Screening Opinion for an Environmental Impact Assessment in Advance of a Planning Application for Land at:

Aldersley Avenue
Skipton

Under Part 6 Regulation 20 (2)

The Documents are Available for Inspection at:

Craven District Council Offices
Granville Street, Skipton
BD23 1PS

As of the 6 April the requirements for applications to be accompanied by a Design and Access statement will change quite significantly – you need to be aware of this if you validate applications. In addition to the current exemptions, from this date they will not be required for:

• permission to develop land without compliance with conditions previously attached, (s73 application)

• the extension of an existing building used for non-domestic purposes where the floor space created by the development does not exceed 100 square metres and where no part of the building or the development is within a designated area

• the erection, construction, improvement or alteration of a gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure where—

 (i) as a result of the development, the height of the gate, fence, wall or means of enclosure does not exceed its former height, or two metres above ground level, whichever is the greater; and

(ii) it does not involve development within the curtilage of, or to a gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure surrounding a listed building; and where no part of the development is within a designated area

development on operational land consisting of the erection of a building where

(i) the cubic content of the development does not exceed 100 cubic metres; and

(ii) as a result of the development, the height of the building does not exceed 15 metres above ground level, or its former height, whichever is the greater; and where no part of the development is within a designated area

• the alteration of an existing building where the alteration does not increase the size of the building and where no part of the building is within a designated area

• the erection, alteration or replacement of plant or machinery where, as a result of the development, the height of the plant or machinery does not exceed 15 metres above ground level, or its former height, whichever is the greater, and where no part of the development is within a designated area

• development that is the subject of an application referred to in article 10B(1)(b).
  

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