The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012

Design and access statements E+W

[F1 7.— (1) Subject to paragraph (2), paragraph (3) applies to an application for planning permission—

(a) for major development;

(b) where any part of the development is in a designated area, for development consisting 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) Paragraph (3) does not apply to—

(a) a section 73 application;

(b) an application for planning permission—

(i) for mining operations;

(ii) for a material change in use of the land or buildings; or

(iii) for waste development.

(3) An application for planning permission to which this paragraph applies must be accompanied by a statement (“a design and access statement”) which complies with paragraph (4).

(4) 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 policy or approach adopted as to access, and how policies relating to access in the development plan have been taken into account; and

(d) explain how any specific issues which might affect access to the development have been addressed.

(5) In paragraph (1) “designated area” (“ardal ddynodedig”) means—

(a) a conservation area; or

(b) 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 (a World Heritage Site).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 7 substituted (16.3.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/59), arts. 1(2), 9(1) (with art. 15(2))