A Design and Access Statement is required to accompany certain planning applications.
Most householder planning applications do not need a Design and Access Statement unless they are in a conservation area or the property is listed. Planning applications for all other types of application will require a Design and Access Statement. The scope of the statement has now been extended so that the historic context of the application site must be considered.
This statement gives an opportunity for us to explain the site constraints, the planning policy considerations, the planning history of the site, consultations with planning officers, highways engineers, conservation officers etc. the architectural design process and justify why certain decisions were taken and the resultant effect on the design.
The Design and Access Statement also requires justification relating to the accessibility of the property in terms of users and visitors to and within the property.
The complexity of the statement is dependent on the project and is adjusted to suit each individual design project.
