Templates, Checklists and Examples – Page 5

A condition compliance tracker for a consented scheme

A decision notice with 23 conditions is a work programme. Here is how to extract them into a tracker, classify them by trigger, work the dates back from the build programme and hand the continuing ones over.

What to put in a planning application covering letter

The covering letter is read by the validation officer before anyone looks at the scheme. Here is what to put in it, what to keep out, and an illustrative structure that removes most validation queries.

Reserved matters checklist after an outline consent

A reserved matters submission settles the details the outline left open and cannot change what the outline fixed. Here are the time limits, the parameter checks and the document set to assemble.

Pre-application meeting agenda and the questions to ask

Pre-application advice is worth what you take out of it in writing. Here is the pack to send, an agenda ordered so the expensive questions come first, and the eight questions that produce answers you can use.

Sequential test for flood risk: an illustrative example

The flood risk sequential test turns on evidence about alternative sites, not on the merits of the scheme. This walks through the search area, the availability judgement and a clearly labelled illustrative comparison table.

Drawing schedule and revision register for a submission

The approved plans condition is only as reliable as the register behind it. Here is the numbering, revision and issue discipline that keeps a permission usable.

Site photograph schedule and how to annotate it

A numbered set of views tied to camera positions on a plan lets an officer understand a site without a second visit. Here is how to put one together.

Viability Assessment input schedule and its assumptions

Most viability arguments are arguments about inputs. This sets out each line of the schedule, the evidence it needs and the assumptions councils reject.

Utilities Assessment outline and the connection programme

A utilities assessment answers two questions: can the site be connected, and when. Both depend on formal enquiries that should go out in the first month.

Employment Land Assessment outline for a loss of use

Applications to lose employment floorspace are decided on marketing and demand evidence. This outline sets out each section and what has to sit behind it.

Open Space Assessment outline and the quantum calculation

The document answers one question with a number. Establish the standard, audit the catchment, identify the deficiency, then apply the standard to the population your scheme generates.

Equalities Impact Assessment outline for a planning submission

The public sector equality duty sits on the council, not on you. Your assessment gives the decision-maker the material to discharge it, and removes a ground of challenge.

Structural survey reporting outline for a conversion

The planning-relevant question is whether the building can take the new loads without being substantially rebuilt. Write the report so that answer is findable and evidenced.

Parking survey report outline and its data tables

A parking survey lives or dies on the survey area, the capacity method and the nights chosen. Here is the reporting structure, with the three tables that carry the analysis.

Circular Economy Statement outline and the material passport

Two figures drive a Circular Economy Statement, and the commitment runs past determination. A section-by-section outline, from the baseline audit to post-completion reporting.

Foul Sewage Assessment outline and the capacity question

The question at the centre of a Foul Sewage Assessment is whether the receiving system can take the flow. A section-by-section outline that keeps the capacity evidence at the front.

Play Space Assessment outline to the GLA standard

Child yield fixes the quantum before any design begins. A seven-section outline for a Play Space Assessment that answers Policy S4, with the distance bands and the areas that do not count.

Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment outline to CIfA

The part of a desk-based assessment that gets skipped is the records search. Here is the outline a county archaeologist expects, section by section.

Retail Impact Assessment outline above the threshold

Above the floorspace threshold, one document has to pass the sequential test and answer the impact test. Here is the outline, section by section, with the numbers reviewers check.

Basement Impact Assessment outline for a London borough

Boroughs audit basement assessments against a fixed sequence. Here is the outline that survives that audit, section by section, with the failures that send documents back.

Lighting Assessment outline to the ILP guidance

The environmental zone decides every limit in a lighting assessment. This outline runs through baseline survey, luminaire schedule, modelling, contour plots and the conditions to offer.

What to put in a pre-application enquiry pack

Pre-application advice is only as good as the questions. Send a measured survey, a constraints table and numbered questions, and keep the drawings loose.

Daylight and sunlight results tables an officer can check

A daylight results table exists so an officer can verify your conclusions without the model. Reference every window, show before, after and ratio, and band the shortfalls.

Whole life carbon assessment outline, module by module

Report whole life carbon module by module, in order, with one set of units. Here is the structure a sustainability officer can verify, and the assumptions to declare.