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Hi folks,

I've recently put in for planning permission for a new vehicular access/driveway, with scaled location and site plans that I've drawn on plans of the surrounding area I got from Requestaplan, but now I'm being asked for professionally drawn scale plans - here is the most recent email:

Thank you for your recent application but 'without prejudice to consideration of your proposal or any comments that the Highway Authority may make, a professionally drawn scaled plan may be required of the proposed access during the lifetime of the application.'

Please can you send these and we can then validate your application."

It's this 'planning-ese' as I've termed it (as opposed to legalese) which is confusing me - "during the lifetime of the application" etc. It would be nice if they could realise that we're not all in the trade and give us a little explanation.

I thought I'd done a decent job with the plans, (I'd post them here if I knew how), with new boundary treatment, visibility splays and all, but now I need to get a professional on it? This is a simple driveway, not an extension.

Anybody know who/what I should be looking for? Those architects who advertise online only list building plans, none for driveways, and exhorbitant costs at that.

My contact at the local council gives me no particulars either, and she's off for the next week or so. Does anyone know what details should be included here?

Please excuse the rant-post, it's just a little exasperating.

Where are you located?

Hi again Damian,
I'm located in Oadby in leicestershire
Thanks

You should be able to find somebody to help you here…

https://architecturaltechnology.com/find-a-practice.html?q=Oadby&search_by=location

(You will have to copy and paste the URL as clickable links do not work here)

Thanks Damian, that's three times you've helped me out, very much appreciated.