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Planning Authority Workflow and Pre-Application Packages

Understand how an authority actually processes work, and prepare a pre-application package that gets useful answers.

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Client-style brief

A consultancy repeatedly receives slow, difficult responses from planning authorities and suspects the cause is its own submissions. It wants its team to understand how an authority processes work internally, and to build pre-application packages that make an officer's job straightforward.

Professional scenario

Synthetic medium-sized planning authority with a validation team, area case officers, statutory and internal consultees, a committee cycle and a published pre-application service.

Planning problem

Applications stall because packages do not match the way an authority actually works. The professional problem is to understand the internal workflow and to prepare material that answers each stage's questions in the order they are asked.

Learning objectives

Map an authority workflow from enquiry to decision and identify the delay points.
Prepare a pre-application package that anticipates officer and consultee questions.
Write a defensible pre-application enquiry with specific answerable questions.
Handle consultee input and constraints in a way that shortens later assessment.
Review a package as an officer would and correct it accordingly.

Modules and lessons

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Module 1
Module 1 — How an authority actually works
Understand the internal machine before trying to feed it.
Example data: Synthetic authority workflow, validation list and committee-cycle teaching data.
Module output: Annotated workflow map with identified delay points.
Module 2
Module 2 — Building the pre-application package
Assemble material an officer can assess without chasing.
Example data: Synthetic site information and Ideeplan-owned package templates.
Module output: Complete pre-application package with a document schedule.
Module 3
Module 3 — Officer review, response and follow-up
Test the package from the other side of the desk and correct it.
Example data: Synthetic officer response and internal assessment note templates.
Module output: Officer-perspective review, corrected package and a follow-up record.

Project brief

A synthetic medium-sized authority with published pre-application arrangements, a validation team, consultees and a committee cycle.

Your role: Consultant preparing the package, then reviewer assessing it as an officer.

Information available

Synthetic authority workflow and validation list.
Synthetic site and scheme information.
Ideeplan-owned enquiry, schedule and review templates.

Required analysis

Workflow and delay-point mapping.
Consultee expectation analysis.
Constraint response with status tracking.
Officer-perspective review of the assembled package.

Required outputs

Annotated workflow map.
Pre-application enquiry letter with questions.
Coordinated document set and document schedule.
Constraints response with status column.
Officer-perspective internal note.
Correction schedule and corrected package version.

Presentation standard: Consistent document naming and numbering, a schedule that matches the file set, and an explicit statement that pre-application advice is not a decision.

Marking criteria

Workflow understanding: Delay points are identified with controllable causes.
Package coherence: Drawings, schedules and text agree with each other throughout.
Question quality: Questions are specific, answerable and within an officer's role.
Officer review realism: The internal note separates fact, judgement and gaps.
Correction discipline: Every comment is tracked to a resolution with a version reference.

Quality-assurance checklist

Document schedule matches the supplied set exactly.
The description of development is consistent across every document.
Every constraint carries a status and next action.
Advice is recorded as non-binding wherever it appears.
No document implies that permission is expected or secured.

Common mistakes and correction tasks

Asking an officer to confirm that permission will be granted. Correction: Rewrite as specific advice questions within the officer's remit.
Drawing schedule that does not match the files issued. Correction: Reconcile the schedule and reissue with corrected numbering.
Reporting pre-application advice to a client as approval. Correction: Restate as non-binding advice and record the outstanding matters.
Ignoring a known constraint in the hope it is not raised. Correction: Add the constraint, its status and the proposed response to the package.

Final deliverable

Pre-application package with officer-perspective review and correction record

Audience and role

Planning consultants, planners in authorities, architects, developers and administrative staff who prepare or receive submissions.

You act as the consultant preparing a pre-application package, and then as the officer receiving it.

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of the development-management process.
Ability to write concise professional prose.

Software access and licensing

Ideeplan Consult provides professional instruction, exercises, synthetic practice data and learning resources. It does not provide, purchase or pay for software licences on behalf of learners.

