Soil Management plan

[Surftuzzer]

Ive submitted a planning application for a enclosed brick porch 1.2m x 1.9m with tiled roof - required due to being on a boundary line with next door. Otherwise its basically within the proportions for a permitted dev.
We're in the Southdowns National park but not in the conservation area or listed building etc.

Planning have been unable to validate it my application over a couple of minor snags, which I am fixing, but the one I'm on here for is this: Please can you provide a Soils Management Plan because your application is proposing the movement of top and/ or subsoils.

There is a bit of a dig for footings. It's a insulated cavity wall construction. The builder removing the spoil.

Can any one clarify what the hell I've run into here and what to respond with please? I've not seen this on any neighbouring applications for extensions etc. and after a Google it seems these soil plans would be for new dwellings or farming etc.

I'm at a loss.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

If you look at the list documents https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/wp-co...ocal-Validation-List-BNG-version-2024-002.pdf required to validate a planning application right at the end of page 13 it mentions a soil report being required for 'All applications for development where the movement of top and/or subsoils is proposed'.

One could argue that the planners are jobsworths and really what's the bloody point for such a small development and I would agree, it's bloody ridiculous the hoops you have to jump through these days. Anyway if you search your local authority's list of planning applications sooner or later you'll find something suitable to copy and paste eg https://planningpublicaccess.southd..._04885_HOUS-SOILS_MANAGEMENT_PLAN-2117001.pdf It needn't be complicated, don't literally copy and paste it, change it round a bit but hopefully you can cobble something together that gets your application validated.

 

[Surftuzzer]

Thank you. Have trawled and found a simple example. It does seem a simple paragraph will do just stating the obvious. very much a box tick. I guess they're just applying a one size fits all approach that, at my end of the spectrum, is daft.