Planning validation checklists - Prior Approval for the demolition of buildings and construction of new dwellinghouses

 

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What to include with your application

A written description of the proposed development, which must include details of the building proposed for demolition, the building proposed as replacement and the operations proposed under paragraph ZA(3).

A plan, drawn to an identified scale and showing the direction of North, indicating the site of the proposed development

Drawings prepared to an identified scale and showing external dimensions and elevations of:

  • the building proposed for demolition
  • the building scheduled as replacement
  • and in the direction of north, the positioning of each, together with the applicable information called for by sub-paragraph (1B)

A written statement specifying both:

  • the number of dwellinghouses in the building proposed for demolition
  • the number of new dwellinghouses proposed in the building, proposed as replacement

Where sub-paragraph (6) requires the Environment Agency (5) to be consulted, a site specific flood risk assessment is required.

A written statement in respect of heritage and archaeological considerations of the development.

The developer's contact address and email address, if the developer is content to receive communication electronically.

Together with any fee required to be paid.

1(B) The information referred to in sub-paragraph (1A)(c), which so far as practicable, is to be presented in the direction of north and to show elevations is:

  • where the building proposed as replacement is a block of flats, both:
    • the position and dimensions of windows, doors and walls in the block and in each dwellinghouse in it
    • the dimensions and use of all habitable and other rooms in each dwellinghouse in it
  • where the building proposed as replacement is a single dwellinghouse, both:
    • the position and dimensions of the windows, doors and walls in it
    • the dimensions and use of all habitable and other rooms in it