PlanScope Blog – Page 155
Practical guides to UK planning applications: which reports your council expects, permitted development, constraints, costs and how to prepare each document.
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9365 articlesWhen a scheme needs a section 278 or section 38 agreement
Section 278 and section 38 agreements are triggered by the nature of the highway works rather than the number of units. Here is the progression, the technical approval timetable and the costs around it.
Parking survey or the adopted parking standard: which wins
Adopted parking standards apply an authority-wide number to every site. An overnight beat survey measures what one street actually holds. Here is when the survey wins and when it will not help.
VAT on a self-build: zero rating and the reclaim scheme
Zero rating on a new dwelling, 5 per cent on qualifying conversions, and one claim through the DIY Housebuilders Scheme. What is recoverable, what is blocked, and how a planning condition can remove eligibility.
Soil survey method and soil handling in an ALC report
Published regional maps cannot resolve a single field. What a detailed Agricultural Land Classification survey records, how the 3a to 3b boundary is reached, and how soil is handled on site.
Reports for a rural worker's dwelling in open countryside
A rural worker's dwelling turns on the functional and financial appraisal of the enterprise. Here is what that document must prove, how the temporary route works, and what else the council expects.
Which transport planner qualification your submission needs
Highway authorities do not licence the authors of transport submissions, but they do read them. What each institution route signals, and the six questions to ask before instructing.
Bias adjustment and annualisation of NO2 diffusion tube data
Nitrogen dioxide diffusion tube results need bias adjustment, annualisation and sometimes distance correction before they can carry an air quality baseline. Here is the order and the evidence to show.
Thatch, listed building consent and the fire conditions
Heritage control wants the base coat and the regional material kept. Fire safety wants a lined flue and a raised terminal. Here is how thatch applications reconcile the two.
A householder appeal step by step after a refusal
An illustrative householder appeal against a refused two-storey extension, from reading the decision notice to the inspector's site visit, and what would have avoided it.
How ecology survey effort scales with the size of a site
Ecology costs step rather than scale. Site area governs which biodiversity metric applies and which exemptions are open, while buildings, trees and ponds govern the number of survey visits.
Water Supply Assessment or Utilities Assessment: which you need
A Water Supply Assessment answers one question about potable water capacity. A Utilities Assessment scopes electricity, gas, water, foul, telecoms and lead times. Here is which one a council asks for and when.
How a highway authority sets a section 38 or 278 bond
Highway bonds under sections 38 and 278 are priced from the adoptable works plus an uplift for inflation and procurement. Here is how the sum is built, how it is released, and what to negotiate.
The odour and flue section of a kitchen extraction statement
The odour control part of a Ventilation and Extraction Statement turns on three numbers: extract volume, odour risk band and termination height. Here is how each is derived and evidenced.
Which reports a coalfield site needs before you apply
Coalfield sites need a coal mining risk assessment before the council will validate. This is what the document covers, how mine entry standoffs reshape a layout, and which other reports follow.
Air quality assessment triggers as trip numbers grow
The trigger is the change in daily vehicle flows on affected links, not the number of homes. Here is where the criteria come from and what a management area changes.
Pre-redevelopment audit or structural survey
One document answers what the building is made of, the other whether it can carry your scheme. Here is what each involves and why the structural work has the earlier deadline.
What drives Phase 2 contamination investigation costs
The Phase 1 conceptual site model decides most of the Phase 2 bill. Here is what each element costs you, and the escalations worth holding contingency against.
The baseline and receptor section of a lighting assessment
Reviewers reject lighting assessments for the zone or the receptor list, not the modelling. Here is how to get both right and what outputs to expect.
Reports for a site with Japanese knotweed present
Treatment takes growing seasons, not weeks, and a lender wants a guaranteed management plan. Here is the document set and how to keep the programme intact.
What drives archaeological evaluation costs
The curator sets the trenching, the ground sets the machine time, and the finds set the analysis bill. Here is where a developer can actually influence the figure.
The overheating compliance route in a TM59 assessment
The modelling route is the only option once glazing grows or windows cannot open at night. Here is what the assessment assumes, and where those assumptions usually flatter the design.
Reports for an air source heat pump array on a block
One heat pump on a house is permitted development. A dozen on a block is not. Here is the document set, and why passing the MCS calculation answers very little.
Acoustic consultants and BS 4142 competence
Anyone can head a document BS 4142. Here are the credentials, equipment checks and method questions that tell you whether the report will survive review.
Structural warranties and what the planning file should hold
A self-build warranty makes the house mortgageable and can be the evidence that secures the levy self-build exemption. Here is the sequence and the records to keep.
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