East Suffolk Local Validation Requirements October 2020 Version 1 East Suffolk Validation Guidance Contents Section 1 - Introduction ................................................................................... 1 Common reasons why applications are invalid .................................................................................... 3 What if further information or a fee is required? ....................................................................................... 3 Online and electronic submissions ............................................................................................................... 3 Section 2 – Drawings, Plans and Certificates .................................................... 5 Drawings....................................................................................................................................................... 5 Site Location Plan at a scale of 1:1250 or 1:2500 ........................................................................................ 5 Site Layout Plan / Block Plan ....................................................................................................................... 6 Floor Plans and Elevations ........................................................................................................................... 6 Sections and levels ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Ownership Certificates ................................................................................................................................. 7 Part 1 Notice ................................................................................................................................................. 9 Fees ............................................................................................................................................................... 9 Section 3 – Local Validation Requirements - Supporting information ............. 10 Affordable Housing Statement .................................................................................................................. 10 Air Quality and Odour Assessment ............................................................................................................ 12 Archaeological Assessment........................................................................................................................ 14 Biodiversity ................................................................................................................................................. 16 Coastal Erosion Vulnerability Assessment ................................................................................................. 19 Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)) ........................................................................................................ 21 Contaminated Land Assessment / Land Contamination Questionnaire .................................................. 22 Daylight / Sunlight Assessment ................................................................................................................. 24 Design and Access Statement .................................................................................................................... 25 Draft Heads of Terms ................................................................................................................................. 29 Page | ii East Suffolk Validation Guidance Energy Statement ....................................................................................................................................... 30 Environmental Impact Assessment ............................................................................................................ 32 Flood Risk Assessment ............................................................................................................................... 33 Foul Drainage Assessment ......................................................................................................................... 37 Geodiversity Survey and Report ................................................................................................................ 38 Health Impact Assessments ....................................................................................................................... 39 Heritage Statement or Impact Assessment ............................................................................................... 40 Joinery and Window Details ...................................................................................................................... 44 Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment ................................................................................................ 46 Landscaping details .................................................................................................................................... 49 Lighting Assessment / Details of Lighting Scheme .................................................................................... 50 Marketing Assessment ............................................................................................................................... 51 Noise Impact Assessment or acoustic report ............................................................................................ 52 Open Space Assessment ............................................................................................................................. 54 Parking layout plans .................................................................................................................................. 56 Planning Statement ................................................................................................................................... 57 Public Rights of Way .................................................................................................................................. 58 Refuse storage plan.................................................................................................................................... 59 Retail / Leisure Impact Assessments ......................................................................................................... 61 Rural Workers Dwellings ............................................................................................................................ 64 Statement of Community Involvement ..................................................................................................... 66 Structural Survey ........................................................................................................................................ 67 Sustainable Drainage Strategy .................................................................................................................. 69 Sustainability Statement ............................................................................................................................ 71 Transport Statement or Assessment ......................................................................................................... 74 Travel Plan .................................................................................................................................................. 75 Tree Survey / Arboricultural Assessment .................................................................................................. 77 Ventilation/Extraction ............................................................................................................................... 78 Viability Assessment .................................................................................................................................. 80 Index of key terms ......................................................................................... 83 Page | ii East Suffolk Validation Guidance Appendix 1: Further Information and Contacts ............................................ 107 Appendix 2: Local Development Plan ........................................................... 109 Appendix 3: Consultation on the Document ................................................. 110 External Statutory and Non-Statutory Consultee Responses ................................................................. 112 AONB Unit ................................................................................................................................................. 112 Historic England ........................................................................................................................................ 112 Natural England ........................................................................................................................................ 114 Suffolk County Council .............................................................................................................................. 114 Suffolk Fire and Rescue ............................................................................................................................. 123 East Suffolk Internal Teams/Department Responses ............................................................................. 123 Environmental Protection ......................................................................................................................... 123 Planning Policy and Delivery ....................................................................................................................