OS and submitting extension plans

bylromarha

Hope this is the right board...apologies if not.

We want to build an extension and have done all the building plans ourselves. We want to submit the plans, but can't yet as we need to have a plan of the area within 100m of our house at a scale of 1:1250.

Our house was only built 6 months ago, so OS maps of the area don't exist yet. The builders site office have given us all the plans they have, but none cover that size of area. the planning office have suggested we look online to view the builders planning application as the plan we need should be on there...it isn't as their plans are obviously from before the development was built. The planning office haven't suggested anything else.

Any ideas how we can submit these plans please?

adr0ck

just submit them as they are...let the council query missing plans which they probably won't bother to do

lush_walrus

Use the builders from their application, you may not have found the right plan. For the builders to have received planning permission & to set up freeholds etc for the properties they will have had to submitt a site plan with the exact location of each property together with boundaries marked on. So it does exist. Look at the different scale drawings, but somewhere there will be a site plan that demarks all of the plots. Even if it is a different scale then you can measure off and rescale according to the size you need.

IF you can't find it online, then visit your local planning office and get them to help you. Generally there are duty planners available in the morning so that is the best time to go. BUT, it will exist do doubt about it, the application would not have received any form of permission without the plots all marked on something.

lush_walrus

adr0ck wrote:

just submit them as they are...let the council query missing plans which they probably won't bother to do

Unfortunately, they most definately will question it and most likely reject the application, so there is not any point in submitting it withuot the application you need.

Dont forget when you do manage it to mark on in red your boundary and if you own any additional land that must go on in blue.

matto

You could also try the Land Registry (or look at your own copy of the deeds if you have any). They should have a plan showing the various plots at least.

WestonDave

What I've had to do before now - admittedly just to add in a building to a plan that only showed the plot - is get hold of the existing OS map, and then use a photocopier to reduce the site plan down to the same scale as the OS map, before doing a cut and paste job (old style with Pritt Stick etc) to create the required plan - i.e. put the buildings onto the "green field" part of the OS map. You can then copy it again to appear as one plan. That shouldn't be a problem as the idea is to show the building proposal in the context of the local area.

If you can get access to a copier that does scanning to a JPEG file then you may be able to be a bit more sophisticated but if not I'd still use the copier over a home scanner as you'll get A3 sheets on most copiers so less stitching together if the site plans come on a number of sheets.

bylromarha

matto wrote:

You could also try the Land Registry (or look at your own copy of the deeds if you have any). They should have a plan showing the various plots at least.

We considered that but our solicitors are incompetent, therefore we haven't yet had them from the house sale 10 weeks ago...a whole other story about the solicitors which could take forever

Debt_Free_Chick

You have to use a specific siteplan of a particular scale for planning applications - usually 1:1250.

It will cost about £25 for 6 copies (note, that you have to submit several copies of your planning application). If you put "siteplan planning application" into Google you'll get loads of options to order this online. Or you can find your local Ordnance Survey branch here.

A copy of any other map won't do - you need one to the right scale.