Required software

Word processor
Suggested version: Any modern word-processing application. Learners or their employers must obtain lawful access.
LibreOffice Writer (official website)
Spreadsheet software
Suggested version: Any modern spreadsheet application. Learners or their employers must obtain lawful access.
LibreOffice Calc (official website)
Alternative: Google Sheets — A browser-based alternative suitable for the calculation exercises. It is not identical to desktop spreadsheet software.
PDF preparation software
Learners or their employers must obtain lawful access from the official software provider.

Learners or their employers must obtain lawful access to any required software before starting the practical exercises.
Only official software-provider websites are linked from this site. Ideeplan Consult does not host installers.
No shared accounts, passwords, activation keys or cracked software are provided, and software credentials are never collected or stored.
Ideeplan Consult claims no endorsement, partnership or sponsorship by any software provider.
Software licence costs are not included in any Ideeplan course fee, and no trial, student, educational or free licence is promised to be available.
Where a legitimate alternative is suitable, it is identified separately and is not claimed to be identical to the required software.
If a learner lacks the required software, a view-only demonstration or browser-based exercise may be offered where possible; this is never described as full hands-on software training.

Where to obtain project data

Every exercise in this course uses synthetic or Ideeplan-owned training data. This section explains how to replace that training data with lawful local project data in your own jurisdiction when you apply the method to a real site.

Free access and free reuse are different things. A dataset you can view or download is not automatically a dataset you may republish, adapt or use in a paid commercial deliverable.
Confirm the current licence on the source website before you reuse anything. Terms, prices and availability change without notice.
Ideeplan Consult does not host, redistribute or resell any third-party dataset, and links only to official or openly licensed public sources.
Never use private, confidential, pirated, scraped or otherwise unauthorised data. If a source requires a licence or a fee, obtain it properly or use an alternative.
Record the version, extraction date and coverage of every dataset you use, and cite it in the report and in the map credit block.
Ideeplan training coordinates are supplied on a named local grid (IDP-LOCAL-GRID) in metres. Local synthetic training grid in metres: not georeferenced to the Earth and not suitable for overlaying with real-world basemaps without a separately supplied transformation. Never attach an EPSG code, projection file or real-world CRS to training data that has none.
When you move to a real site, obtain the coordinate reference system from the survey or the mapping agency and record it in the drawing and the report. Do not infer or guess a CRS from the numbers.
If a public source becomes unavailable, changes its terms or starts charging, use the alternative listed here — the synthetic training dataset remains available for practice either way.

