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Drawings and plans

Inaccurate dimensions and / or poor overall quality of drawings and plans can lead to enormous difficulties when sites eventually come to be developed. Accuracy is mainly the responsibility of the applicant and agent, but the council has a share in the responsibility for ensuring, as far as they are able, that the information shown on submitted plans is accurate.

All drawings and plans submitted must reach an acceptable standard of presentation.

A complete submission of drawings or plans would be:

A Location Plan

based on up-to-date Ordnance Survey maps at a scale of 1:1250 or 1:2500, showing at least two named roads and surrounding land and buildings

The properties shown must be numbered and there must be no misunderstanding about the exact location of the application site

The entire boundary of the site in question must be edged clearly, preferably with a red line. It should include all land necessary to carry out the proposed development - for example, land required for landscaping, or car parking and open areas around buildings such as gardens. For a Householder Application, the red line must be drawn around the boundaries of the house and garden and not, for example, just around the ground area a proposed extension may occupy

A line (preferably blue) must be drawn around any other land owned by the applicant close to or adjoining the application site, and its status should be clear from the submission.

View the example location plan (PDF 124KB)

A Site Plan

This must be drawn to scale, preferably at 1:200, to show the relationship of the proposal to the site boundary and any buildings on adjacent land

Floor Plans

Usually at a scale of 1:100, although if a 1:50 scale is used for the elevational drawings it is better to maintain the same scale throughout the submission

Elevations

Usually at a scale of 1:50 or 1:100. There must be an elevational drawing of all sides of the proposed buildings

For extensions and elevational alterations, the elevations should illustrate the existing buildings/existing elevations.

Note:

All dimensions and quantities on drawings must be expressed in metric measurements. Planning application drawings with imperial units can not be accepted.

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Planning and Building Control
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