PART 3

Applications

Design and access statements
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1
An application must include a statement (“a design and access statement”) (“datganiad dylunio a mynediad”) which complies with paragraph (2).
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 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.
See sections 38 and 62 of the 2004 Act.