Data used in this course

Base mapping and street networks
Access: Varies by jurisdiction
What you need: A base map of roads, footways, buildings, water features and place names covering the study area.
Why it is required: Every site plan, constraints plan and analysis drawing needs a locational base so the reader can orient the proposal against real streets, blocks and landmarks.
Preferred source: The national mapping agency of the country in which the site sits — National mapping agency. National mapping agencies publish the most positionally reliable base mapping. Access and licensing differ by country: some publish open products, others license mapping commercially or to registered professionals only. Confirm the terms with the agency before reuse.
Alternative: OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Foundation and its contributors. Global, openly licensed and editable. Completeness varies sharply between areas.
Alternative: Geofabrik OpenStreetMap extracts — Geofabrik GmbH. Country and region extracts of OpenStreetMap data in GIS-ready formats.
Licence: OpenStreetMap data is published under the Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0. National mapping agency products carry their own licence, which is often not open.
Permitted reuse: ODbL permits copying, adaptation and commercial use provided the source is attributed and any distributed derivative database is shared under the same licence. This share-alike condition is a real obligation on consultancy deliverables that distribute data, so read it before use. Agency mapping may prohibit reuse entirely without a licence.
Required attribution: For OpenStreetMap: "© OpenStreetMap contributors", with a reference to the ODbL. Agency mapping must carry the credit wording that agency specifies.
Date, version and coverage: OpenStreetMap is continuously edited, so record the extraction date. Coverage is global. Agency mapping has a stated revision cycle and covers that country only.
Scale, accuracy and limitations: OpenStreetMap has no guaranteed positional accuracy, no consistent capture scale and uneven attribute completeness; building footprints and address data are missing in many areas. It is suitable for context and analysis, not for boundary determination or measured survey.
How to access lawfully: View directly in the browser, or download a regional extract and open it in GIS software. Do not scrape the live map tiles in bulk.
How to cite: OpenStreetMap contributors (year) OpenStreetMap [dataset]. Extracted [date]. Licensed under ODbL 1.0. Available at openstreetmap.org.
Administrative boundaries
Access: Varies by jurisdiction
What you need: Boundaries of the country, state or region, local government area and ward or district containing the site.
Why it is required: Boundaries define which authority determines the application, which policies apply and how statistics are aggregated for the study area.
Preferred source: The national statistical office or national mapping agency of the country concerned — National statistical office. Official boundaries are the only defensible source for reporting, because they match the units used in published statistics.
Alternative: Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX) common operational datasets — UN OCHA. Country administrative boundary sets, usually endorsed by the national authority. Licences differ per dataset.
Alternative: Natural Earth — Natural Earth. Small-scale global boundaries in the public domain. Suitable for context maps only.
Licence: Natural Earth is public domain. HDX datasets carry per-dataset licences, commonly Creative Commons. National datasets carry the publishing authority's terms.
Permitted reuse: Public-domain boundaries may be reused freely, including commercially. Creative Commons datasets require attribution and may add conditions. An authority's boundary file may be viewable online yet still not licensed for redistribution — check before including it in a deliverable.
Required attribution: Name the publishing authority and the dataset title in the map credit block, with the licence where one is stated.
Date, version and coverage: Boundaries change through reorganisation, so record the release year and confirm it is the version in force at the assessment date. Coverage is national.
Scale, accuracy and limitations: Generalised boundary files are drawn for cartography, not for legal boundary determination. Coastal and river boundaries are frequently simplified. Never use them to determine ownership or a legal limit.
How to access lawfully: Download from the publishing authority's open-data portal, or from HDX where the authority has released it there.
How to cite: [Publishing authority] (year) [Dataset title], version [x] [dataset]. Accessed [date]. Available at [official URL].
Planning policy, allocations and application history
Access: Public, view-only
What you need: The adopted development plan and its policies map, supplementary guidance, site allocations and the planning history of the site and its neighbours.
Why it is required: Policy compliance is the test the proposal will be judged against, and nearby decisions show how the authority has actually applied that policy.
Preferred source: The local planning authority with jurisdiction over the site — Local planning authority. Most authorities publish the plan, the policies map and a searchable application register on their own website.
Alternative: The national or regional government planning portal for the country concerned — National or regional planning body. Where a local plan is unpublished, regional policy and national guidance still apply.
Licence: Policy documents are usually published for public inspection under the authority's copyright, with reuse terms that vary and are often limited to non-commercial reproduction with acknowledgement.
Permitted reuse: Quoting a policy with a citation is normal professional practice. Republishing whole documents, policies-map data layers or bulk application records generally requires the authority's permission, and scraping a register is not an acceptable substitute for asking.
Required attribution: Cite the authority, plan title, adoption date and the policy reference for every policy relied on.
Date, version and coverage: Plans are replaced and policies are superseded, so record the adoption date and confirm the plan is the one currently in force. Coverage is that authority's administrative area only.
Scale, accuracy and limitations: A published policies map may be indicative rather than definitive at parcel level, emerging plans carry limited weight, and the register may lag current decisions. Confirm anything decisive with the authority in writing.
How to access lawfully: Download the plan from the authority's website and search the application register by address or reference. Request the policies-map data layer from the authority if you need it in GIS.
How to cite: [Authority] (year) [Plan title], adopted [date], Policy [reference]. Available at [official URL] [accessed date].

Where no suitable public source exists in your jurisdiction, complete the exercise with the synthetic training dataset and record the data gap as a limitation in your report. Stating a limitation honestly is professional practice; inventing data is not.

Method and limitations

Prepare for the reader you actually have. A package that answers each stage's question in the order it is asked moves faster than a package that is merely thorough.

