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Planning

Local Validation Lists

 

To ensure that the Planning Officer dealing with your planning application has a complete picture on which to base their judgments and to ensure proper public consideration, the following types of application will require additional information to be submitted prior to their validation.

The failure to supply the required additional information with a planning application submission will delay a decision on the proposal as the statutory eight week determination period will not begin until the required information is submitted and the validation requirements fulfilled.

A list of what is required is set out below:

  • Applications for the construction of a dwelling or conversion to a dwelling to be occupied by person(s) in farming, forestry or other land management activities in open countryside require the submission of a Statement of Need in order to assess whether the need to live on the site is essential.
  • Applications for the conversion of traditional buildings require the submission of a Structural Survey prepared by a suitably qualified structural engineer in order to ensure that the building is structurally sound and capable of conversion without the need for significant rebuilding and/or alterations.
  • Applications for conversions of barns to a new use where the roof is substantially in  place, demolition of houses/barns/significant buildings (when pre WW1) where planning permission is needed, significant works to bridges/kilns/caves/tunnels or other similar structures and erection of wind turbines within 50 metres of a building, woodland or linear feature, or where there is evidence of bats on or close by the site require the submission of a Bat Scoping Survey to ensure that nature conservation interests are not unduly affected by the development. Please see Planning Advice Note 2 for further information.
  • Applications for development which fall within river Flood Zones 2 and 3, within 20 metres of the top of the bank of a Main River or which includes culverting or control of flow of any river of stream require the submission of a Flood Risk Assessment to ensure that the implications of flooding are satisfactorily addressed. For further advice please contact the Environment Agency on 01904 692296 or see their website.
  • Applications for works which affect trees which are the subject of a Tree Preservation Order or significant trees on or adjacent to a development site require the submission of a Tree Survey/Arboricultural Statement with appropriate mitigation necessary to ensure tree preservation issues are properly addressed. Please see Design Guide Part 3: Trees and Landscape for further information.
  • Applications for or which include an element of affordable housing require the submission of an Affordable Housing Statement which sets out what the latest Housing Needs Survey for the locality indicates and which provides an explanation of how the scheme meets that need together with details of how the occupancy of the properties will be maintained in perpetuity as ‘affordable housing’. Please see the Housing Supplementary Planning Document for further advice and the relevant proformas.
  • Applications for schemes which involve the provision of ‘local occupancy’ dwellings/accommodation (except local occupancy letting) under Core Policy J require the submission of evidence of the need for the dwelling.  This should involve details of the intended occupier, how they meet the local occupancy condition and why their needs cannot be met by the existing housing stock. Please see the Housing Supplementary Planning Document for further advice and the relevant proformas.
  • Applications for Listed Building consent and for applications for planning permission where these affect a Listed Building, Conservation Area,  Registered Park and Garden or Scheduled Monument (all forms of statutorily designated heritage assets) require the submission of a proportionate Heritage Statement with appropriate mitigation necessary to ensure conservation issues are properly addressed. A Heritage Statement may also be required for applications that affect undesignated heritage assets. Please see Heritage Statement Guidance Note for further information.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Development Management Administration Team if you require further assistance.