Scenario Walkthroughs – Page 3
Narrative case studies showing the full application pack for a specific project.
Scenario Walkthroughs articles – page 3
166 articlesA twelve room care home extension: the walkthrough
Twelve bedrooms is a minor application on floorspace and a difficult one on evidence. An illustrative walkthrough of the parking profile, the garden argument, the daylight tests and the conditions imposed.
A beauty salon in a front room: the planning walkthrough
Four clients a day in a front room usually needs no permission. Add a non-resident therapist and evening hours and it does. An illustrative walkthrough of where the line sits and what the application contained.
School expansion on a playing field: the evidence pack
An illustrative walkthrough of a primary school expansion that takes part of a playing field, and how the replacement provision, agronomy evidence and lighting case were assembled.
Walkthrough: a roof extension adding two flats
An illustrative one storey addition creating two flats on an existing block, from the Part 20 prior approval choice through daylight, structure, lift provision and construction access.
Walkthrough: a farm diversification wedding venue
An illustrative walkthrough of a change of use to a wedding and events venue on a working farm, from the use class question through noise, lane access, parking and foul drainage to the conditions.
Walkthrough: a riverside mill converted to flats
An illustrative walkthrough of a grade II listed mill in Flood Zone 3a becoming 22 flats. Nothing about the structure can move, which makes the flood case and the heritage case the same problem.
Walkthrough: a hot food takeaway in a shopping parade
An illustrative walkthrough of a shop becoming a hot food takeaway with flats above. The application turns on a flue, a fan and a policy about distance from schools.
Walkthrough: church hall to a day nursery
An illustrative walkthrough of a church hall becoming a day nursery. The fabric barely changes, and every difficult question is about use class, outdoor space and the fifteen minutes either side of 9am.
Walkthrough: former petrol station to four houses
On a closed forecourt the contamination evidence drives the application. This illustrative walkthrough follows the sequence from desk study to verification report.
Walkthrough: holiday let in a redundant outbuilding
An illustrative conversion of a redundant cart shed to a holiday unit. Permitted development did not help, and the bat survey season set the programme.
Walkthrough: appeal after non determination
An illustrative major scheme that ran out of determination period. What the appeal statement contained, how the putative reasons narrowed, and the real time saving.
Walkthrough: a scheme amended mid-build
Seven changes arose during construction on an illustrative nine-unit scheme. Four went through section 96A in 24 days; three needed a section 73 and eight weeks.
Walkthrough: a riverside site with a flood evacuation plan
An evacuation plan is not a substitute for safe access. This illustrative Flood Zone 3a walkthrough shows how levels, refuge, warning and a plan were assembled into one package.
Walkthrough: a car park converted to housing
A surface car park is a strong brownfield proposition, and the application turns on parking survey evidence and drainage. This illustrative walkthrough follows nine flats through to conditions.
Walkthrough: a dental practice in a residential conversion
A house to dental practice conversion turns on housing loss policy and plant noise. This illustrative walkthrough follows the application through parking evidence, acoustic design and the conditions that followed.
Walkthrough: an equestrian arena and stable block
Keeping horses is agriculture; riding them is not. This illustrative walkthrough follows an arena and four box stable block through siting, lighting, drainage, access and the conditions that followed.
Walkthrough: a play area added to a housing scheme
Play space arrives late on most housing schemes. This illustrative walkthrough follows the child yield calculation, the layout revision and the obligation that secured maintenance.
Walkthrough: a solar array on redundant agricultural land
A farm solar scheme is decided on two documents: the land classification survey and the landscape assessment. This walkthrough shows how both changed the layout.
Walkthrough: a dormer loft conversion refused then approved
A box dormer refused on width, height, roof form and materials, redrawn in a day and approved at the second attempt. What changed, what it cost, and why the design guide mattered most.
Walkthrough: shopfront and flats above a parade
Flats above a shop look like a simple conversion until you work out where the front door goes, how the bins get out and what the extraction fan does at 11pm.
Walkthrough: extending a touring caravan site
Planning permission and a site licence are two separate consents with two separate tests. An extension to a touring site needs both, and the order matters.
Walkthrough: a mixed use scheme above a railway line
Building over an operational railway puts the infrastructure owner at the centre of the programme. An illustrative walkthrough of how the sequence runs.
Walkthrough: an annexe that became a separate dwelling
An illustrative walkthrough of a garden annexe let to a tenant, the enforcement enquiry that followed, and the two routes back to a lawful position.
Walkthrough: a place of worship in a light industrial unit
A place of worship in an industrial unit needs permission, and the case turns on employment land policy, parking at the peak hour and noise in both directions.
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