The method taught here is jurisdiction-neutral professional practice. Statutory tests, validation lists, density and parking standards, open-space and drainage requirements, accessibility standards, consultation procedures and appeal routes differ by country and by authority. Local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed with the relevant authority before any of this method is applied to a real site. Nothing here is legal advice and no course confers a licence or a right to practise.

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Resources for this course

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All demonstration material is synthetic, publicly licensed or owned by Ideeplan Consult and is labelled as demonstration material. No confidential client file, personal information, private agency document or unreleased project drawing is used.

Practical project brief
Sets the professional situation, the role the learner takes and what must be produced.
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Brief
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Draft
Data classification
Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
Licence or ownership
Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
Related deliverable
Pre-application package with officer-perspective review and correction record
Lessons supported
9 — One brief governs the whole course: every lesson exercise contributes to the same final deliverable.
Access
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- A synthetic medium-sized authority with published pre-application arrangements, a validation team, consultees and a committee cycle.
- Your role: Consultant preparing the package, then reviewer assessing it as an officer.
- Available information: Synthetic authority workflow and validation list.
- Available information: Synthetic site and scheme information.
- Available information: Ideeplan-owned enquiry, schedule and review templates.
- Required analysis: Workflow and delay-point mapping.
- Required analysis: Consultee expectation analysis.
- Required analysis: Constraint response with status tracking.
- Required analysis: Officer-perspective review of the assembled package.
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Client-style instruction and problem statement
Gives the learner the instruction as a practitioner would receive it, and names the problem to be solved.
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Brief
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Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
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Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
Related deliverable
Pre-application package with officer-perspective review and correction record
Lessons supported
9 — Scenario framing applies to every lesson in the course.
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Module 1 learner worksheet — Module 1 — How an authority actually works
Lists the practical steps the learner carries out in this module, in order.
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Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
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Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
Related deliverable
Annotated workflow map with identified delay points.
Lessons supported
3 — Supports the 3 lessons in module 1, which build one shared output.
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- Workflow from enquiry to decision — Draw the workflow and annotate what the authority needs at each stage.
- Where submissions stall — Identify five delay points on the workflow and their usual cause.
- Consultees and internal specialists — Build a consultee expectation table for the synthetic scheme.
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Module 2 learner worksheet — Module 2 — Building the pre-application package
Lists the practical steps the learner carries out in this module, in order.
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Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
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Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
Related deliverable
Complete pre-application package with a document schedule.
Lessons supported
3 — Supports the 3 lessons in module 2, which build one shared output.
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- Framing the enquiry and the questions — Draft the enquiry letter with six specific, answerable questions.
- Drawings, schedules and the document set — Assemble the document set and reconcile every drawing against the schedule.
- Pre-empting constraints and policy questions — Write the constraints response section with a resolved-or-open status column.
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Module 3 learner worksheet — Module 3 — Officer review, response and follow-up
Lists the practical steps the learner carries out in this module, in order.
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Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
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Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
Related deliverable
Officer-perspective review, corrected package and a follow-up record.
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3 — Supports the 3 lessons in module 3, which build one shared output.
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- Reviewing as an officer — Review a peer's package as an officer and write the internal note.
- Responding to advice without overstating it — Write the client update summarising advice with an explicit non-binding statement.
- Correction and resubmission discipline — Produce a correction schedule and issue a corrected package version.
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Task checklist
Confirms every required piece of work has been produced before submission.
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Related deliverable
Pre-application package with officer-perspective review and correction record
Lessons supported
9 — A single task checklist tracks progress across all modules.
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- Annotated workflow map.
- Pre-application enquiry letter with questions.
- Coordinated document set and document schedule.
- Constraints response with status column.
- Officer-perspective internal note.
- Correction schedule and corrected package version.
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Example data and drawing base

Synthetic authority workflow, validation list and committee-cycle teaching data. Any figures used in a template are teaching assumptions, not market evidence. Local costs, policies, standards and valuation assumptions must be independently confirmed before any of this is applied to a real project.

