Planning applications - residential

 

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Advice for completing householder application forms

Please read these notes carefully before filling in the form. There may be a delay in dealing with your application if it is incorrectly completed or any part of the required information listed in these notes is missing or inadequate

 

This information should be used when make a planning application where permission is required to extend or alter a domestic property, or remove a condition from a domestic planning permission.

 

 

 

If you are the owner of all of the property on which the development will take place you should complete Certificate A.

 

If you are not the owner, or if any part of the proposed works goes into a neighbouring property ( for example, foundations or overhanging gutters) you will need to serve Notice No 1 on the relevant owner and confirm to the Council that this has been done by completing Certificate B.

 

You should complete the Agricultural Holdings Certificate whether or not the site includes an agricultural holding.

 

The fee for a householder application is currently £150.00 (April 2008), however, no fee will be payable if:

 

• The alterations are to provide facilities for a disabled person who lives at the site (include registration number);
• The application is a revision to a scheme determined in the past 12 months (for broadly the same proposal, by the same applicant on the same site) and a planning application fee was paid in respect of that application;
• The application is only required due to a restrictive planning condition or Article 4 Direction which removes the usual permitted development rights.

Plans and Drawings

All applications must include four copies of a location plan based on an up-to date map at a scale of 1:1250 or 1:2500.

 

Plans should, wherever possible, show at least two named roads, surrounding buildings and the direction of North. The properties shown should be numbered or named to ensure that the exact location of the application site is clear.

 

The application site must be clearly edged with a red line. It should include all the land necessary to carry out the proposed development – for example land required for access to the site from a public highway, visibility splays, landscaping, car-parking and open areas around the building - and will normally be the entire ownership.

 

A blue line must be drawn around any other land owned by the applicant close to or adjoining the application site. It is also helpful if public rights of way are shown in brown.

 

 

 

Four copies of a Block Plan should be drawn at a scale of 1:500 or 1:200 and should accurately show:

• The direction of North
• The proposed development in relation to the site boundaries and other existing buildings on the site, with written dimensions including those to the boundaries.
• All the buildings, roads and footpaths on land adjoining the site including access arrangements.
• The species, position and spread of all trees within 12 metres of any proposed building works (including trees on adjoining land).
• The extent and type of any hard surfacing.
• Boundary treatment including walls and fencing where this is proposed.

 

 

Four copies of Floor Plans, Elevation and Sections should be drawn at a scale of 1:50 or 1:100 and should explain the proposal in detail. Where existing buildings or walls are to be demolished these should be clearly shown. The drawings should show details of the existing building(s) as well as those for the proposed development. New buildings should also be shown in context with adjacent buildings (including property numbers where applicable).

 

All sides of the proposal must be shown and these should indicate, where possible, the proposed building materials and the style, materials and finish of windows and doors. Blank elevations must also be included; if only to show that this is in fact the case. Where a proposed elevation adjoins another building or is in close proximity, the drawings should clearly show the relationship between the buildings, and detail of the openings on each property.

 

In all cases where a proposal involves a change of use in ground levels, illustrative drawings should be submitted to show both existing and finished levels. On sloping sites, full information is required concerning alterations to levels, the way in which a proposal sits within the site and in particular the relative levels between existing and proposed buildings. The drawings may take the form of contours, spot levels or cross or long sections as appropriate.

 

Elevations

 

 

 

Floorplans

 

 

 

Other documents or reports

 

If your property is situated within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty or a Conservation Area or an area of Special Scientific Interest, a Design and Access Statement will be required.

This should be a single document explaining how the design of the proposal was achieved, and should look at;

 

a) The design principles and concepts used with particular reference to;

• Amount (i.e. the floorspace proposed)
• Layout
• Scale
• Landscaping
• Appearance

b) How issues relation to access to the development have been dealt with. This should deal with access for those with disabilities as well as vehicular and pedestrian access to the site.

 

Where the application involves works that are within 12m of any trees either within the application site or on adjoining land, the species, spread, roots and position of trees should be accurately on the site plan. This must indicate any trees which are to be felled or affected by the proposed development. A statement in relation to the measures to be adopted during construction works to protect those trees shown to be retained on the submitted drawings may also be necessary. Further guidance is also provided in BS 5837:2005 “A Guide to Trees in Relation to Construction”.

 

If your property is situated within an Indicative Flood Plain or Flood Zone – plans available form the Environment Agency on its web-site at http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/ – a flood risk assessment will be required in all cases where ground floor sleeping accommodation is proposed or the development might obstruct the normal route of floodwaters.

 

If you require any further help in preparing your planning application please contact one of our Planning Information Officers, either by phoning 01622 602550, or by calling in at the Reception Office at The Gateway, King Street, Maidstone. The Reception Office is open during normal office hours Monday to Friday and also between 5.00pm and 7.00pm on Monday evening (excluding Bank Holidays).

 

 

Quick application checklist

 

	All applications	On site within 12m of trees	Involving listed building	In a Conservation area	In a SSSI	Within Flood Risk Zone 2 or 3
Application form	√
Fee	√
Ownership Certificate	√
Agricultural Holdings Certificate	√
Location Plan	√
Block Plan	√
Floor Plans and Elevations	√
Sections	√
Design and Access Statement			√	√	√
Tree survey/appraisal		√
Flood Risk Assessment						√

 

Planning Service Disclaimer

This site includes only those records which Maidstone Borough Council hold on computer, certain sensitive information that may relate to an application is not included and is not therefore a complete database of all information held by the council.

 

Please do not rely on information from this site as an alternative to traditional searches, where completeness of information is essential. While the council takes great care to ensure that the information provided on this site is accurate, we cannot accept any liability or responsibility should you rely on the information provided and ultimately find it to have been incorrect.

 

If you have any reason to suspect that the information is incorrect, please contact us immediately by emailing  developmentcontrol@maidstone.gov.uk  so that the matter can be investigated and any corrections made as soon as reasonably practical.

 

Copyright Notice Plans, drawings and material submitted to the council are protected by the copyright acts (section 47, 1988 act). You may only use material which is downloaded and/or printed for consultation purposes, to compare current applications with previous schemes and to check whether developments have been completed in accordance with approved plans.

 

Further copies must not be made without the prior permission of the copyright owner.

 

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