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There are four main types of planning consent:
Outline Planning Consent
Outline Planning Consent is designed to give a rough indication of permitted development such as the extent of accommodation and the height of any building works. Recent changes in legislation mean that outline planning applications now have to include more details which were previously optional add-ons. These include indicative layouts, information on the height, width and length of the building and an indication of the point of access. The application must also be accompanied by a Design & Access Statement, giving the ideas behind the proposed design, assessing the accessibility of the project for all potential users and commenting on how it relates to the local context. This will however make the process of buying a plot with outline planning permission less of a gamble, but in balance it makes obtaining Outline Planning Consent costly as most of the information required for a Full Planning Application will need to be worked out – thus you may find Outline Planning uneconomical and Full Planning Consent not much more expensive.
Approval of Reserved Matters (Detailed Planning Permission)
If a site already has Outline Consent then detailed designs must be submitted in order to gain approval to build. Building must then commence within two years.
Full Planning Permission
This is a combination of Outline Consent and Reserved Matters where all detailed information is submitted in one application. This is common where the proposed development is contentious or in a Conservation Area or next to Listed Buildings. Plots in Conservation Areas or next to listed buildings are usually sold with full Planning Permission, as are an increasing proportion of conversion opportunities. Approval may be granted with conditions attached and is valid for three years from the date of consent (approvals used to be valid for five years). NB Existing Planning Permissions are not normally superseded by new consents, so making a fresh application for the dwelling you wish to build will not in any way jeopardise any existing consents.
Listed Building Consent
This is required in addition to Planning Consent before any alteration works can be undertaken to a protected (Listed) Building or for any new buildings within its curtilage. There is no fee payable to the Council for this application; albeit there is additional work required in both the detail of the plans and application so your professional fees are likely to increase.
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