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Resource type: Capacity-study spreadsheet
Format: CSV table with labelled assumptions (planned)
Status: Planned
Data classification: Synthetic demonstration data
Licence or ownership: Synthetic demonstration material prepared by Ideeplan Consult. No client file, personal information, private agency document or unreleased project drawing is used.
Related deliverable: Pre-application package with officer-perspective review and correction record
Lessons supported: 9 — One demonstration data base is used by every lesson so results stay comparable.
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Demonstration data item	What it contains and how it is used
Data ownership and licence	Synthetic training data prepared and owned by Ideeplan Consult. It is fictional: it is not a real client project, a real site or a real location, and it must not be presented as one. Free to study on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
Module 1 input — Module 1 — How an authority actually works	Synthetic authority workflow, validation list and committee-cycle teaching data.
Module 2 input — Module 2 — Building the pre-application package	Synthetic site information and Ideeplan-owned package templates.
Module 3 input — Module 3 — Officer review, response and follow-up	Synthetic officer response and internal assessment note templates.
Lawful sourcing where real data is substituted	Where a learner substitutes real data, use only openly licensed or lawfully obtained sources, record the publisher, dataset title, version and access date, and cite them in the final deliverable. Do not use restricted, confidential or personal data.

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Analysis and calculation template
Structures the analysis so assumptions are visible and checkable. Any figures used in a template are teaching assumptions, not market evidence. Local costs, policies, standards and valuation assumptions must be independently confirmed before any of this is applied to a real project.
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Capacity-study spreadsheet
Format
CSV workbook with labelled assumptions (planned)
Status
Planned
Data classification
Synthetic demonstration data
Licence or ownership
Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
Related deliverable
Pre-application package with officer-perspective review and correction record
Lessons supported
9 — The same analysis structure is completed progressively through the course.
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- Record every assumption on its own labelled row, with the source or reason beside it.
- Module 1 working section — Annotated workflow map with identified delay points.
- Module 2 working section — Complete pre-application package with a document schedule.
- Module 3 working section — Officer-perspective review, corrected package and a follow-up record.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Annotated workflow map.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Pre-application enquiry letter with questions.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Coordinated document set and document schedule.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Constraints response with status column.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Officer-perspective internal note.
- Required output carried into the analysis — Correction schedule and corrected package version.
- Check row: totals, units and areas reconcile before the result is carried into the deliverable.
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Final deliverable template
Sets the expected structure and presentation standard for Pre-application package with officer-perspective review and correction record.
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Planning-report template
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Structured document outline (planned)
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Planned
Data classification
Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
Licence or ownership
Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
Related deliverable
Pre-application package with officer-perspective review and correction record
Lessons supported
9 — The final deliverable draws on every module output.
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- Final named deliverable — Pre-application package with officer-perspective review and correction record
- Section 1 — Annotated workflow map with identified delay points.
- Section 2 — Complete pre-application package with a document schedule.
- Section 3 — Officer-perspective review, corrected package and a follow-up record.
- Must be present — Annotated workflow map.
- Must be present — Pre-application enquiry letter with questions.
- Must be present — Coordinated document set and document schedule.
- Must be present — Constraints response with status column.
- Must be present — Officer-perspective internal note.
- Must be present — Correction schedule and corrected package version.
- Presentation and submission standard — Consistent document naming and numbering, a schedule that matches the file set, and an explicit statement that pre-application advice is not a decision.
- Sources and citations: list every dataset, publisher, version and access date used, and state clearly where synthetic Ideeplan training data was used.
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Quality-control checklist
Professional checks to run before the work is treated as finished.
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Checklist
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Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
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Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
Related deliverable
Pre-application package with officer-perspective review and correction record
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9 — Quality control is applied to the whole submission, not to a single lesson.
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- Document schedule matches the supplied set exactly.
- The description of development is consistent across every document.
- Every constraint carries a status and next action.
- Advice is recorded as non-binding wherever it appears.
- No document implies that permission is expected or secured.
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Marking and review rubric

States what a satisfactory professional standard looks like for each criterion.

