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OS Planning Application Maps

WHAT TO SUBMIT FOR A PLANNING APPLICATION

All Joanna James Planning Maps are Planning Portal & Local Planning Authority compliant.

This guidance will help you ensure that your Planning Application is not delayed, or rejected, by the Local Planning Authority because of discrepancies or unlicensed usage with your site location plans. 

From April 2015, all planning applications must include a Site Location Plan (also known as a location plan) which outlines the proposed development in it surrounding context. Some Local Authorities also require a Block Plan which can show the development in more detail.

These plans enable the local planning authority (LPA) to identify the land to which the application refers and should be based upon a current Ordnance Survey map.

WHICH PLAN?

LOCATION PLANS

If the site is in the countryside, an Ordnance survey style plan at a scale of 1: 10,000 for identification purposes is generally required.

BLOCK PLANS

Some Local Planning Authorities also require a Block Plan or Site Plan which is at a larger scale of 1:500 or 1:200 as appropriate. OS mapping at this scale does not include any greater details, but gives an opportunity to include landscaping, trees, drainage etc. These are not detailed Architects plans.

  • The site boundary clearly shown in red including any access route up to the public highway;
  • The access arrangements (this shall also include details of the visibility splays to be achieved within the applicants control) ;
  • Landscaping (layout and planting details) ;
  • Car parking (proposed and/or existing car parking layouts; including surfacing and how the spaces are to be delineated) ;
  • Open areas around the buildings (how these are to be treated) ;

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Please Note:

Ordnance Survey states that to ensure that an applicant’s mapping is correctly licensed for Planning Applications, it should:

  • Not be a Land Registry Title Deed Document
  • Not be used for multiple Planning Applications
  • Clearly show OS Crown Copyright
  • Clearly Show the correct Licence number
  • Not be copied from existing OS mapping if using hand drawn surveys.
  • Any trees on site, plotted as accurately as possible.
  • If the proposal involves development adjacent to a river or watercourse, show the location of any buildings or works in relation to the top of the river bank/water course bank, including written dimensions.