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Design and Access Statements
A Design and Access
Statement must accompany applications for both outline and full planning
permission unless they relate to one of the following:
A material change of use
of land and buildings, (unless it also involves operational development);
Engineering or mining
operations;
Householder
developments.
However, statements are
required for householder applications where any part of a dwellinghouse
or its curtilage falls within one of the following designated areas:
National Park
Site of special
scientific interest
Conservation area
Area of outstanding
natural beauty
World Heritage Site
The
A Design and Access
Statement is a short report accompanying and supporting a planning application
that should seek to explain and justify the proposal in a structured way. The
level of detail required in a Design and Access Statement will depend on the
scale and complexity of the application, and the length of the statement will
vary accordingly.
The Design and Access
Statement should cover both the design principles and concepts that have been
applied to the proposed development and how issues relating to access to the
development have been dealt with.
What is required in a
Design and Access Statement is set out in Article 4C of the GDPO and DCLG
Circular 01/06 Guidance on Changes
to the Development Control System.
Applications for listed
building consent will also be required to be accompanied by a Design and Access
Statement. In particular, such a statement should address:
(i) the special
architectural or historic interest of the building;
(ii) the particular
physical features of the building that justify its designation as a listed
building; and
(iii) the buildings
setting.
The legislative requirements are set out in regulation 3A of the
Planning (
See Also DESIGN AND ACCESS