Planning Gateway One - How we assess planning applications

This section explains how the BSR assesses planning applications, including:

• The standards and guidance the BSR assess planning applications against,
• the range of planning application documents that are typically used and information about how the BSR uses them,
• the level of detail in different planning applications and what this means for the BSR's assessment,
• how the BSR reports its advice to LPAs, and
• the timescales involved