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:
a) The direction of
North
b) The proposed
development in relation to the site boundaries and other existing
buildings on the site, with written dimensions including those to
the boundaries.
c) All the
buildings, roads and footpaths on land adjoining the site including
access arrangements.
d) The species,
position and spread of all trees within 12 metres of any proposed
building works (including trees on adjoining land).
e) The extent and
type of any hard surfacing.
f) 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 or1:100 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 13 Tonbridge Road, 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).
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This page was last updated on 10/3/2008