You are required to produce a Planning Appraisal and Process Report that
examines the main planning factors impacting on the development process,
and sets out the key stages and likely timescales in submitting and processing
a planning application.
You are a private sector planning consultant who has been engaged by a
developer (your client) to report on the likely planning factors influencing the
development of small sites of less than one acre (0.4 hectares) in the
Marylebone area (which lies within the City of Westminster).
Your client is a housing developer, but is also willing to provide limited
business and retail floor space in a mixed use scheme, where appropriate and
required.
In your report you will need to identify the likely planning factors that your client
will need to take into account in order to carry out a successful development,
and also explain WHY they are important.
For example, WHY does the developer need to take into account local planning
policies? What are likely to be the most relevant policies and other material
considerations?
You should also highlight issues that are non-planning factors, but which may
also impact on the deliverability of a development, for example property
covenants and other legal constraints.
Finally, the report should set out clearly the process for submitting and
processing a planning application in the City of Westminster, and how your client
might engage with the local planning authority in order to secure a planning
consent.
The Report of between 2,500 and 3,500 words
Assessment Criteria
The extent to which the student demonstrates:
A good understanding of the main planning factors in the creation, and
alteration, of the built environment;
A good understanding of how the spatial planning system works in
practice, and of the various stages involved in taking a development
scheme from inception to completion;
An ability to analyse the respective roles of the public and private
sectors in the implementation of development projects;
An ability to produce a clear and well structured report, with good
English and grammar, and with appropriate references and evidence to
substantiate arguments.
Additional Guidance on Coursework 1
1. Your client is “Kydonia Holdings” (it is a made up name).
2. For the purpose of this assignment the “Marylebone area” is
bounded by Marylebone Road to the north, Wigmore Street to the
south, Great Portland Street to the east and Baker Street to the
west.
3. In making a Report to your client, there is no need to include any
historical narrative or analysis of why and how the planning system
was set up, and how it has changed. Your client is only interested in
how the planning system operates in the City of Westminster as of
today, and any possible changes over the next five years that may
be relevant.
4. You are NOT required to identify specific sites for your client. Your
client is asking for a report which identifies the various planning
factors likely to influence any development in this area, and the likely
obstacles, risks and opportunities that may exist in order to achieve
a successful development.
5. You are NOT required to submit a planning application as part of this
report. You have not been engaged to do that yet, although this is
something that a private sector planning consultant may be
contracted to do at a later stage in the process once a suitable site
and scheme has been identified.
6. In preparing your report you may find it useful to identify any small
scale developments in this area that have recently been approved or
refused by the City of Westminster, and look at the reasons for
approval and refusal as set out in the Committee Report. This may
give an indication of some of the key policies and issues that your
client will need to be aware of before finalising any proposed
development scheme.
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