Material Considerations…
As your planning application passes through the planning system, there are a number of ‘material considerations’ that planners take into account before determining their response:
Parking & Highway safety
Design
Government policy – guided by the NPPF
Policy in the local development plan (for your district council area)
Noise
Overlooking & loss of privacy
Loss of light
Layout & Density
Disabled access
Previous Planning Decisions
Nature conservation
Effect on Conservation area
Effect on listed building
It is not simply whether the planners like your idea or not…