PlanScope Blog – Page 261
Practical guides to UK planning applications: which reports your council expects, permitted development, constraints, costs and how to prepare each document.
Articles – page 261
9140 articlesPlanning permission for a wedding venue in a barn
Noise, the lane and the number of events decide a barn wedding venue application. How to build the case and propose the conditions before the council does.
Reports needed for an out of centre retail unit
Two documents decide an out of centre retail application. A practical guide to the sequential test, the impact assessment and the rest of the evidence base.
Soil grading method in an Agricultural Land Classification
Best and most versatile status turns on one boundary. A look at auger density, wetness and droughtiness, and how a consultee checks an ALC conclusion.
Street votes: the power in the 2023 Act and its status
The Act created street vote development orders and left the detail to regulations. What they would allow, the safeguards expected, and the current status.
Council closures at Christmas and determination periods
The eight week clock runs through the holidays. How to time a submission around a council's Christmas closure, and what to settle before the office shuts.
Loss of privacy objections and the evidence that works
Case officers weigh distances and levels, not feelings. How to build an overlooking objection from drawings, the council's design guide and your own measurements.
Checking whether a survey is still valid
Survey data has no statutory expiry, but consultees reject evidence that no longer describes the site. How to check currency before paying for a repeat survey.
Obtrusive light assessment: report structure to GN01
A GN01 lighting assessment is checked parameter by parameter. Here is the reporting structure, from zone justification to post-installation verification.
Tree survey or TPO application: two different processes
One informs a design, the other asks permission to cut. A practical comparison of BS 5837 surveys, TPO consent applications and conservation area tree notices.
Budgeting a listed building application
Consent is free; the evidence is not. A practical breakdown of what an owner should budget for drawings, heritage statements, recording conditions and surveys.
Converting a barn to a house by full application
Where prior approval under Class Q is unavailable, a full application decides a barn conversion on policy, structural capability and design. This is what to submit.
Reports needed for a 2,500 m2 industrial unit
At 2,500 square metres an industrial building is major development, needs transport assessment and triggers biodiversity net gain. This is the full evidence base.
Presenting daylight and sunlight results tables
Case officers judge a daylight and sunlight assessment by its tables. Here is the column order, the room references and the summary structure that survive review.
Subdividing a house plot to build a second dwelling
A new dwelling in an existing garden is judged against the pattern of the street. Here are the tests officers apply, the constraints that kill plots, and how refusals are worded.
Reports needed for a telecoms mast under Part 16
A mast application under Part 16 is judged on siting and appearance alone. Here is the evidence that answers those two questions and the deadline that governs the process.
The TM59 modelling section of an overheating assessment
Almost every input in a TM59 model is fixed by the methodology. Here is what the modelling section must state, and where reports quietly depart from the standard assumptions.
Reports needed for a dropped kerb and front parking
Laying the driveway and crossing the footway are two different permissions. Here is what the permeability condition requires, what the highway authority checks, and which reports you need.
Sampling strategy in a phase 2 site investigation
Every exploratory hole should trace back to a pollutant linkage. How to design the sampling pattern, the gas monitoring programme and the laboratory schedule around the model.
Class E five years on: what the 2020 amendment changed
Class E made most high street uses interchangeable, and left a set of traps around takeaways, pubs, old conditions and article 4 directions. Where the position stands now.
Daylight modelling at the equinox and the other dates
The equinox does the work in a sunlight assessment, and midsummer and midwinter answer different questions. How to model the dates and present them without confusing a committee.
Objecting to a larger home extension under prior approval
The neighbour consultation scheme gives you 21 days, and only amenity counts. Here is what the council may consider, how the projection is measured, and where objections fail.
Overheating assessment competence and dynamic modelling
The simplified route and the dynamic modelling route are different exercises with different risks. Here is what competence means for each, and the five checks that review a model.
Developer contributions in Northern Ireland without a levy
Northern Ireland has no Community Infrastructure Levy, so every obligation is negotiated under section 76 of the 2011 Act. How councils approach it and how to budget for it.
Biodiversity gain plan: what the form asks for
The biodiversity gain plan sits between permission and a start on site. Here is what each field asks for, what the authority checks, and the omissions that cause delay.
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