Writing a DAS for a Rother application
A Design & Access Statement explains and justifies your proposal against the development plan. For schemes across Rother — Bexhill-on-Sea, Battle, Rye and Robertsbridge and the surrounding area — that means engaging Rother's own adopted policies on design, character and amenity, plus the NPPF. Buildwise auto-detects site constraints (High Weald National Landscape (AONB), conservation areas (Rye, Battle, Bexhill) and flood zones (Rye, Pevensey Levels)) from your postcode and writes each section tailored to your site and project type.
Cited to Rother's actual adopted plan
Buildwise references Rother's live policies directly — for example design, amenity and character policies such as EN3 (Design Quality), DHG9 (Extensions, Alterations and Outbuildings), DHG7 (External Residential Areas) — quoted from the source documents and verified, never invented. As Rother updates its plan, Buildwise's corpus is updated with it.
- Rother Local Plan Core Strategy (2014)
- Rother Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan (2019)
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 EN3 (Design Quality). Generous separation to the host dwelling with no new facing windows satisfies the amenity requirements engaged by Policy DHG9…"
Frequently asked questions
Required for major development and for most work in conservation areas or the High Weald National Landscape (AONB); often expected for householder schemes too. Buildwise produces one either way.
Rother's adopted Rother Local Plan Core Strategy (2014) and Rother Development and Site Allocations (DaSA) Local Plan (2019) policies relevant to your scheme — such as EN3 (Design Quality), DHG9 (Extensions, Alterations and Outbuildings), DHG7 (External Residential Areas) — 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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