Explanatory notes for applicants
What should I enclose with my application form?
7. The documents needed with your application will depend on the type of development. Please see the table at the end of these Notes.
Location Plans
- an accurate, up-to-date Ordnance Survey based site location plan of 1:1250 or 1:2500 scale clearly showing the sheet number and the boundary of the application site outlined in red. The site for an application for approval of Reserved Matters must not extend beyond that granted Outline planning permission. Any other adjoining land owned or controlled by the applicant should be outlined in blue.
Any public right of way within or adjoining the proposed development should be shown in green (see Note 15).
Other drawings
Additional drawings are normally required for most types of planning applications (for development in rural areas, see Note 10).
Where drawings are needed, they must be not less than:
- Site Layout/Block Plan 1:500
- All Existing and Proposed Floor Plans 1:100
- All Existing and Proposed Elevations 1:100
- Relevant Cross-sections 1:200
- Existing and Proposed Levels 1:200
Plans and drawings are open to public inspection. They must be clear and show accurately:
- the existing features of the site including any existing buildings and car parking provision, trees and hedgerows and how they may be affected,
- the precise siting of proposed buildings (and any septic tank) within the site,
- proposed layout of the site including garaging, car parking and landscaping,
- the amount of floorspace to be used for different purposes,
- elevational details of what the development will look like,
- materials to be used in the external finish of walls and roofs and their colour,
- details of proposed boundary treatment,
- means of access to the site or alterations to the access, (See DCAN 15)
- new work, which must be distinctively coloured or hatched from existing works,
- the location of any protected species of which you are aware eg. a badger sett or a rare plant,
- any public right of way within or adjoining the site should be indicated in green.
If your application is for a change of use of part of the premises you must include:
- floor plans and / or site plans showing the extent of the existing and proposed uses.
If your application is for new residential development with the exception of proposals for single dwellings in the countryside, please refer to Planning Policy Statement 7 and ‘Creating Places’ Achieving Quality in Residential Developments. You must include a site appraisal/analysis and a resulting concept plan and statement placing the proposed development in its context and demonstrating how the design and layout have been conceived.
Remember all drawings must be in metric units (as specified in The Unit of Measurements Regulations 1995).
Street Layout
If your proposal includes laying out or construction of streets under the Private Streets (Amendment) (NI) Order 1992 then you should also include with your application:
- 1:500 scale drawings showing the layout of streets and footpaths, construction standards and details of proposed storm and foul drainage.
Street layouts should be designed in accordance with the guidance set in the DOE/ DRD publication ‘Creating Places’ Achieving Quality in Residential Developments and is available from Publications Orderline, Corporate Document Services, Savile House, Trinity Arcade, Leeds, LS1 6QW, Tel: 0113 399 4040.
It is advisable to discuss your proposals with Roads Service prior to detailed submission, if approval is required under the Private Streets (Amendment) (Nl) Order 1992 
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.Remember all plans submitted should have a title, a reference number, North point and scale. If plans are for illustrative purposes which you do not want to form part of the decision, you must make this clear by marking them “for information only”.
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