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Part 2: Procurement Strategies
Besides development approval, other approvals licenses and permits required include
planning permission, building regulations approval, party wall, health and safety, and
environmental control consent.
Planning permission may be needed before any construction work begins. The is almost
same as developmental approval, but it is giving a go ahead to proceed with the proposed
construction project (Tricker & Alford, 2017). The planning authorities in a given locality have
the responsibility of granting permission to development – usually the planning departments of a
district or borough council. A permit showing that permission has been granted is required for
this kind of approval.
Every region all around the world has regulations and standards to be adhered to when
doing any construction project. The building regulations approval will be needed in this project,
as they set out the requirements for various construction elements such as design and actual
construction (Nyman, 2004). A separate notice is usually given by the construction control
departs showing that the regulations have been adhered to and construction can begin or proceed.
Building and construction regulation departments inspect construction site to ensure
health and safety requirements are properly made. Depending on the number of working days
and workers in the construction site, the health and safety overseeing bodies are notified and they
inspect to ascertain health and safety regulations are met. Required supporting documents
include a notice by the client notifying the commencement of a construction project.
Consequently, the site receives an approval permit showing that the health minimum
requirements have been met.

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Environmental agencies or local authorities give consent for any construction works that
are likely to cause pollution to the air land and water. Supporting documents for these approvals
include permits and environmental control licenses such as damping licenses.
Part 3: Letter/Report from Team to the relevant Planning Authority requesting Development
Approval for the Proposed Project.
Team Address
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Relevant Authority
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Name of Planning Officer,
Dear Sir/Madam
REF: DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL REQUEST
Proposed Elderly Village development adjacent to Broughton Drive and Princes Highway.
As the team concerned with the whole construction project, we write in connection with planning
approval applications/requests as stated above. We have done preliminary visits and examined
the site for the proposed development. We wish to offer our support to the proposal for reasons
explained herein the application letter.
An analysis of the existing site shows that previous planning and developments have been
initially done. The Elderly village is a thriving village and considerable demand for other

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developments is very much considerable. In the recent years, various application for different
construction projects have been rejected because of concerns on the impacts on the road network
in the area – Broughton Drive and Princes Highway. This application is much more improved as
far as road networks are concerned and it is in line with the planning authorities in the region.
The proposed development makes provision for road networks thus facilitating accessibility to
the village facilities by all means of transportation, including foot, bicycle, and bus stops. Also,
the development is located in a place surrounded by other residential areas. This makes it a
viable project to consider.
Attached is a design response providing the detailed description of the new development and
explaining how the project will respond to opportunities and constraints. The design response
also gives you the wider context of the project analysis. Included in the response are the plans,
site plans, floor plans, elevations and other relevant documents. All the drawings and designs
have been done according to the set standards, policies, regulations and construction guidelines.
However, in summary, the existing policies state that development proposals that are innovative
and reduce environmental pollution and its impacts should be considered. As stated before, this
is an Elderly Village development proposal. It also considers environmental sustainability,
besides connecting residential areas and improving regional networks. Therefore, this application
certainly meets a majority of the regulations and policies regarding developments. In light of the
design response attached, it is also evident that all regulations for built form, scale and character
of the development site have been adopted. Check list areas include heights of the developments,
building arrangement and patterns, crossover patterns, topography and landscaping – all as
stipulated in building regulations and standards. Lastly, provided is a street view of the

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development which is provided as per the requirement to show you how much of the surrounding
area the design response covers.
There are project elements likely to be ambiguous or might contravene the set standards and
guidelines. However, as we shall explain, all these aspects have been taken care of and justified
for their possibility of occurrence. We believe that this proposed site for development was well
articulated and chosen before inception of the development project. The project is within the
boundaries of all construction guidelines and policies and therefore a viable project to be granted
development approvals. There is a possibility that there will be loss to open space used by the
locals for relaxing and recreation purposes. There is also noise pollution and a little bit of air
pollution to the surrounding residential areas, - a bleach of some of the environmental control
guidelines. However, the development will offer provision for smaller green parks that are open
and will be used by all members of the general public. There are also plans by the construction
firms to try as much as possible to use plants that have minimal noise reduction. We are also
aware that some of the members of the area are likely to lose their residential houses and
possibly opt to relocate to other areas. The development will however include large family-size
houses that can be used by those who would wish to remain.
As far as heritage and environmental criteria is concerned, the development is a sustainable
construction project. We believe that we have every reason for you to give us development
approvals because of our environmental protection criteria while the project is in progress. Our
planning criteria include land reuse – the project aims at treating land on site that might have
been contaminated initially. Also, some building on the site shall be re-used for various purposes
to minimize demolition which causes sound and air pollution in most cases. The footprints of the
developments are planned with ecological features in mind. The heritage and environmental

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planning criteria also considers how the users of the Elderly village shall travel from one place to
another, rather how their accessibility to nearby facilities shall be facilitated. This is well taken
care of to have places such as bicycle paths to encourage users commute via environmentally
sustainable transportation means. Adherence to energy efficient patterns of houses and other
structures, together with comprehensive and consistent development plans give this project a
focus on environmental performance criteria. We also set strategies to ensure heritage sites,
symbols and objects are not interfered with during the development phase.
Other criteria for development that we would highlight to you are on the neighborhood
development plans for the area. As stated before, the development site is located in an area next
to Broughton Driveway, for which the opposite side of the road in a residential neighborhood.
The development will contribute to the region becoming an exemplar community through
environmental conservation and reduction of carbon emissions by surpassing the design
requirements. We acknowledge that some of the elements incorporated in the development do
not confirm to some and but a few of the policies that require all new developments in any
locality be affordable to the people in the surrounding areas. We think that the high quality and
sustainable developments however, combined with the nature of the development site chosen
outweigh these policies. The client has also indicated that some of the facilities will be affordable
to make contribution towards meeting the regions affordable housing needs.
If our application is to be considered by your department, please take note that we would like to
be part of the meeting of the committee that will decide the fate of our application. Kindly keep
us posted on the development approvals.
Signature,
Yours faithfully,

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References
Nyman, B. (2004). Building Sector Regulations: A Background to Increased Exchange Between.
Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministries.
Tricker, R., & Alford, S. (2017). Building regulations in brief. Routledge.