PlanScope Blog – Page 19
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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9613 articlesCladding, render and the Article 2(3) exclusion
Class A withdraws the cladding right on Article 2(3) land for stone, render, timber, plastic and tiles, and the similar appearance condition catches rendering a brick house anywhere.
Scotland: permitted development for house extensions
Scottish householder permitted development is not the English scheme renamed. The classes, the curtilage coverage limit, why there is no neighbour consultation scheme, and how to confirm the position.
Securing affordable workspace through a planning obligation
A discounted rent on a shell is not workspace. How London affordable workspace obligations are drafted, from the discount definition and fit-out schedule to operator selection and the fallback.
Consenting a forestry building and access track
Part 6 of the GPDO grants permission for forestry buildings and private ways, subject to prior notification of siting, design and construction. The limits, the separate felling and watercourse consents, and the submission that gets dealt with quickly.
Who pays for SuDS maintenance in year twenty
Drainage strategies fail consultation on maintenance and funding, not on attenuation volumes. The adoption routes, the obligations that secure them, and how to price whole-life cost.
Replacement windows under an Article 4 direction
Where an Article 4 direction has withdrawn the householder right, replacing windows needs permission. The material, profile and evidence points that decide the application, and why no fee is payable.
Bat mitigation licences: site-specific or class licence
A site-specific European protected species mitigation licence and the registered consultant class licence route differ on eligibility, personnel and timescale. How to choose at design stage.
Flues and chimneys on a listed building: consent rules
Class G of the GPDO cannot bypass listed building control. How flue routes, terminal position and internal fabric decide a listed building consent application for a stove or boiler flue.
Scotland: NPF4 as part of the development plan
In Scotland the national planning framework forms part of the statutory development plan, so its policies carry the section 25 duty. How conflicts with a local development plan are resolved.
Be seen energy monitoring: what London schemes report
The fourth stage of the London Plan energy hierarchy requires measured energy performance after occupation. What gets reported, the metering it needs, and who carries the obligation after a sale.
Planning permission for an agricultural worker's dwelling
An agricultural worker's dwelling in open countryside is granted on evidence, not design. The functional need and financial tests, the occupancy condition, and how it is removed later.
Attenuation tanks or basins: choosing between them
A buried tank saves land and gives no treatment. A basin does both jobs but takes space. Here is how land take, maintenance, water quality and groundwater decide the choice.
Habitat enhancement against creation in the metric
The metric discounts creation harder than enhancement through its difficulty and temporal multipliers. Here is how to test an enhancement claim and where retention scores nothing.
Mothballing a listed building at risk
Mothballing buys time for a listed building at risk, but temporary protective works often need consent and sealing a damp building makes things worse. Here is the order to do it in.
Retrospective planning options after starting work
Unauthorised works leave three routes: a retrospective application under section 73A, a certificate of lawfulness, or waiting out the enforcement period. Here is how each works.
Proposal of application notice for major development
Scottish national and major developments need a proposal of application notice at least 12 weeks before the application, with a public event and a consultation report. Here is how to programme it.
Who decides your application in a London corporation area
In a Mayoral development corporation area the corporation may determine applications and set the plan, while the borough keeps other functions. Here is how to check before you submit.
Consenting a rooftop plant enclosure on a warehouse
Rooftop plant may fall within Part 7, but the acoustic enclosure around it usually does not. Here is the noise method, the structural check and the drawings to submit.
Local validation lists: what a council can lawfully require
Local validation requirements only apply if they sit on a list published within the previous two years. Here are the tests, the escalation route and when to supply the document anyway.
The right to connect to a public sewer and its limits
Lack of sewer capacity is not a lawful ground for refusing a connection under section 106 of the Water Industry Act 1991. Here is what the undertaker can require and how capacity is handled instead.
Section 73 applications and the biodiversity gain plan
A section 73 permission is a new permission, so the gain condition attaches to it. Whether a revised plan is needed turns on the date of the original permission and whether the habitat position changes.
Tall buildings in historic settings and TVIA views
On a tall building in a historic setting the agreed viewpoint list and the verified images decide the application. Here is how to scope them and how to separate visual change from heritage harm.
Class S: agricultural building to a school or nursery
Class S permits the change of use only, up to a floorspace limit, and prior approval covers transport, noise, contamination and flood risk. Building works need a separate application.
Net benefit for biodiversity in Wales and the section 6 duty
Wales has no mandatory biodiversity metric. Net benefit is a policy test backed by the section 6 duty in the Environment (Wales) Act 2016, applied through a stepwise approach that can end in refusal.
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