Application for outline planning permission with all matters reserved

NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Department for Communities and Local Government Circular 01/2006 sets out the scope of information to be submitted with an outline application. Even if layout, scale and access are reserved, an application will still require a basic level of information. As a minimum applications should always include information on:

Use – the use or uses proposed for the development and any distinct development zones within the site identified.
Amount of development – the amount of development proposed for each use.
Indicative layout – an indicative layout with separate development zones proposed within the site boundary where appropriate.
Scale parameters – an indication of the upper and lower limits for height, width and length of each building within the site boundary.
Indicative access points – an area or areas in which the access point or points to the site will be situated.

* Completed form
* A plan which identifies the land to which the application relates drawn to an identified scale and showing the direction of North
* A copy of other plans and drawings or information necessary to describe the subject of the application including:
O Block plan of the site (for example at a scale of 1:100 or 1:200) showing any site boundaries
* The completed Ownership Certificate (A, B, C or D – as applicable) as required by Article 7 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995
* Agricultural Holdings Certificate as required by Article 7 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995
* Design and access statement, if required
* The appropriate fee
* In addition, where Ownership Certificates B, C or D have been completed, notice(s) as required by Article 6 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development

Procedure) Order 1995 must be given and/or published in accordance with this Article

LOCAL REQUIREMENTS may include some or all of the following:

* Affordable housing statement
* Air quality Assessment
* Biodiversity Survey / Protected species survey and report
* Environmental Impact Assessment
* Energy Efficiency/Sustainability Report
* Evidence to accompany applications for town centre uses including impact assessment
* Existing and proposed car parking and access arrangements
* Flood risk assessment
* Foul sewerage assessment
* Heritage Statement (including historical, archaeological features and Scheduled Ancient Monuments)
* Land contamination assessment
* Lighting assessment
* Noise impact assessment
* Open space assessment
* Other plans
* Photographs/photomontages
* Planning obligations/draft Head(s) of Terms
* Planning Statement/Business Case
* Statement of Community Involvement
* Structural Survey
* Transport assessment
* (Draft) travel plan
* Tree survey/arboricultural implications
* Ventilation/extraction statement