Major Developments
What is a major development?
Planning applications for 10 or more dwellings (or if no number
is given, the site area is more than 0.5 hectares) are classified
as major developments. Applications for other uses, including
offices, industrial or warehouse units, are classified as major
developments where the floorspace will be 1000 square metres or
more (or the site is 1 hectare or more).
All enquiries and applications for major planning applications
are handled by a Principal Planning Officer
Timescales
A key national priority for planning services is performance, in
the speed of handling planning applications, and local planning
authorities have been set a target of determining 60% of major
planning applications within 13 weeks.
The Council deals with majority of these applications within the
target period. To help us achieve this, the co-operation of
prospective developers is required.
Outline Planning Applications
These are submitted to obtain planning permission in principle
for a particular type of development. Outline planning applications
are mostly made for larger residential or industrial developments.
Certain details, known as Reserved.Matters, can be reserved for
subsequent approval.
Following the introduction of new legislation, which came into
force on 10th August 2006, the Reserved Matters have now changed
from ‘Siting, Design, External Appearance, Means of Access &
Landscaping’ to ‘Layout, Scale, Appearance, Access &
Landscaping’. Outline planning applications will also now need to
include more supporting information on Use, Amount of Development,
Indicative Layout, Scale Parameters and Indicative Access Points,
even if Layout, Scale and Access are reserved.
Conditions requiring the submission of precise details are
attached to outline planning permissions. These are then submitted
in due course as part of a further application for the Approval of
Reserved Matters.
Approval of Reserved Matters
These are the further details required by the Council following
the grant of outline planning permission. Applications for the
Approval of Reserved Matters must normally be made within three
years of the grant of outline permission, otherwise the permission
will lapse
Full Planning Applications
These include all details of the proposed development, including
Layout, Scale, Appearance, Access & Landscaping. Development
must normally start within three years of the grant of full
permission, otherwise the permission will lapse.
