Writing a DAS for a Brighton & Hove application
A Design & Access Statement explains and justifies your proposal against the development plan. For schemes across Brighton & Hove — Brighton, Hove, Portslade and Rottingdean and the surrounding area — that means engaging Brighton & Hove's own adopted policies on design, character and amenity, plus the NPPF. Buildwise auto-detects site constraints (South Downs National Park (park area administered by SDNPA), many conservation areas and coastal / flood risk) from your postcode and writes each section tailored to your site and project type.
Cited to Brighton & Hove's actual adopted plan
Buildwise references Brighton & Hove's live policies directly — for example design, amenity and character policies such as DM18 (High Quality Design and Places), DM20 (Protection of Amenity), DM21 (Extensions and Alterations) — quoted from the source documents and verified, never invented. As Brighton & Hove updates its plan, Buildwise's corpus is updated with it.
- Brighton & Hove City Plan Part One (2016)
- Brighton & Hove City Plan Part Two (2022)
How it works
Address + postcode; constraints detected automatically.
Usually under 10 minutes.
Download as PDF, edit online, or send to your client under your practice logo.
Example (excerpt)
"The single-storey design and restrained ridge height directly address scale and massing, ensuring compliance with Policy DM18 (High Quality Design and Places). Generous separation to the host dwelling with no new facing windows satisfies the amenity requirements engaged by Policy DM20…"
Frequently asked questions
Required for major development and for most work in conservation areas or the South Downs National Park (park area administered by SDNPA); often expected for householder schemes too. Buildwise produces one either way.
Brighton & Hove's adopted Brighton & Hove City Plan Part One (2016) and Brighton & Hove City Plan Part Two (2022) policies relevant to your scheme — such as DM18 (High Quality Design and Places), DM20 (Protection of Amenity), DM21 (Extensions and Alterations) — plus the NPPF.
Minutes, versus most of a working day by hand.
Your first statement is free, no card needed. The permitted development check is always free.
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