Design and access statements

DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENTS

From 6th April 2010 the requirements for applications to be accompanied by a Design and Access statement will change quite significantly and such a statement will not be required for:

permission to develop land without compliance with conditions previously attached, (s73 application);
the extension of an existing building used for non-domestic purposes where the floor space created by the development does not exceed 100 square metres and where no part of the building or the development is within a conservation area;
the erection, construction, improvement or alteration of a gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure where— (i) as a result of the development, the height of the gate, fence, wall or means of enclosure does not exceed its former height, or two metres above ground level, whichever is the greater; and (ii) it does not involve development within the curtilage of, or to a gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure surrounding a listed building; and where no part of the development is within a conservation area;
development on operational land consisting of the erection of a building where (i) the cubic content of the development does not exceed 100 cubic metres; and (ii) as a result of the development, the height of the building does not exceed 15 metres above ground level, or its former height, whichever is the greater; and where no part of the development is within a conservation area;
the alteration of an existing building where the alteration does not increase the size of the building and where no part of the building is within a conservation area; or
the erection, alteration or replacement of plant or machinery where, as a result of the development, the height of the plant or machinery does not exceed 15 metres above ground level, or its former height, whichever is the greater, and where no part of the development is within a conservation area.

Revised policy and guidance on submitting planning applications has also been produced by DCLG and can be viewed in a document ‘Guidance on Information Requirements and Validation’.

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