Planning Gateway One - Approach to different types of planning applications

Article 9A of the Development Management Procedure Order explains that applicants must submit a fire statement form¹ with a full planning application if: 

• it contains a relevant building  
• it is a development within the curtilage of a relevant building

If HSE is asked to comment on a full planning application that does not contain a fire statement form, we will decline to assess it on the basis that the application lacks the required information. In such cases, a fire statement form will be requested from the applicant by the Local Planning Authority (LPA). HSE will take no further action until a fire statement form is received by the LPA and provided to HSE.

1. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/996391/Fire_statement_form_-_dynamic.docx