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Resource type: Marking rubric
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Status: Draft
Data classification: Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
Licence or ownership: Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
Related deliverable: Pre-application package with officer-perspective review and correction record
Lessons supported: 9 — One rubric reviews the final deliverable produced across all modules.
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Criterion	Satisfactory standard
Workflow understanding	Delay points are identified with controllable causes.
Package coherence	Drawings, schedules and text agree with each other throughout.
Question quality	Questions are specific, answerable and within an officer's role.
Officer review realism	The internal note separates fact, judgement and gaps.
Correction discipline	Every comment is tracked to a resolution with a version reference.

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Correction-task sheet
Common professional mistakes and the correction the learner practises.
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Correction-task sheet
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Written task sheet shown on this page
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Draft
Data classification
Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
Licence or ownership
Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
Related deliverable
Pre-application package with officer-perspective review and correction record
Lessons supported
9 — Correction tasks address mistakes that can appear anywhere in the course.
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- Asking an officer to confirm that permission will be granted. — Rewrite as specific advice questions within the officer's remit.
- Drawing schedule that does not match the files issued. — Reconcile the schedule and reissue with corrected numbering.
- Reporting pre-application advice to a client as approval. — Restate as non-binding advice and record the outstanding matters.
- Ignoring a known constraint in the hope it is not raised. — Add the constraint, its status and the proposed response to the package.
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Submission guidance
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Checklist
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Draft
Data classification
Ideeplan-owned demonstration material
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Ideeplan Consult-owned teaching material. Free to read on this page; redistribution is not permitted.
Related deliverable
Pre-application package with officer-perspective review and correction record
Lessons supported
9 — Submission guidance covers the single final deliverable.
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Video lessons for this course

Video lessons: Not recorded
Narration: Professional narration — planned, not produced
Captions: Not yet produced
Transcript: Not yet produced
Production plan: Prepared for professional review
Enrolment, payment and downloads: Disabled

Video lesson: Not recorded. The written lesson on this page is complete and can be read in full without a video, an account, enrolment or payment.

Real professional classroom experience — every lesson

Applies to every future Academy lesson, software-based or not. The finished lesson presents as authentic professional training, professionally narrated and screen-led: video + written guide + supporting data + practical task + quality checklist + final named deliverable.

Lesson structure

1.Professional introduction.
2.Realistic project situation.
3.Learner role within that situation.
4.Problem statement.
5.Learning objectives.
6.Required software and data.
7.Step-by-step demonstration.
8.Explanation of the professional reasoning behind each action.
9.Practical learner task.
10.Checkpoint or pause activity.
11.Common mistake and its correction.
12.Quality-control review.
13.Final recap.
14.Named learner deliverable.

Video requirements

Professional narration that is clear, natural and paced for instruction, synchronised with the screen action.
Authentic screen recording from the actual software, with visible menus, tools, panels, commands, settings and outputs.
Natural cursor movement and deliberate pacing, with a clear explanation of why each action is taken.
Realistic corrections and troubleshooting shown, not edited away.
Clear 16:9 screen capture.
Captions and a complete transcript.
Chapter titles and lesson sections.
A small presenter window only where useful; it never covers technical content and is hidden on mobile or dense technical screens.

Never produced as a lesson

Automated slideshows.
Generic screen tours.
Silent software demonstrations.
Marketing videos presented as lessons.
AI-avatar presentations.
Simulated software tutorials.
Fast montages without explanation.
An invented tutor, instructor identity, voice, recording, thumbnail or completion status.

Lessons use only synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned examples. No confidential client information is used.

No genuine professional recording exists yet. Until one does, every lesson remains “Video lesson: Not recorded — authentic professional recording required.” Enrolment, payments, certificates and protected learner access stay disabled during this production stage.

Professional narration and screen-first production

Every Academy lesson is planned as a professionally narrated, screen-led practical lesson with captions and a complete transcript.
No AI avatar, virtual presenter or artificial talking head is used, and no named person is imitated. No lesson is described as human-narrated, instructor-led by a named person or personally presented unless that is factually true.
No instructor identity is published until a real, named professional has recorded and approved the lesson.
Recordings are screen-first: the GIS view, planning drawing, AutoCAD or Revit workspace or document remains the main subject of the frame.
Any presenter picture-in-picture normally occupies about 8–10% of the frame, never covers technical content, and is reduced or hidden on small screens.
The Principal Consultant portrait is reserved for approved introductions and conclusions. It is never used as a repeated course thumbnail, and the Academy remains company-first.

