Planning permission query

[18 stoner]

Its their job!

[Mesterh]

I am going to make an online application instead of a paper/post application now. It says this on the planning portal site :

 

"Every planning application needs a site location plan and a block plan showing the location and boundaries of the site you are planning to work on.

 

The Planning Portal's accredited partners will ensure that you meet your local planning authorities requirements, whether you are a planning professional or first-time applicant."

 

But in the actual application forms it only asks for a sketch plan?!?!?

 

(the application is for works to my tpo tree not a conservation area application as i first thought)

 

Does any one know by any chance do i have to buy a plan from their 'accredited partners'!?

 

 

No you dont.

 

I just use a google map image and draw in the boundaries if they arent clear.

 

If it all looks very clear and easy to locate the tree from the map then there shouldnt be a problem

 

Cant you arrange a site visit with the TO to go through it?

[Paul Jenks]

If your tree has a TPO then it should also have a corresponding TPO number assigned to it by the aforementioned LA. This is all public record stuff and there should also be a map, again on public record. This means that you can get hold of a copy of their map and use that. Generally we have found all the tree officers in our area quite helpful and as they have mostly been in place for some time they know the tree or trees in question.

Recently LA's TPO and conserveation area application systems were aligned across the country to ensure conformity and due process. Some may have interpreted the process a little differently.

For a CA a letter of intent is all that's needed, with a map/sketch plan and the LA has to come up with a valid reason for you not to carry out the works and they have 6 weeks to get back to you. If they don't get back to you, then after 6 weeks crack on. For a TPO the onus is on you to give a valid arboricultural reason for the works to be carried out and they have 8 weeks to make decision. If they don't get back to you do not crack on as the tree is protected by law. Get on to them and if still not satisfied get on to the LA ombudsman, yes there is such a thing and start to complain.

All the plans we submit are clear but very simple sketches showing the road, house, boundaries and tree.

As to scale. It fits on a sheet of A4.

[wildwood-dwt]

Sorry if I repeat others, but, I have always just drawn a diagram or used Google maps!

[ry2]

Sorry if I repeat others, but, I have always just drawn a diagram or used Google maps!

 

Do you use Planning Portal - The UK Government's online planning and building regulations resource ?

[Ian Flatters]

Do you use Planning Portal - The UK Government's online planning and building regulations resource ?

 

Never use this, just print off the application. Fill it in draw a diagram of the site with clear access and labeled the main road in it. Then pop it in the post for the local council. Its that easy!

[Ian Flatters]

Heres the map for a tpo'd Oak im about to dump in the post. Pretty much how most mine look except i normally put the works list on the bottom of page 2 as the box is too small to draw a plan.

[18 stoner]

Same here Ian, I use the first smaller box for description of works, then diagram in the larger one. My diagrams are basic too, but I tend to use a ruler:lol:

[Ian Flatters]

Same here Ian, I use the first smaller box for description of works, then diagram in the larger one. My diagrams are basic too, but I tend to use a ruler:lol:

 

A Ruler?? Thought id scan an image for Ry2 as this thread seemed to be going round in circles.

[18 stoner]

:lol: