VALIDATION PROCESS & PRE-APPLICATION Neil C Stewart Team Manager Kincardine and Mearns/Marr Development Management Team Wednesday 26 th August 2015
Validation – what is it? • Process required for receipt of planning applications • Check on submission of all relevant information and fees • Necessary to meet legislative requirements • Necessary to start application process in terms of timescales
Validation – who does it? • Planning Technicians • Team Working • Within DM Teams but also Shire-Wide – aim for consistency • Here to help
Validation - process • All applications through eplanning system • Tasked to Planning Technicians • Aim to validate/acknowledge within 3 days of Receipt • Improvements made – high percentage achieved within targets
Validation within 3 Days
Use of Checklists • Available to view on website • Under Planning Applications/Forms link • Provide useful list of what is required to make applications valid • Includes for example – • application forms, • certificates, • fees (scale of fees on website under Planning Applications/Fees link) • drawings, • scales, • Design and Access Statements (where applicable), • Pre-application Consultation Reports (where applicable) • Other plans/information (where applicable)
Use of Checklists • Checklists available on website: 1. Householder Application 2. Full Planning Permission 3. Planning Permission in Principle 4. Approval for Matters Specified in Conditions 5. Listed Building Consent 6. Advertisement Consent 7. Mineral Workings Application
Common Issues • drainage details within red line site boundary • existing and proposed site sections and finished floor and site levels – fixed datum point • drawings indicating relationship between existing and proposed developments (where adjoining or in close proximity) • plans must not say “do not scale”. • useful to have plan titles and drawing nos. – especially revision nos. with dates • MSC applications – need to know what conditions are being applied for – be specific eg. 3(a)
Common Issues (cont) • Fees – if unsure – ask Technicians! • Reminder – if previous application withdrawn – “free go” only if within 1 year of date we received it. • Reminder – if previous refused – “free go” if same development only if 1 year of refusal decision. • Always use eplanning address rather than individual Technician address. • Online applications – if invalid for wrong form please do not use portal to resubmit – results in new application on system – use new form received from Technicians – submit to eplanning.
Pre-application • wish to still encourage • beneficial to use pre-application enquiry form on website – under Planning Applications/Forms/Pre-application Enquiry Form • easier and quicker to log on system (eplanning), get allocated and acknowledge • 28 days • appreciate timescales – planners reminded of importance
ANY QUESTIONS
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