PlanScope Blog – Page 47
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9561 articlesMosque planning permission: domes, minarets and parking
A purpose-built place of worship is a Class F1 use, and the application is usually decided on parking and highway safety rather than on design. Here is how domes, minarets, ancillary teaching and sound are assessed.
Entry level exception sites and how they qualify
Entry level exception sites allow small unallocated sites next to a settlement to come forward for homes aimed at first time buyers. Here are the size and location limits and how the route differs from a rural exception site.
The limits of automatic planning constraint detection
An automatic constraint check is a fast first pass over national datasets. It cannot see setting, locally held designations or last week's tree preservation order, so every flag needs verifying against the source.
Objecting to a solar farm on agricultural land
National policy supports renewable generation, so an objection to a ground-mounted solar scheme has to work on land quality, landscape effect, glint and glare and cumulative impact. Here is what councils can act on.
Class AD: upward extension of a house to create new flats
Part 20 Class AD allows new flats to be built on top of a detached house built between 1 July 1948 and 5 March 2018, subject to prior approval. The date window and the height caps rule out most candidates before design begins.
Part 16 prior approval for masts beside a full application
Telecoms development under Part 16 of the GPDO 2015 is determined on siting and appearance alone, within 56 days. Here is where that route stops and a full planning application takes over.
Which reports flats above a shop parade need
Converting upper floors above a retail parade turns on two issues: noise from the units below and a separate street access. Here is the document bundle councils expect, and the parts that belong to building control instead.
Winery planning permission: production and tasting rooms
Turning grapes into wine is processing rather than agriculture, so a winery building usually needs a full planning application even on a large holding. Here is how the use, the tasting room, the effluent and the harvest peak are assessed.
Blight notice: forcing a public body to buy your home
Statutory blight lets qualifying owner-occupiers require a public body to buy land affected by a published scheme. Here is what the notice covers, who can serve one, and the grounds an authority uses to object.
Shooting and archery range planning permission
Gunshot is an impulsive noise source and the danger area is a land take constraint. Here is how a range application is assessed and what conditions to expect.
Discharge of conditions: the application after permission
A discharge of conditions application approves the details a condition reserved for later. Here are the fee rules, the eight week period and the risk of starting early.
Objecting to a hot food takeaway near a school
Takeaways are sui generis so permission is always needed. Exclusion zone policies and odour are the grounds that work, and here is the evidence to gather.
Agricultural prior notification or Class Q: the ten year bar
Building under Part 6 can block a Class Q barn conversion for ten years on the same agricultural unit. Here is how the two rights compare and how to sequence them.
Cat cafe planning permission and animal hospitality uses
A cat cafe may stay within Class E or may be a separate use needing permission. Here is how the classification works and what the layout, odour and licensing require.
Nutrient neutrality: what the requirement means for a site
Nutrient neutrality requires a development to add no nitrogen or phosphorus load to a protected site. Here is the legal basis, the budget method and the mitigation routes.
Infrastructure delivery plans and where contributions go
An infrastructure delivery plan lists every project the local plan depends on, its cost, who delivers it and the funding gap. Here is how to read one and use it.
Telling a templated planning statement from a real one
Officers spot a template in under a minute. Here are the signals, the sections that must carry site facts, and the seven edits that fix a generic draft.
Objecting to a telecoms mast: what actually counts
Most masts come forward under Part 16, where the council can only consider siting and appearance and has 56 days to decide. Here is how to object within that scope.
Flood Zone 3a and 3b on the same site: what changes
The Flood Map for Planning does not show the 3a and 3b split. Here is how the functional floodplain is defined, what each zone permits and how to lay out a split site.
Scrap metal yard planning permission and ELV sites
A scrapyard is sui generis and assessed against waste plan policy. Noise impulsivity, depollution containment and weighbridge queuing decide the application.
Brownfield land register: what inclusion actually means
A Part 1 brownfield register entry grants nothing. A Part 2 entry grants permission in principle for housing. Here is what each one does and where the route is closed.
Planning committee site visits and how they work
A committee site visit is fact-finding, not a hearing. Here is who decides one happens, what members can and cannot do on site, and how to request one.
Why a draft cites a superseded local plan policy
Local plans replace each other and reuse the same policy codes for different subject matter. Here is how to check which document a policy number actually belongs to.
Ecology objections and what the council must consider
Ecology objections usually succeed on survey adequacy rather than ecological merit. Here are the duties on the authority and the evidence a neighbour can supply.
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