Document
Discharge of Conditions
Submitted after permission is granted, to satisfy the conditions attached to it. Most permissions cannot be built out until these are cleared.
- The tier this usually sits in
- HouseholderThe tier this usually sits in
- Wren, for a case at that tier
- £499Wren, for a case at that tier
- Specimen you can read in full
- PublishedSpecimen you can read in full
- Sections inside it
- 4Sections inside it
What is inside
Section by section.
- 01The parent permission and its reference
- 02Each condition quoted verbatim and numbered as it appears on the decision notice
- 03What is submitted to satisfy each one
- 04Why the submitted detail meets the condition's stated purpose
When it is required
Why a council asks for this.
Section 73 and section 74 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and the conditions as drafted on your own decision notice.
| Required when |
|---|
| A permission carries pre-commencement conditions |
| A condition requires details to be approved before a stage of work |
| You need conditions formally discharged before selling or drawing down finance |
Asked and answered
About the Discharge of Conditions.
What happens if I build before discharging a pre-commencement condition?
Often alongside
Documents that usually travel with it.
The main written case for a planning application. It describes the site and the proposal, then argues the scheme against the policies your council will actually decide it under.
Identifies the heritage assets a scheme affects, explains what makes each of them significant, and assesses honestly what your proposal would do to that significance.
Proves that something you have built, or intend to build, is lawful and needs no planning permission. It is a certificate of fact, not a judgement of merit.
For development that is already permitted in principle, but where the council still gets a say on specific matters. Larger extensions and office-to-residential conversions are the common ones.
Find out whether your site needs one.
The appraisal names the route, lists the documents that route requires, and prices the set before you commit to anything.