Templates, Checklists and Examples – Page 11

Measuring gross internal area against the space standard

Gross internal area decides whether a unit passes the space standard. Stairs, sloping ceilings and built-in storage are where schemes gain and lose square metres.

Energy Statement structure using the energy hierarchy

An energy statement that follows the hierarchy reports a carbon figure at every stage. Here is the structure officers expect and the tables that go with it.

Section 73 application: the checklist before you submit

Section 73 grants a fresh permission, not an edit to the old one. This checklist covers the condition wording, the drawings schedule, the obligations and the deadline that cannot be moved.

An applicant's community involvement statement on a small site

Consultation on a small scheme is not required by statute, and doing it properly still changes the outcome. The document is a record of what you did and what you changed.

Construction Management Plan contents for a housing scheme

A Construction Management Plan is the document that gets returned most often for being too general. Here is the section by section content councils actually approve.

The 45 degree rule for rear extensions: a worked example

The 45 degree rule is a screening tool in council householder design guides, not national policy. Here is how the lines are actually drawn, and what the test cannot tell you.

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Design and Access Statement for listed building consent

Listed building consent applications always need a design and access statement, whatever their scale. This sets out a structure that runs significance, impact and justification in the order a conservation officer reads them.

Writing a pre-application enquiry that gets a usable answer

Most pre-application responses are vague because the enquiry was vague. This sets out the structure, the drawings worth including, the questions to put and how to record the answer.

Householder application: building the document list

Article 7 of the Development Management Procedure Order sets a short national list for every planning application. Here is what it contains, what a local list adds, and why most householder submissions are returned.

What goes in a Construction Traffic Management Plan

A Construction Traffic Management Plan is judged by the highway engineer discharging the condition, not by a planning officer. Here is what each section has to contain and where submissions usually come back.