[Talk-GB] Significant planning applications

[Edward Catmur]

Resending as I forgot to reply all.

On Fri, 29 Jan 2021, 23:07 Edward Catmur, <ecatmur at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Assuming any issues of copyright can be resolved, this would be fine to
> map as a normal polygon with lifecycle prefix proposed:landuse=residential
> and all relevant information attached. When the development starts
> construction, the same polygon can have its tags changed to
> landuse=construction construction=residential and ultimately to
> landuse=residential.
>
> The proposed: tag won't render on the main map, but you can point people
> to the url for the way, which will render it as an orange outline on the
> normal map.
>
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2021, 18:00 Martin Wynne, <martin at 85a.uk> wrote:
>
>> What if any, is the guidance on mapping the location of a significant
>> planning application?
>>
>> There is an application locally to build several hundred houses on what
>> is currently mapped as farmland.
>>
>> I have been asked if there is an online map available which shows the
>> location. At first sight OSM seems the obvious answer, but there is
>> absolutely nothing on the ground to be mapped to show the existence of
>> the planning application (apart from a few A4 paper notices on
>> fenceposts - hardly mappable).
>>
>> What if anything can I add and then provide a link to on the standard
>> OSM map? A boundary relation? Tagged as what?
>>
>> Of course, there are the application maps on the local planning
>> authority's web site, but they are difficult to access for the general
>> public - require a file download, they don't have North at the top, and
>> they don't show the surrounding countryside.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Martin.
>>
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