Effective Planning Process for Redevelopment

The report explores the six-stage process for submitting and processing planning applications, focusing on land use plans, policy, housing density, unit size, mix, affordability, residence amenities, and access to parking. It emphasizes the need for careful consideration of these factors in future planning purposes.

Planning Practice

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................5
1) The process for submitting and processing a planning application in the City of
Westminster.................................................................................................................................5
2) What Development plan policies are likely to be most relevant to any proposed
redevelopment of the site.............................................................................................................6
3) What other planning considerations might be taken into account during the council’s
determination of any future planning application........................................................................7
4) The likelihood of planning permission being granted for the proposed scheme.....................9
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Planning practice is important to conduct, because it would lead to the future goals or
purpose of an organisation. For the planning purpose, it is necessary to follow certain set of rules
and regulation for making it effective and achievable. This report will be carried on Westminster
city council and Kydonia Holdings for the proposal of redevelopment of the site which is owned
by this city council. This report will also be carried on different consideration for future planning
purpose. It will put light on the detailed procedure for being granted the planning permission for
the proposed scheme. It is also focus on the rules and rates for being the planning permission for
the proposed scheme or projects.
1) The process for submitting and processing a planning application in the City of Westminster
As a planning officer of Westminster city council, it is important and crucial to receive
planning application from Kydonia holding regarding the construction of the project on the site
which is hold by Westminster city council. The process for submitting and processing the
planning application in the city council is very hectic and requires lot of efforts, but it is desire to
do. It has process with six stage for filing an appropriate application in the city council. This
process is governed and managed by the legislation and is prepared and designed in order to
enables the inputs of experts’ advice and convert interested parties into a decision making
process. The following steps of process are as follows:
Step 1: Pre application advice: Before deciding whether to make planning application or
not, it is highly advised that Kydonia holding should get appropriate advice from any consultant
who work in that field. Advice is very important not to work against legislation or judiciary. Best
advisor will help in advising whether proposal would be approved or not or any changes
recommended in it.
Step 2: Application and validation: In context with Kydonia holdings, it is recommendable
that this development firm should apply online through planning portal of Westminster city
council. In this, firm will be advised to submit various legal, important and mandatory
documents and attested by any official gazette. This will make validation of an application even
more strong and fool proof. Further also, any kind of missing information will be informed
before start processing of an application. The actual processing of an application will be start
within the 8 weeks from the request of an application.

Step 3: Consultation and publicity: In this stage, consultation letter would be sent to
anybody who generally works in experts view sector. For publicity, advertisement is the best
option to be placed in the local newspaper, magazine or sites. It is suggested that minimum time
period of consultation is 21 days from the date when published.
Step 4: Site visit and assessment: In context with Kydonia holdings, it is required and
mandatory for site to be inspected and look out. In that situation, planning officer will be on site
for the site inspection where the development project would be carried on. Afterwards,
application will be assessed by planning officer on consideration such as account planning
policies, response from the consultation and public representation.
Step 5: Recommendation: After the assessment of application by planning officer, he will
make various important and necessary recommendations through “officer” published report
attached with the copy of an application to person or anybody who is authorized to take on the
decision. Here, in this, case officers are not eligible for final decision making on an application.
The mention “officers” report would include the relevant facts relating to an application in order
to take effective and liable decisions.
Step 6: Decision: As the planning officer, the decision will be taken on application by an
appropriate body of the Westminster city council. With the most of the householder application,
senior officer who delegate with authority and power from the planning committee normally take
power which is known as “delegated power”. In such power, decision would be taken without
going to required committee to speed up the process. Almost 95 percent householder application
would be decided on this way.
Lastly, here possible outcome would be planning officer either accept or reject the
application, because if the required any document would not match the actual status and need of
the application This process of the planning will be result development of the sites as prescribed
by the Westminster city Council.
2) What Development plan policies are likely to be most relevant to any proposed redevelopment
of the site.
The focus of this development control function is on the land use policy and planning
process. As a planning officer, it is the duty to manage and regulate the property development to
make sure that all development must be take on an appropriate time and costs. Development

control is the most important components of land use planning process and its function. For the
better knowledge of planning officer, the formulation of the land use policy and standard comes
with development plans and procedures under the legislative regulation and frameworks. Land
use policy is prepared to:
 To identify the needs of development of an area.
 To find relevant development issues and scope.
 To establish policies and standards to entertain the development.
Plan is considered as vision and statement of intent. Hence, land use policy would be
considered as most developed plan and policies for redevelopment of site. The primary reason
for preparation of land use and policies is to fulfil a legal following requirement of land
development and control act, 1977. However, plan and policies of land use is mainly prepared to
manage and guide the various operation of redevelopment of site and land use control system.
Land use planning is made-up to make decision for the purpose of get development permission
before the preparation of plans or policies. If there will be no plans or policies exists, evaluation
for the development proposal may create development issue as a result of no policy is available.
Land use policy will provide the legal right and authority from whom, who is owing the
prescribed land.
Land use policy will be best suitable for the redevelopment of the site. Of course, the
redevelopment will be conducted on the land by the Westminster city council which is function
as both parking space and space for farmers for doing their business. In response with proposed
development plan and policies, land use policy is useful because, it is the resource which
Kydonia Holdings would get only after the planning permission from the Westminster city
council by conducting the whole process of get the planning permission from the recognized
council.
3) What other planning considerations might be taken into account during the council’s
determination of any future planning application
As a planning officer, there are several other planning consideration that might take place
during the council determination during the council determination for the further planning.
Housing: It is the most important aspects of every planning consideration during the
construction or site development. In housing, there are several components such as density,

