A significant change has been made to the way planning applications have to be submitted. This came in to effect from August 2006.
This change means you must now submit a design and access statement with most planning applications. The statement must contain the information listed below:
- Use amount of development
- Indicative layout
- Scale indicative access points
Exceptions:
This change will affect most types of applications. But there will be the following exceptions.
- A change of use of land or buildings (unless it involves building works)
- Engineering or mining operations
- An extension to an existing dwelling or development within the site boundary of an existing dwelling. (Except where the dwelling is within a conservation area or a Site of Special Scientific Interest
- Application to display an advertisement
- Tree preservation order proposals
- Hazardous substances applications.
Please note: If your application does not contain a design and access statement it will not be accepted. It will be sent back to you complete with your payment.
Contact information:
For more information and advice please contact your local planning officer [PDF] (12K).
More information:
You may find the information in this datasheet [PDF] (193K) useful when preparing your statement.
More information can be also found on the following external websites:
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