Objecting to a Planning Application

Residential Design Guide - Density

1: Planning Law
History
Current Legislation
Interpretation
Delegation
Appeals

2: Local Plan Policies
FBE.2
FBE.3
FT.4

3: Residential Design Guide
Density
Housing Balance
Open Space and Wildlife

4: Grounds for Objection
Highways
Amenity
Policy
Environment

6: The Objection
Layout
Copy to Councillors
Parish Council

7: Property Law
Easements
Easement of Light
Right of Way

8: Planning lexicon

9: The Ombudsman

10: FODDC

11: Links

Does the proposed level of development on the site recognise the distinctive setting and accessibility of the site?

	Town Centre Sites - within or on the edge of town centres - should be used as intensively as is consistent with the general character of the area. Normally larger sites (over 0.2ha) should include retail / social / commercial uses as well as residential. Flats and terraces, up to four storeys in height, should predominate. Density guideline 60-70 dwellings per hectare.
	Other in-town sites - brownfield or enclosed greenfield sites within 800m walking distance of the town centre - should be used quite intensively, often more so than their immediate surroundings. Normally frontage development should be the rule, reflecting 19th Century patterns, with terraced development the norm, up to 3 storeys. Density guideline 50-70 dwellings per hectare.
	Suburban sites - allocations on the periphery of development, normally within 1500 m walking distance of a town centre - should be mixed / varied in character, incorporating detached, semi and terraced development, up to 3 storeys and preferably at significantly higher density than the post-war norm : guideline 30-60 dph.
	Village high street sites - sites fronting onto the main village street near local facilities - should reflect local patterns, often with frontage development and some terracing, including units adaptable to commercial / workshop use, normally 2 storeys. Guideline density 30-60 dwellings per hectare.
	Compact village sites - other sites allocated within compact or closely-knit villages or "exurban" sites located away from the towns - should provide a variety of accommodation, including some terracing, but with a higher proportion with large gardens. Large gardens offer greater potential for residents to recycle household waste, grow their own food, and perhaps in the future achieve water and energy autonomy. Not more than 2 storey. Guideline density 20-40 dwellings per hectare.
	Sporadic development sites - normally sites in open or dispersed rural settlements - should preserve the informality of arrangement and varied plot sizes, creating informal open spaces, and requiring a high degree of energy efficiency and water autonomy (see new Structure Plan Policy H10) Guideline density (though each settlement is unique) 15-30 dwellings per hectare. Note, however, Local Plan policy to keep the distinctive openness of dispersed settlements.