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Why do I need planning permission?
How do I apply for planning permission?
What is site location mapping?
What is site detail mapping?
What is the difference between map scales?
What is Protx?
How do I get my maps?
Why do I need planning permission?
For most property developments getting planning permission is a legal requirement.
Its main purpose is to control the impact of buildings on the environment.
How do I apply for planning permission?
You will need to contact the planning officer at your local council to discuss what
type of application is required. If you are applying for Full Permission, your application
will need to include detailed site location plans showing the extent of your development.
You will usually need to submit five or six copies to illustrate:
- The location of your present site and its boundaries, with the layout of your proposed
development.
- The relationship of your development with the surrounding area.
Site location mapping
All applications must include copies of a location plan based on an up-to-date map
at a scale of 1:1250, 1:2500 or in remote areas
1:10000. The number of copies required does vary, the regulations
usually require one original plan together with a further three copies (if you order
paper maps we supply you with six copies). The properties shown should be numbered
or named to ensure that the exact location of the application site is clear.
Site detail mapping
The regulations usually require one original plan together with a further three
copies (if you order paper maps we supply you with six copies). This should be drawn
at a scale of at 1:500 or 1:200 and should accurately
show the proposed development in relation to the site boundaries and other existing
buildings on the site, with written dimensions including those to the boundaries.
Map scales
1:200 scale
One centimetre on a 1:200 scale map is equal to 200 centimetres (or 2 metres) on
the ground. At this scale, roads, buildings, fences and landscape features are shown
in detail. The shapes of individual buildings are accurately represented as well
as being named or numbered.
1:500 scale
One centimetre on a 1:500 scale map is equal to 500 centimetres (or 5 metres) on
the ground. At this scale, roads, buildings, fences and landscape features are shown
in detail. The shapes of individual buildings are accurately represented as well
as being named or numbered.
1:1250 scale
One centimetre on a 1:1250 scale map is equal to 1250 centimetres (or 12.5 metres)
on the ground. At this scale, roads, buildings, fences and landscape features are
shown in detail. The shapes of individual buildings are accurately represented as
well as being named or numbered.
1:2500 scale
Most rural areas are covered at 1:2500 scale (1 centimetre on the map is equal to
2 500 centimetres – or 25 metres – on the ground). At this scale, roads, buildings,
fences and landscape features are shown in detail. The shapes of individual buildings
are accurately represented as well as being named or numbered.
1:10000 Scale
The whole of GB is covered at 1:10000 scale ( 1 centimetre on the map is equal to
10000 centimetres – or 100 metres – on the ground). This scale would be used for
remote rural locations.
What is Protx?
Protx provide secure online credit card and debit card payment solutions for thousands
of online and mail order businesses across the UK. All transaction information passed
between www.Planningapplicationmaps.co.uk and the Protx VSP Systems is encrypted using
128-bit SSL certificates. No cardholder information is ever passed unencrypted.
You can be completely secure in the knowledge that nothing you pass to the Protx
servers via this website can be examined, used or modified by any third parties
attempting to gain access to sensitive information.
Encryption and Data Storage
Once on our systems, all sensitive data is secured using the same internationally
recognised 256-bit encryption standards used by, among others, the US Government.
The encryption keys are held on state-of-the-art, tamper proof systems in the same
family as those used to secure VeriSign's Global Root certificate, making them all
but impossible to extract. The data we hold is extremely secure and we are regularly
audited by the banks and banking authorities to ensure it remains so.
Links to banks
Protx has multiple private links into the banking network that are completely separate
from the Internet and which do not cross any publicly accessible networks. Any cardholder
information sent to the banks and any authorisation message coming back is secure
and cannot be tampered with.
Employee access
No individuals within Protx are able to decrypt transaction information or cardholder
data. Our systems only allow access to our most senior staff and only in extenuating
circumstances (such as investigations of Card Fraud by the Police). Your transaction
information and customer card information is secure even form our own employees
because our systems never display the full card numbers, even on administration
screens.
How do I get my maps?
Once the order process is completed you will receive a conformation email to the
email address you provided. your order is not attached to this email as this is
not an automated service but your Invoice is attached as a PDF. your order is then
processed by our team of fully trained mapping specialist with over 30 years of
mapping experience. Once we have created your order it is then sent to you attached
to an email with a copy of the copyright agreement, this process will take a hour
on average. (please see delivery times page of website)
Opening emailed maps (which are sent in a tiff format)
If your computer is running windows XP or Vsta this file can be opened direct from
the email using a program called windows picture and fax viewer, some email providers
may not allow it to be opened direct from the mailbox, If this is the case you may
have to download it to you desktop first and then open it using windows picture
and fax viewer. If you try opening it direct from the email and get a blank page
chances are that your computer is trying to open it in a different program. Many
of the current photo shop packages once loaded try to open all tiff files. We recommend
in these cases that you download the file to your desk top and then right click
and select 'open with', this should give you a menu which you select windows picture
and fax viewer. NB: for those who are using Macs the recommended program to open
the file in is illustrator.
Printing the map file
Once the file is open in windows picture and fax viewer you can now print the file.
The print icon is found in the bottom right hand corner of the page. A window will
come up titled 'window wizard' this will take you step by step though the printing
process, once completed printing you need to check that the map is to scale. The
mapping mapping area box should be exactly 16 cm x 16cm, if this is not the case
this is due to printer setting, this can be changed on the third step of the windows
wizard. We recommend that the settings used are A4 paper and borderless printing
(this may vary according to different printers). If for any reason you are not satisfied
with the product please contact us on 02380511139 or
info@planningapplicationmaps.co.uk