The Town and Country Planning (Crown Development Applications) (Procedure and Written Representations) Order 2025
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7 Design and access statements
(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a design and access statement must accompany a Crown development application for planning permission in respect of— (a) major development, or (b) non-major development any part of which is in a designated area and which consists of— (i) the provision of one or more dwellinghouses, or (ii) the provision of a building or buildings where the floor space created by the development is 100 square metres or more. (2) A design and access statement must— (a) explain the design principles and concepts that have been applied to the development, (b) demonstrate the steps taken to appraise the context of the development and how the design of the development takes that context into account, (c) explain the approach adopted as to access, and how policies relating to access in relevant local development documents have been taken into account, (d) state what, if any, consultation has been undertaken on issues relating to access to the development and what account has been taken of the outcome of any such consultation, and (e) explain how any specific issues which might affect access to the development have been addressed. (3) This article does not apply to a Crown development application for planning permission which is for— (a) engineering or mining operations, (b) a material change in use of the land or buildings, or (c) development which is waste development. (4) In this article— “design and access statement” means a statement about— the design principles and concepts that have been applied to the development concerned, and how issues relating to access to the development have been dealt with; “designated area” means— a conservation area, or a World Heritage Site, that being a property appearing on the World Heritage List kept under article 11(2) of the 1972 UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and National Heritage; “mining operations” means the winning and working of minerals in, on or under land, whether by surface or underground working.
7 Design and access statements
(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a design and access statement must accompany a Crown development application for planning permission in respect of— (a) major development, or (b) non-major development any part of which is in a designated area and which consists of— (i) the provision of one or more dwellinghouses, or (ii) the provision of a building or buildings where the floor space created by the development is 100 square metres or more. (2) A design and access statement must— (a) explain the design principles and concepts that have been applied to the development, (b) demonstrate the steps taken to appraise the context of the development and how the design of the development takes that context into account, (c) explain the approach adopted as to access, and how policies relating to access in relevant local development documents have been taken into account, (d) state what, if any, consultation has been undertaken on issues relating to access to the development and what account has been taken of the outcome of any such consultation, and (e) explain how any specific issues which might affect access to the development have been addressed. (3) This article does not apply to a Crown development application for planning permission which is for— (a) engineering or mining operations, (b) a material change in use of the land or buildings, or (c) development which is waste development. (4) In this article— “design and access statement” means a statement about— the design principles and concepts that have been applied to the development concerned, and how issues relating to access to the development have been dealt with; “designated area” means— a conservation area, or a World Heritage Site, that being a property appearing on the World Heritage List kept under article 11(2) of the 1972 UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and National Heritage; “mining operations” means the winning and working of minerals in, on or under land, whether by surface or underground working.
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