Additional Requirements

This list is not exhaustive. On assessment of your application you may be advised of further additional information that is required.

Listof addition requirements
Additional Requirement	Applications required for	Further Information
Existing and proposed site sections and finished floor and site levels	All applications which involve a change in ground levels or where development is proposed next to changing ground levels
1 copy of existing and proposed sections – scale not less than 1:100	Lawful Development certificates(proposed use) where relevant – e.g. roof lights, dormers
Transport Assessment	All developments that generate significant amounts of transport movement	National Planning Policy Framework – Paragraph 32 Planning Practice Guidance: Travel plans, transport assessments and statements in decision-taking GOV.uk: Planning and the major road network
Draft Travel Plan	All developments that generate significant amounts of transport movement	National Planning Policy Framework – Paragraph 36 Planning Practice Guidance: Travel plans, transport assessments and statements in decision-taking
Environmental statement	All developments listed under Schedule 1 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 as amended Development listed under Schedule 2 may require Environmental assessment, the local planning authority will consider whether it is likely to have significant effects on the environment
Retail assessment	Applications for any of the following: - Retail and leisure developments over 2500 square metres. - Smaller retail and leisure likely to have a significant impact on smaller centres. - Applications for other main town centre uses when they are an edge of centre or out of centre location; and not in accordance with a development plan	Planning Practice Guidance: Ensuring the Vitality of Town Centres National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 26
Planning Statement	All applications (where relevant) set out the context and justification for the development
Impact/Risk Assessment	Prior approval for change of use applications
Heritage statement analysing the significance or archaeology, history and character of the building / structure, the principles of and justification for the proposed works and their impact	Development affecting a listed building or its setting, conservation area, archaeological interest, other designated or non-designated heritage asset or its setting	Planning Practice Guidance: Conserving and enhancing the historic environment
Drainage checklist
Flood Impact Assessment	Developments in: Flood Zone 2 or 3 including minor development and change of use more than 1 hectare (ha) in flood zone 1 less than 1 ha in flood zone 1, including a change of use in development type to a more vulnerable class (eg from commercial to residential), where they could be affected by sources of flooding other than rivers and the sea (eg, surface water drains, reservoirs) in an area within flood zone 1 which has critical drainage problems as notified by the Environment Agency	Site-Specific Flood Risk Assessment: CHECKLIST GOV.uk: Flood risk assessment for planning applications Planning Practice Guidance: Flood Risk and Coastal Change
Affordable housing statement	Major residential development
Ventilation / extraction and refuse disposal details	Development (except householders) which will incorporate a ventilation/extraction system.
Structural survey	Development involving part demolition of any heritage building and barn conversions or re-use of existing rural buildings.
Lighting assessment / details of lighting scheme (Lighting Statement)	All development proposing external lighting e.g. adverts, face residential properties	Planning Practice Guidance: Light Pollution
Telecommunications	Prior approval and planning applications for telecommunication development	Planning Practice Guidance: Supporting high quality communications infrastructure
Design & Access Statement	Major development and development in a designated area, consisting of one or more dwellings or a building or buildings with a floor space of more than 100m2; or listed building consent.	Planning Practice Guidance: Validation Requirements