unit’s size, level of an affordable house and other several amenities to be provided to the future
house owner. These consideration needs to be pre-planned and decided to provide better housing
facilities and accommodation to the owner. Before development of the site, it is required to know
various factors such as density, unit size, amenities being offered and affordability to ascertain
the cost required for an application basis. These considerations are mandatory and required to be
discussed to ascertain the affordability of the house:
Density: Medium density housing has been range from about 25 to 60 dwellings per
hectare. It is the normal range of housing available these days. Area of housing can exceed 60
dwellings per hectare. But, it will increase the cost of installation of an amenities. Dwellings per
hectare means number of houses or flats. The measurement of density is any how a complex
matter. Here, the question arises what is density? In context with Great Britain, land is generally
measure in terms of acres. Density is a measure of number of people on a given area of land. Net
density calculated with dwellings, bed-spaces and population. As a planning officer, it is required
to measure the requirement of area for actual density of the housing.
Unit size: An average unit size of the housing is 258.4sqm. The average unit size for bed
unit types has increased. For annexe, studio and bedsit style properties, an average unit size is
30.2sqm. For better unit size, bedroom shall be of minimum 90 square feet, with no dimension
less than 90. Living room shall be minimum of 120sqa feet with an adequate and extra space
available. Eating/dining area shall be of minimum at least 72 square feet of space. There always
some case found when rooms are separate attached with eating/dining room or along with
kitchen.
Level of affordability: It is the housing which is deemed to be affordable to particular
medium household income individual or families as per by the local government or any
legislation or laws. Housing affordability index is recognized for an affordability of index.
Affordability of housing is measured on basis of standard of living of people. In United
Kingdom, affordability of housing is measured on a basis of price to income approach. Effective
understanding of housing cost burden would help in an accurate determination of housing needs
and affordability.
Residential amenity: In context with housing, it is required to provide accurate and
required amenities to the household after redevelopment of site or construction of housing
projects. Amenities may be for elders, children and young etc. Amenities include electricity,

water, sewer, garbage, internet, digital cable and laundry services comes under the category of
various utilities in the housing. Kydonia holdings are preparing for 61 residential units which
comprises of 3 flats or houses in each units.
Access and parking: The main planning consideration here for the future planning is the house
affordability along with adequate space for parking. For planning purpose, it is required to plan
and manage to find car and two wheeler parking space either in the basement or outside the
building premise. In context to Kydonia Holdings, it is required to find and manage efficient and
accurate space for the parking slot during the redevelopment of the site. It is so because of less
parking space in the London and government has strong regulation over the traffic in the city.
Lastly, in context to Kydonia Holdings, these two discussed considerations are sufficient and
adequate to drive and implement the council determination of future planning application.
4) The likelihood of planning permission being granted for the proposed scheme
For the purpose of granting the permission for the proposed scheme of construction, it is
required to get permission from the various recommended authorities and departments to start
work safely and seriously. As a planning officer, it is duty of him to approve everything before
the construction and grant the planning permission to Kydonia holdings for redevelopment of the
site. It is explained that if Kydonia holdings wants to redevelop the site, they should obtain the
planning permission from the Westminster city council before starting of the construction
process. The law says that holdings needs the planning permission for the redevelopment of the
site. If they failed to obtain the planning permission, in that case, they may be risk with the
penalties which would be the heavy fines or even the imprisonment. It is advised not to consult
the planning authority before planning permission application. That will be the great wastage of
time. The entire plan of the area where Kydonia Holdings wants to redevelop the site is called as
development plan. This plan has been drawn up by the local authorities and find out their
objectives for the usage of the local area. Holdings should look at the developmental plan before
making planning permission application.
If there is a requirement to make clear the site, there is a requirement of planning
permission, suppose if you are: making the access availability of space onto the public roads,
demolish the structure which was used as the residence or demolish a building or a portion of a

building attached to another building in separate. There are different procedure for granting the
planning permission for Kydonia Holdings are as follows:
Rules: In context with Kydonia Holdings, it is required to give a full-fledged notice of your
permission proposals before formulation of an application. This thing is required to be placing on
the local newspaper and putting of the clear site notice. It is the duty of Westminster city council
to receive an application within the 2 weeks of the notice appearing on the newspaper. The site
notice should be put immediately after local notice out on the newspaper. Hence, you may not
start without granting of the permission. Thus, planning permission will be last for five years.
Rates: Kydonia holdings needs to pay €65 to the Westminster city council with the filled
and approved planning application. If during the construction period, Kydonia holdings would
destroy any public or government property, they may be liable for that and to bear the expenses.
Lastly, the recommended outcome would be that if both rules and rates shall followed in
an effective manner, they will be chances of granting of the planning permission for the
proposed redevelopment of the sites for the residential, retail units, community centre and
health club etc.

CONCLUSION
From the report, it is concluded that an effective process for submitting and processing the
planning application should be in proper and effective way for enhancing the plan and procedure
for the redevelopment of the site. The process is of six stages which is an effective way to apply
for the planning permission. Land use plans and policy is relatively the most likely for the
redevelopment of the site. Housing (density, unit’s size, units mix, affordability and residence
amenities) and access and parking. It is necessary and ore-requisites to take care of these
consideration for future planning purpose for the redevelopment of the sites. For starting the
construction work, it is important and necessary to get granted the planning permission for the
redevelopment of the site. Lastly, it is also concluded that it is duty of the planning officer to take
into consideration several documents for the inspection and verification purpose and targets.
Such plans and policies would result in the effective development of the sites for the future
growth purpose

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