Categories (Authority)
About this step
Easily assess and categorise the proposed development through automated and custom workflows and tasks.
Automated workflows and tasks around Authority categorisation of property-based planning information, are created through town planning intelligence. AI-assisted automation presents correlated categorising instruments for each individual application for selected properties.
What you will find here
Local authorities categorising planning legislation | Aligned with the development application types and specific aspects of the proposed development. |
Proposal details | The Applicant's proposal details are provided at the Categories step to help the Authority complete their assessment. You can find the relevant proposal details above each category determination. |
Add button | Use the ‘Add’ button to add another categorising instrument, applicable to the application. The software will ask you to categorise the proposal against the new item. |
Refresh button | Use the refresh button if you have changed any application, development or proposal details. These details have the potential to affect which categorising instruments are displayed at this step. This will ensure you are accurately assessing the application and proposal details against the most up-to-date and accurate categorising instruments. |
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Instructions (End-to-end)
What is the End-to-end process? Read Development Application and Assessment Process (End-to-end vs Paper-based).
Select the first categorising instrument item on the left navigation pane.
Read the local authorities categorising instrument in the middle pane.
Review the applicants response to the Local authorities categorising instrument.
Select the relevant Authority assessment to the Categorising item. To learn more about Key Assessment Functionality read this article.
Once you have completed all the items on the right, select the next categorising instrument on the left navigation pane and complete the assessment.
Select Save & Proceed to progress to the next step.
Work left to right, top to bottom.
Instructions (Paper-based)
What is the Paper-based process? Read Development Application and Assessment Process (End-to-end vs Paper-based).
Select the first categorising instrument item on the left navigation pane.
Read the local authorities categorising instrument in the middle pane.
Add in the Applicant answer to the category designation, based on the paper application. To learn more about what a paper application is, read this article https://urplaapp.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CKB/pages/edit-v2/90275884?.
Select the relevant Authority assessment to the Categorising item. To learn more about Key Assessment Functionality read this article.
Once you have completed all the items on the right, select the next categorising instrument on the left navigation pane, add in the Applicant answer to the category designation and complete the assessment.
Select Save & Proceed to progress to the next step.
Work left to right, top to bottom.
