Article 5(1)(a)
1. A relevant submission must, in respect of the relevant development to which it relates, include the documents or information specified in each of the following paragraphs of this Schedule.
2.—(1) A description of the relevant development, including, subject to sub-paragraph (2)—
(a)a plan, to an identified scale, showing—
(i)the location of the relevant development on the Order land;
(ii)the external layout of, and the means of access to, the relevant development, including the layout of any designated car parking spaces comprised in it;
(b)details of each building or structure comprised in the relevant development, including plans or drawings, to an identified scale, showing—
(i)in the case of a new building or structure, its proposed external height and width, drainage connections, and elevations;
(ii)in the case of an existing building or structure that is to be extended or altered, its external height and width, drainage connections, and elevations, both before and after its proposed extension or alteration;
(c)plans, to an identified scale, showing any—
(i)landscaping works, including tree planting, and
(ii)biodiversity enhancements,
associated with the relevant development;
(d)the amount of any net additional floorspace available for a use specified in paragraph 2(4)(b)(i) or (ii) (parameters) of Schedule 1 (conditions subject to which planning permission is granted) that results from the relevant development, calculated in accordance with paragraph 2(7)(d) of Schedule 1, including any negative value given by the formula in paragraph 2(7)(d) in a case where the amount of floorspace represented by B in the formula exceeds that represented by A in the formula;
(e)if the relevant development results in a change in the number of designated car parking spaces in buildings in, on, under or over the Order land, evidence that the relevant development complies with paragraph 2(4)(a) of Schedule 1;
(f)details of the amount of any floorspace, calculated by reference to the external dimensions of the building of which it forms part, in respect of which the relevant development will result in a relevant change of use, and whether the use of that floorspace will change—
(i)from living accommodation to another use;
(ii)from another use to living accommodation;
(g)details of the location, height and spacing of any lighting columns to be included in the relevant development.
(2) If, and to the extent that, the relevant development, or part of the relevant development, involves a relevant change of use, and does not involve the erection, installation, extension or alteration of a building, the documents or information specified in sub-paragraphs (1)(a) to (e) and sub-paragraph (1)(g) are not required to be included in respect of the relevant development or part.
3.—(1) An analysis of the likely materially adverse environmental effects of the relevant development on any of the following—
(a)flood risk and drainage;
(b)air quality;
(c)noise and vibration;
(d)ecology;
(e)townscape and visual amenity;
(f)lighting;
(g)traffic on relevant roads, as defined in paragraph 8(2)(c) of Schedule 1 (construction traffic management plan),
including an assessment of those effects and proposed mitigations for them.
(2) To the extent that the relevant development involves the erection, installation, extension or alteration of a building, a daylight, sunlight and overshadowing report in relation to that erection, installation, extension or alteration, prepared in accordance with—
(a)British Standard BS EN 17037:2018+A1:2021(1), and
(b)the Building Research Establishment publication entitled “Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight: a guide to good practice”(2).
4. Details of any planning permission, including planning permission granted by the 2015 Order, that the Defence Secretary proposes to rely on in respect of any development that is associated with the relevant development but does not form part of it.
5. An assessment of how the carrying out of the relevant development will comply with section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998(3) (acts of public authorities).
6. A description of how the Defence Secretary has complied with section 149 of the Equality Act 2010(4) (public sector equality duty) in respect of the relevant development.
7. Such other information or documents as are necessary for the purpose of deciding whether to give relevant approval, as notified in writing by the Secretary of State to the Defence Secretary.
Daylight in buildings, published by the British Standards Institution on 31st January 2022 (ISBN 978 0 539 20852 8), available from the British Standards Institution, https://knowledge.bsigroup.com.
Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight: a guide to good practice, by P. Littlefair, S. King, G. Howlett, C. Ticleanu and A. Longfield, published by the Building Research Establishment on 8th June 2022 (ISBD 978 1 84806 483 6), available from the Building Research Establishment, https://bregroup.com/store/bookshop.
1998 c. 42. There are amendments that are not relevant to this Order.
