Paragraph 3 Environmental analysis

(1)

An analysis of the likely materially adverse environmental effects of the relevant development on any of the following—

(a)

flood risk and drainage;

(b)

air quality;

(c)

noise and vibration;

(d)

ecology;

(e)

townscape and visual amenity;

(f)

lighting;

(g)

traffic on relevant roads, as defined in paragraph 8(2)(c) of Schedule 1 (construction traffic management plan),

including an assessment of those effects and proposed mitigations for them.

(2)

To the extent that the relevant development involves the erection, installation, extension or alteration of a building, a daylight, sunlight and overshadowing report in relation to that erection, installation, extension or alteration, prepared in accordance with—

(a)

British Standard BS EN 17037:2018+A1:2021^f1, and

(b)

the Building Research Establishment publication entitled “Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight: a guide to good practice”^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Daylight in buildings, published by the British Standards Institution on 31st January 2022 (ISBN 978 0 539 20852 8), available from the British Standards Institution, https://knowledge.bsigroup.com.
f2: Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight: a guide to good practice, by P. Littlefair, S. King, G. Howlett, C. Ticleanu and A. Longfield, published by the Building Research Establishment on 8th June 2022 (ISBD 978 1 84806 483 6), available from the Building Research Establishment, https://bregroup.com/store/bookshop.