6. Scope
Services
Our end goal is to build digital planning services for every kind of planning application. We are following a ‘long tail’ strategy: starting with the many small, repetitive applications which represent a disproportionate burden on applicants and councils. Householder planning applications represent the next big milestone.
Stages of the user journey
0
Awareness
1
Exploration
2
Preparation
3
Submission
4
Payment
5
Validation
6
Consultation
Consultation
7
Decision
Decision
8
Appeal
9
Discharge of conditions
10
Monitoring & enforcement
The current project scope includes all stages up to validation. It does not yet include consultation onwards, although this could be part of our future scope.
Planning documents
What planning information will now be asked for as data instead of documents, and why?
Forms
| Current status | How often is it required for householders? | Does it require a certified professional? | |
| Application form | data | always | no |
| Materials list | data | often | no |
| Ownership certificates | data | always | no |
| Fee | data | always | no |
| CIL forms | data | sometimes | no |
Reports
| Current status | How often is it required for householders? | Does it require a certified professional? | |
| Design & Access statement | data | often | no, but sometimes useful |
| Heritage Assessment | data | sometimes | no, but sometimes useful |
| Ecology & trees checklist | data | often | not always |
| Flood risk assessment | data | sometimes | not always |
| Drainage / SUDS statement | data | sometimes | not always |
| Basement impact assessment | doc | sometimes | sometimes |
| Structural survey | doc | sometimes | yes |
| Townscape visual impact Assessment | doc | sometimes | no, but usually useful |
| Navigational Risk Assessment | doc | rarely | yes |
| Air Quality Assessment | doc | rarely | yes |
| Biodiversity Survey | doc | rarely | yes |
| Archaeological Survey | doc | rarely | yes |
| Tree survey / Arboricultural Impact Assessment | doc | sometimes | yes |
| Landscape & visual impact Assessment | doc | sometimes | no, but usually useful |
| Sun & Daylight assessment | doc | sometimes | yes |
| Local views assessment | doc | sometimes | no, but usually useful |
| Parking survey | doc | sometimes | no |
Drawings
| Current status | How often is it required for householders? | Does it require a certified professional? | |
| Location plan | data | always | no |
| Existing plans | doc | almost always | no, but must be correctly drawn |
| Proposed plans | doc | almost always | no, but must be correctly drawn |
| Existing elevations | doc | almost always | no, but must be correctly drawn |
| Existing sections | doc | almost always | no, but must be correctly drawn |
| Proposed sections | doc | almost always | no, but must be correctly drawn |
| Existing roof plan | doc | almost always | no, but must be correctly drawn |
| Proposed roof plan | doc | almost always | no, but must be correctly drawn |
| Site plan | doc | sometimes | no, but must be correctly drawn |
| Site photographs | doc | almost always | no |
| Existing details | doc | sometimes | no, but must be correctly drawn |
| Proposed details | doc | sometimes | no, but must be correctly drawn |
| 3D massing model | doc | never | yes |
See the full working schema here
Users with specific accessibility needs
| Non-English-speaking users | not yet |
| Users with dyslexia | consider |
| Users with autism | consider |
| Deaf or hard of hearing | consider |
| Visually impaired users | consider |
| Blind users | yes (screen readers) |
| Users with physical or motor disabilities | consider |
| Users suffering from anxiety | consider |
| Elderly users | consider |
| Non-web users | consider |
| Users with outdated devices | yes (as far as possible) |