Scenario Walkthroughs – Page 6
Narrative case studies showing the full application pack for a specific project.
Scenario Walkthroughs articles – page 6
166 articlesWalkthrough: a care home on a suburban site
One illustrative 64 bed care home on a suburban parcel, following the use class question, the need case, amenity evidence, servicing and the documents submitted.
Walkthrough: stables and a menage in the Green Belt
One illustrative proposal for four stables and a 20 by 40 metre menage on Green Belt grazing land, following the use class question, the openness test, arena lighting and the documents submitted.
Walkthrough: a mixed use scheme with retail below flats
An illustrative walkthrough of nine flats above a commercial unit, where almost every issue came from the interface between the two uses rather than either use alone.
Walkthrough: a scheme in a nutrient neutrality catchment
An illustrative walkthrough of a residential scheme in a nutrient neutrality catchment, from the nutrient budget to the appropriate assessment the council must adopt.
Walkthrough: a shop becoming a children's nursery
An illustrative shop to day nursery change of use: why a condition on an old permission made an application necessary, and how drop off and play noise were dealt with.
Walkthrough: retrospective application after enforcement
An illustrative householder case: an over-deep rear extension with a roof terrace, a planning contravention notice, and why applying before a notice is issued matters.
Walkthrough: a scheme that triggered a Transport Assessment
An illustrative 62 dwelling scheme crossing the point where a Transport Statement is no longer accepted, from the scoping letter through trip rates, modelling and the documents submitted.
Walkthrough: upward extension to add flats
Class AA of Part 20 removes the argument about principle and replaces it with a list of prior approval matters long enough to fail a weak submission on its merits.
Walkthrough: a new agricultural building on a holding
An illustrative walkthrough of a prior notification for a general purpose farm store, from the qualifying area test to the conditions that attach automatically.
Walkthrough: an industrial unit becoming a gym
Storage and distribution to a gym is a material change of use. An illustrative scheme where vibration from dropped weights, not airborne noise, decided it.
Walkthrough: converting a pub to residential
Pubs are sui generis and lost their permitted development rights in 2017. An illustrative conversion, from the community value listing to the committee vote.
Walkthrough: extension to a listed cottage
An illustrative Grade II cottage extension, followed from the first fabric inspection through two parallel consents to the conditions attached at the end.
Walkthrough: house to four self contained flats
Subdividing a house is a material change of use under section 55(3)(a) even with no external works. An illustrative walkthrough of a four flat conversion and the evidence that got it validated.
Walkthrough: farm diversification to glamping pitches
An illustrative walkthrough of a farm diversification application for eight glamping pods, showing how landscape evidence and foul drainage decided the scheme and what conditions came with the permission.
Walkthrough: a bat roost found before a demolition
Droppings on a beam in February meant a demolition in October. Where the seven months went, and what could have been done differently.
Walkthrough: loft conversion in an Article 4 area
When an Article 4 direction and a conservation area remove Class B rights, a rear dormer becomes a full application. This walkthrough follows one through.
Walkthrough: shop to hot food takeaway change of use
A hot food takeaway is sui generis, so no permitted development route exists. This illustrative case follows the extraction, noise and parking evidence.
Walkthrough: nine dwellings on an edge of settlement paddock
Nine dwellings sits below the major thresholds but still needs biodiversity net gain, seasonal ecology surveys and a drainage strategy. An illustrative sequence.
Walkthrough: a rear extension refused then approved
An illustrative walkthrough of a rear extension refused on amenity and design grounds, redesigned against the officer report, and approved on a fee-exempt resubmission.
Walkthrough: office to flats under Class MA
An illustrative Class MA prior approval turning a 1970s office into nine flats, following the natural light test, the noise case against a neighbouring pub and the full document pack.
Walkthrough: barn conversion under Class Q
An illustrative Class Q prior approval for a steel portal frame barn, following the structural evidence that decides these cases and the full document pack that went with it.
Walkthrough: a shop to residential conversion under Class MA
An illustrative two flat Class MA conversion, showing the evidence that establishes eligibility and the daylight analysis that should have come first.
Walkthrough: an outline application and reserved matters
An illustrative 84 home outline scheme, and the two parameter plans drawn too tightly that constrained the detailed design two years later.
Walkthrough: a cafe extending its hours after complaints
An illustrative walkthrough of a cafe applying to trade later after noise complaints, showing the acoustic and neighbour evidence that carried the case.
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