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

Design and access statementsE+W

[F17.—(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).]

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