Scenario Walkthroughs – Page 2
Narrative case studies showing the full application pack for a specific project.
Scenario Walkthroughs articles – page 2
166 articlesWalkthrough: removing a protected tree for an access
A protected tree can usually be removed for an access, but rarely by applying to remove the tree. The route that works runs through a full planning permission.
Walkthrough: a roof terrace refused on overlooking
A flat roof over a rear extension is not free outdoor space. This illustrative walkthrough follows a roof terrace from refusal on overlooking through sight line sections to an approved revision.
A forestry cabin and the functional need test
The forestry permitted development right stops at dwellings. How an essential rural worker case is evidenced, and why a temporary permission is often the outcome.
Self storage on employment land: an illustrative case
Storage is an employment use, so why do councils resist it on employment allocations? An illustrative case showing the job density argument and the evidence that answers it.
Walkthrough: a takeaway refused on odour and resubmitted
A hot food takeaway refused on odour grounds, and what the second application did differently: an odour risk assessment, a specified multi-stage system and a flue above ridge level.
Walkthrough: a gym above a parade of shops
An illustrative walkthrough of a first floor gym in a shopping parade, where the use class question was easy and dropped weights decided the application.
Walkthrough: a basement with a neighbour objection
A specific, evidenced objection on ground movement does not shrink a basement. It makes you prove it is buildable. What that cost and what changed.
Walkthrough: a heat pump on a listed terrace
An illustrative walkthrough of an air source heat pump at a Grade II terrace, where the unit was approved quickly and the internal pipe route took three rounds.
Walkthrough: a solar canopy over a supermarket car park
Canopy schemes over existing car parks rarely turn on the energy case. This illustrative walkthrough follows the drainage, tree and lighting issues that set the layout.
Walkthrough: a telecoms mast on a school site
Under Part 16 the authority can consider only siting and appearance. In this illustrative case sixty health objections changed nothing, and a playing field consultee moved the mast 60 m.
Walkthrough: rooftop plant on an office retrofit
Rooftop plant and its screen materially affect external appearance, so permission is almost always needed. This illustrative retrofit turned on a verified view and a week of background noise monitoring.
Walkthrough: a Class MA refusal on the old vacancy rule
The three month vacancy condition was removed from Class MA for applications made on or after 5 March 2024. An illustrative refusal under the old rule still shows how to evidence a qualifying period.
Walkthrough: an equestrian menage on a paddock
An arena on grazing land is a change of use and an engineering operation at the same time. This illustrative walkthrough follows one through the lighting objection to an approval with conditions.
Walkthrough: a dropped kerb refused on highway grounds
This illustrative walkthrough follows a front garden parking proposal from a highway refusal through to a revised scheme, and separates the planning permission from the highway authority's own crossing consent.
Walkthrough: a dormer refused in an article 4 area
Where an article 4 direction has removed householder permitted development rights, a rear dormer needs full permission and is judged against the council's design guidance. This illustrative walkthrough follows one through refusal to approval.
Walkthrough: a taproom in a railway arch
An illustrative walkthrough of a brewery taproom in a railway arch, where the sui generis change of use, noise breakout and dispersal decided the conditions.
Walkthrough: a dental surgery in a residential street
An illustrative walkthrough of converting a house to a dental practice, where the parking survey and the hours condition decided the outcome.
Walkthrough: flats above a parade with no parking
An illustrative conversion of first floor storage above a shopping parade into flats, following the car free case, the yard that had to hold bins and bicycles, and the noise from the takeaway below.
Walkthrough: forty eight homes on an allocated site
An illustrative walkthrough of a major housing scheme on a 2.4 hectare allocation, following the thresholds crossed at ten and fifty units and the survey seasons that set the programme.
Walkthrough: a woodland lodge in a National Landscape
An illustrative run through a small tourism lodge inside a National Landscape, where siting, darkness and the ancient woodland buffer decide the application.
Walkthrough: a listed farmhouse extension and consent
An illustrative run through a Grade II farmhouse extension, from the list entry and statement of significance to curtilage structures, bats in the roof and the two applications.
Walkthrough: a self build house on a brownfield paddock
Land last used for agriculture is not previously developed land, whatever the hardstanding suggests. An illustrative walkthrough through the history research, ecology, drainage and access.
Walkthrough: a shop converted to two flats above and below
An illustrative mixed use conversion, followed from the frontage policy through the space standards and the daylight and noise evidence to the conditions on the decision notice.
A garden plot subdivided for one house: the walkthrough
The principle of a single house on garden land is usually arguable. The access past the host dwelling, a protected tree, the separation distances and the biodiversity metric are what decide it.
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