Validation Checklist - List 4

6a Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Development or Use (LDC)

Required for Lawful Development Certificates.

Building works for proposed use or development

Submit plans, elevations and sections at scale 1:100 or 1:50 that clearly show the full extent of use or building works. Plans should be correctly titled, with individual drawing numbers on each plan and annotated with either dimensions or with a scale bar (horizontally and vertically).

Alterations to the roof including extensions, dormer windows, roof lights:
• Provide a schedule setting out existing and proposed cubic content of the roof space. You also need to show how you reached your calculation.
• If you are proposing to install roof lights please confirm how far they project from the roof slope by marking the measurement on the drawings.
• If you are proposing dormer windows please confirm the distance between the eaves of the original roof and the bottom of the dormer window.
• Annotate your drawings to confirm if you are cladding any part of the extension.

Change of use

Details of the previous lawful use of the building and why it is considered that no planning permission is required.