En-Plan as a chartered Planning Consultancy have extensive exprecience in the field of Outline Planning Applications. What these applications do is allow or the principle of planning to be looked at without looking at all the detail required by a full planning applications.

How these will fit into the whole plannig process woudl be following on from a positinve planning appraisal

an Outline planning applications are used to gain an understanding as to whether the nature of a development is acceptable, this can help ensure viability up front. Specific details known as ‘reserved matters’ can then be confirmed later. Allowing for planning permission to be granted subject to the condition that reserved matters are approved before development begins. This type of applucation is especiallu useful when dealing with residential development as it allows the principle ot be establised before expensive design work is undertaken.

A reserved matters application can be completed through the Planning Portal’s application service. Reserved matters (those which can be withheld under outline planning permission) can include:

Appearance of the proposed development including the exterior of any built form proposed
Means of access to an from the site including any technical access details and visibility splays
Landscaping of the site including any boundary treatment and surfacing of parking and turning areas
Layout of the development including buildings, routes and open spaces within the development and the way they are laid out in relations to buildings and spaces outside the development
Scale of the development includes information on the size of the development, including the height, width and length of each proposed building.

Reserved matters can be withheld in their entirety or an individual basis, depending on the detail known around the development at the initial application stage. It is up to the Local Planning Authority to decide what they believe classifies as detailed information which they require to approve the application. Talking to your local authority will allow you to understand what they deem necessary and how much information should be provided. This may come in the form of ‘pre-application advice’ which can help increase the efficiency of an application. Your local authority may ask you to provide further details after an application is submitted.

Case Study: 25/01709/OUT | Residential development - two dwellings (Use Class C3) | Land Adjacent To 95 Haddon Street Derby DE23 6NQ

Follwing the succces of 22/00398/OUT | Residential Development - three units (Use Class C3) En-Plan were asked to re-design teh schem as half tghe site was no longer available for the schem and the development needed scaling back.

In their assessment of the scheme Derby City Council acknowledged the only matters to be determined at this stage are the principle of residential development on the site for three dwellings and means of access. Matters of scale, layout, landscaping and appearance are reserved matters for later determination . The application documents show a terrace of two houses roughly within the established building line along the street. These are indicative drawings only, however, and the siting and design of any buildings form no part of this assessment.

Paragraph 108(b) of the National Planning Policy Framework encourages local planning authorities to ensure that safe and suitable access can be achieved for all users.There is an existing dropped kerb that runs the length of the site's frontage to allow vehicle access to the existing garages and it is proposed to use this existing access. The Highways Officer consulted is of the opinion that the proposed residential plot would be acceptable in principle subject to further details to be determined at the reserved matters stage, and my opinion is that the plot would be capable of satisfying the requirements of adopted policy CP23 of the City of Derby Local Plan Part 1 and paragraph 108(b) of the National Planning Policy Framework. As such approvcal was subsequently granted.

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