Application submission criteria can vary according to application type and the independent local authority involved.

A review of the submission criteria will help in the implementation of a planning strategy to get a project underway and for it to be delivered against a specific timeframe.

In developing a planning strategy must be mindful of:

• Specific planning policies or associated research in support or in conflict with your proposed development;
• Design guidance issued by councils;
• Public consultation liabilities (which may be necessary at different points of the design life-cycle);
• Formal documentation required (drawing scales, copies required etc);
• Technical reports in support of the application (design & access; marketing; heritage, highways, land contamination, aboricultural);
• Preliminary discussions with planning policy and development control teams at the relevant local council.
• The planning history of the building and the locality.