Planning consideration
Local area requirements
Requirements (sometimes known as validation checklists) that set out supporting information which applicants need to include with a planning application
- Design stage
- Test and iterate
- Also known as
- Local validation checklist
- Datasets
- Frequency of updates
- Annually
- Useful links
- Discussion
- Join the discussion on GitHub
- Last updated
- 12 July 2024
Backlog
Which 2024 focus area does the request support?
Modern planning software;Faster local plans;Other
Screen
Is there legislation that defines 'Local area requirements'?
Yes
What is the legislation that defines 'Local area requirements'?
Local Area Requirements are referenced in the NPPF, Paragraph 44
Which organisations do we think should publish the data?
Local authorities
Research
Do we understand the lifecycle of a Local area requirements?
Yes
Document a stage of the high-level lifecycle of a Local area requirements
- Updating
What are the planning needs for this data?
These documents help users to know what they need to do for a given application
Who are the types of users who might benefit from having access to Local area requirements data?
The data design team need to know where the latest local area requirements documents are in order to support our analysis of planning considerations
Service providers like PlanX need to find local area requirements so that they can codify any rules that might be included in them
From what we have learnt so far are there any risks to making Local area requirements data available?
So far the data design team have compiled this data. This might lead to the data being out of date.