Scenario Walkthroughs – Page 7
Narrative case studies showing the full application pack for a specific project.
Scenario Walkthroughs articles – page 7
166 articlesWalkthrough: a barn converted under Class Q prior approval
Class Q fails on three things more often than any others: a building that needs rebuilding, use evidence that cannot be dated, and a field access with no visibility. An illustrative walkthrough.
Walkthrough: a new dwelling in Flood Zone 2
A single dwelling in Flood Zone 2 needs a sequential test and a flood risk assessment, and no exception test. An illustrative walkthrough of the whole sequence, with no figures taken from a real case.
Walkthrough: a householder appeal decided on daylight
An illustrative walkthrough of a householder appeal turning on daylight and outlook, from the single refusal reason to the site visit and the decision. No figures are taken from a real case.
Walkthrough: an HMO application in an Article 4 area
Follow an illustrative six-bed HMO application through the concentration calculation, an overnight parking survey, 14 objections and a committee decision.
Walkthrough: a solar array on farmland
Follow an illustrative ground-mounted solar application on agricultural land, from the grid connection that chose the site to the restoration condition on the decision notice.
Walkthrough: a basement under a Victorian terrace
Follow an illustrative basement extension application from the first look at the borough's basements policy through the independent audit to the monitoring conditions on the decision notice.
Walkthrough: a pub converted to two dwellings
Pub conversions are decided on marketing and viability evidence, not design. Here is what each limb of a community facility policy actually requires.
A rural workers dwelling from temporary to permanent
Three years of temporary permission exist to test whether the enterprise lasts. What you record during those years decides the permanent application.
Walkthrough: a telecoms mast prior approval under Part 16
An illustrative walkthrough of a 20 metre monopole through Part 16 prior approval, from the ICNIRP declaration to the 56 day deadline and the conditions imposed.
Walkthrough: an equestrian change of use with an arena
Grazing is agriculture; keeping horses is not. An illustrative walkthrough of an arena application, from the use class question to the curfew and the commercial conditions.
Walkthrough: a farm shop and cafe on a working holding
A farm shop application is decided on the lane rather than the principle. An illustrative walkthrough from access survey to the produce condition and year one in practice.
Walkthrough: an outbuilding query settled by a certificate
A council enquiry about a garden room, answered with measurements rather than assertions. The Class E limits, the curtilage calculation trap and what a certificate actually protects.
Walkthrough: a listed building consent for internal work
Internal alterations to a listed house need consent even when nothing changes outside. An illustrative walkthrough from significance assessment to the discovery that forced a variation.
Walkthrough: an office to nursery change of use
Office to nursery looks like a movement within Class E until a condition restricts the building to office use. This illustrative walkthrough covers play space, the drop-off plan, noise and the conditions that followed.
Walkthrough: a twelve unit scheme and its gain plan
An illustrative twelve unit scheme followed from June habitat survey to approved Biodiversity Gain Plan, showing where on-site delivery falls short and what securing off-site units actually involves.
Walkthrough: a shopfront replacement in a conservation area
A shopfront in a conservation area needs planning permission and a separate advertisement consent. This illustrative walkthrough follows one unit from appraisal evidence and measured survey through to the conditions on both decisions.
Walkthrough: a self build plot with a protected oak
An illustrative self build where a protected oak decided the footprint, the driveway construction and the foundation design, and the order the work was done in saved the programme.
Walkthrough: an hours condition varied under section 73
An illustrative walkthrough of varying an opening hours condition, from choosing between section 73, section 96A and a fresh application through to the new decision notice and the licensing trap.
Walkthrough: discharging pre-commencement conditions
An illustrative walkthrough of the step between holding a permission and lawfully starting work, covering condition triggers, submission order, fees, deemed discharge and the condition that had to be varied.
A bungalow replaced with a two storey house
Replacement dwellings are judged against different policy from extensions. An illustrative walkthrough of demolishing a bungalow and building a house on the plot.
A five plot infill taken through validation
For a minor application the national validation list is short and the council's local list carries the work. An illustrative walkthrough of one five plot scheme.
A takeaway change of use answered on odour
An illustrative walkthrough of a hot food takeaway change of use, built around the extraction route, the odour control specification and the fan noise evidence.
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