How We Can Support Discharging Of Surface Water Drainage Planning Conditions
We have summarised the useful and key information required to better understand how we can support your discharge of conditions needs.
What are Planning Conditions?
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) defines a planning condition as ‘A condition imposed on a grant of planning permission (in accordance with the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) or a condition included in a Local Development Order or Neighbourhood Development Order.’
Conditions are imposed on some applications rather than issuing an objection or refusal of a planning application.
These conditions might require additional information or approvals for specific aspects of the development.
On occasions there are opportunities to engage with the Local Planning Authority before the application is submitted to broadly agree the conditions that could be imposed and recommended.
Our team can review your project and the conditions imposed to advise whether further surveys are needed while working with you on how to overcome these conditions.
How Can A Planning Condition Be Discharged Or Removed?
Conditions are regularly imposed on outline planning applications as well as on full planning applications.
These conditions are specific to what the planning authority or regulator body wants to see addressed before a development is given full plan permission.
By issuing a condition, it prevents a refusal notice or an objection to an application.
In essence, the application is agreed upon in principle, subject to more information.
Surface Water Drainage Strategies require multiple pieces of data to review and conditions are no different.
The level of detail normally required at the condition stage is near to construction detail drawings, and therefore, the timeframes to produce the work can be longer than expected, especially if there are data gaps.
An example of this is infiltration tests of the soils or groundwater monitoring.
These items may not have been possible to source during the application stage due to time constraints or budget.
Each application is so unique that there isn’t a set list of required conditions. However, the subjects we see regularly are;
- Environmental conditions – topography, soil type etc,
- Flood zone,
- Type of development,
- Location in the country,
- Greenfield or brownfield,
- Ability to discharge water off-site/connection point,
- Planning policies, etc.
If you receive conditions on your application, we highly recommend that you get a specialist to assess all the documents and advise on what’s required.
This could include design changes, additional data and surveys.
How Aegaea Can Help You Discharge Planning Conditions
Our team has supported many projects with varying complexities and development scales.
We regularly work from the pre-planning stages through to submission of the application, advising on the design, layout, and mitigation measures.
Our team includes Chartered Water and Environmental Managers alongside members of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, working on drainage conditions every week.
If you recently submitted a planning application and have now been imposed with planning conditions, contact our team using the form below, and we can advise you on your next steps.
