# The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012, Article 7: Design and access statements

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), paragraph (3) applies to an application for planning permission—
(a) for major development;
(b) where any part of the development is in a designated area, for development consisting of—
(i) the provision of one or more dwellinghouses; or
(ii) the provision of a building or buildings where the floor space created by the development is 100 square metres or more.
(2) Paragraph (3) does not apply to—
(a) a section 73 application;
(b) an application for planning permission—
(i) for mining operations;
(ii) for a material change in use of the land or buildings; or
(iii) for waste development.
(3) An application for planning permission to which this paragraph applies must be accompanied by a statement (“a design and access statement”) which complies with paragraph (4).
(4) A design and access statement must—
(a) explain the design principles and concepts that have been applied to the development;
(b) demonstrate the steps taken to appraise the context of the development and how the design of the development takes that context into account;
(c) explain the policy or approach adopted as to access, and how policies relating to access in the development plan have been taken into account; and
(d) explain how any specific issues which might affect access to the development have been addressed.
(5) In paragraph (1) “designated area” (“ardal ddynodedig”) means—
(a) a conservation area; or
(b) a property appearing on the World Heritage List kept under article 11(2) of the 1972 UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and National Heritage (a World Heritage Site).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/801/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-development-management-procedure-wales-order-2012/article-7
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