Document downloads - Making a planning application
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Planning enforcement (ARCHIVED)
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
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The making of planning applications (ARCHIVED)
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
Any questions relating to its status and application should be addressed to the relevant RICS Professional Group. -
Advertisement consent application checklist
A checklist of what you need for an advertisement consent planning application: the four national requirements and the three possible local requirements.
Also downloadable is advice on what main changes were introduced by the Advertisement Regulations 2007. -
Approval of details reserved by condition application checklist
A checklist for useful supporting information to supply with applications for approval of details reserved by condition.
There are no national requirements for application for the approval of details reserved by condition except that they should be made in writing. -
Approval of reserved matters application checklist
Checklist of requirements for applications for approval of reserved matters following outline approval. There are 5 national requirements and numerous possible local requirements.
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Householder planning permission application checklists
Checklist for householder applications for planning permission for works or extension to a dwelling, with conservation area or listed building consents. Includes both the compulsory national requirements and the possible local requirements.
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Lawful development for an existing use application checklist
A Certificate of Lawful Existing Use or Development (CLEUD) can be sought where a development has already been implemented without planning permission to ascertain whether it is lawful. A development may be lawful and therefore granted a certificate where: planning permission was not required for whatever reason for the development, the development is now immune from enforcement action because it has been in place for more than 4 years, or alternatively an involved use has been carried out for more than 10 years.
A valid CLEUD provides a defence against enforcement action and makes the development to which it relates lawful.
This is a checklist of things that should be included in an application. -
Lawful development for a proposed use application checklist
The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 allows any person to apply to the LPA to ascertain whether a proposed development would be lawful. Where the LPA decides the proposal would be lawful, they will issue a Certificate of Lawfulness of a Proposed Use or Development (CLPUD). Such a certificate is conclusive proof of the lawfulness of a proposed development and a defence if the proposal is later alleged to be unlawful.
An application for a CLPUD must provide enough information to satisfy the LPA that the use or operation described would be lawful, including reasons as to why it is alleged the use is lawful.
This is a checklist of things that should be included. -
Listed building consent application checklists
Listed Building Consent is required where alteration or extension, demolition or development which affects a Listed Building or development within the curtilage of a Listed Building is proposed.
This is a checklist of things that should be included in an application. -
Outline planning permission application checklists
An application for planning permission need not supply all the necessary details of the proposed development. The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended) allows for 'outline permissions' to be granted by the LPA. An application for outline permission allows the applicant to test the principle of the development with the LPA without incurring the costs of preparing a full and detailed design. An outline application will 'reserve matters' for consideration at a later date.
This is a checklist of items needed for an outline planning permission application, including both the compulsory national requirements and the possible local requirements. -
Planning permission application checklists
Checklists of the compulsory national requirements and possible local requirements for different planning application types.
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Prior notification of proposed agricultural development application checklists
Checklists for applications for prior notification of proposed agricultural development subdivided into new building, excavation of waste, fish tank and proposed road. They list the compulsory national requirements and the possible local requirements.
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Prior notification of permitted development by electronic communications code operators application checklist
Checklist for applications for prior notification of permitted development by electronic communications code operators, including the three compulsory national requirements and the possible local requirements.
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Prior notification of proposed demolition application checklist
Checklist for applications for prior notification of proposed demolition. It lists the compulsory national requirements and the possible local requirements.
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Removal or variation of a condition application checklist
Checklist for applications for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission (Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990), including the compulsory national requirements and possible local requirements.
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Tree works application checklists
Checklists for applications for works to tree subject to a tree preservation order (TPO) or notification of proposed works to trees in conservation areas (CA).
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Development management
Published: August 2009
This guidance note is primarily aimed at project management surveyors and has two purposes:
(1) to set out the main phases of the development management process and the main activities included in each phase; and
(2) to provide specific guidance on the following issues that will impact upon the development process: development appraisal; planning application processes; development finance; and procurement. -
Tax Increment Financing: An opportunity for the UK? (RICS)
Published February 2012
This report critically examines the TIF models that are operational in the US to identify lessons that can be learned prior to possible adoption in the UK. -
Financial viability in planning (ARCHIVED)
This document has been archived and is available on isurv for information purposes only.
Financial viability has become an increasingly important material consideration in the planning system. While the fundamental purpose of good planning extends well beyond financial viability, the capacity to deliver essential development and associated infrastructure is inextricably linked to the delivery of land and viable development. -
Daylighting and sunlighting
Published: October 2012
Effective from: October 2012
Reissued: October 2023
This professional standard is about daylight, sunlight and shading and, to a lesser extent, how it is dealt with in the design, planning, and environmental impact assessment of developments, and particularly in relation to the Building Research Establishment Report: Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight 2011, which sets out the standards and methods of calculation most usually relied upon by local authorities when assessing planning applications.
Surveyors advising on daylight and sunlight need to ensure that they are familiar with that document and with the planning policy of local authorities to whom reports are to be submitted.