.
Viewpoint methodology in a townscape assessment
Viewpoint methodology is the part of a townscape assessment an objector can check by standing at your camera position. Here is how to select, survey, represent and record views so the work holds up.
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