PART 2 Applications

Design and access statementsF17.

(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).