No lesson has been recorded and no narration has been produced. Scripts exist as production plans only, and every lesson video status remains “Not recorded”.

Demonstration material is synthetic, publicly licensed or owned by Ideeplan Consult. No confidential client file, unauthorised agency dataset or private project information is used.

Methods are jurisdiction-neutral. Learners must confirm local laws, policies and technical standards before applying them to a real project.

A production plan describes how a lesson would be recorded. It is not a recording, and it does not create an enrolment, account, payment or reserved place.

9 lesson production plans · suggested recording time about 90 minutes in total (a planning estimate, not a recorded duration) · every lesson video status: Not recorded.

Lesson 1 · Video lesson: Not recorded.
Workflow from enquiry to decision
Learning objective
Enquiry, pre-application, validation, allocation, consultation, assessment, recommendation, delegated or committee decision, conditions and notice — and what each stage needs from the submitter.
Narration focus
Understand the internal machine before trying to feed it.
Screen action
Draw the workflow and annotate what the authority needs at each stage.
Required software
Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software
Example data
Synthetic authority workflow, validation list and committee-cycle teaching data.
Expected learner output
Every stage names its input requirement.
Suggested length
About 8 minutes (planning estimate)
Captions and transcript
Required before professional review
Narration
Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
1. 1.Enquiry, pre-application, validation, allocation, consultation, assessment, recommendation, delegated or committee decision, conditions and notice — and what each stage needs from the submitter.
2. 2.Draw the workflow and annotate what the authority needs at each stage.
3. 3.Every stage names its input requirement.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 2 · Video lesson: Not recorded.
Where submissions stall
Learning objective
Invalid submissions, missing information, conflicting drawings, late consultee response, unclear description of development, and how each delay compounds.
Narration focus
Understand the internal machine before trying to feed it.
Screen action
Identify five delay points on the workflow and their usual cause.
Required software
Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software
Example data
Synthetic authority workflow, validation list and committee-cycle teaching data.
Expected learner output
Each delay point is attributed to a controllable cause.
Suggested length
About 10 minutes (planning estimate)
Captions and transcript
Required before professional review
Narration
Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
1. 1.Invalid submissions, missing information, conflicting drawings, late consultee response, unclear description of development, and how each delay compounds.
2. 2.Identify five delay points on the workflow and their usual cause.
3. 3.Each delay point is attributed to a controllable cause.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 3 · Video lesson: Not recorded.
Consultees and internal specialists
Learning objective
Who is consulted, what each specialist reads first, the difference between statutory and internal consultation, and how to pre-empt the standard objections.
Narration focus
Understand the internal machine before trying to feed it.
Screen action
Build a consultee expectation table for the synthetic scheme.
Required software
Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software
Example data
Synthetic authority workflow, validation list and committee-cycle teaching data.
Expected learner output
Each consultee row names the document that answers it.
Suggested length
About 12 minutes (planning estimate)
Captions and transcript
Required before professional review
Narration
Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
1. 1.Who is consulted, what each specialist reads first, the difference between statutory and internal consultation, and how to pre-empt the standard objections.
2. 2.Build a consultee expectation table for the synthetic scheme.
3. 3.Each consultee row names the document that answers it.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 4 · Video lesson: Not recorded.
Framing the enquiry and the questions
Learning objective
Writing a description of development that will survive, stating what advice is sought, and posing questions an officer can answer within their role.
Narration focus
Assemble material an officer can assess without chasing.
Screen action
Draft the enquiry letter with six specific, answerable questions.
Required software
Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software
Example data
Synthetic site information and Ideeplan-owned package templates.
Expected learner output
No question asks the officer to guarantee an outcome.
Suggested length
About 8 minutes (planning estimate)
Captions and transcript
Required before professional review
Narration
Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
1. 1.Writing a description of development that will survive, stating what advice is sought, and posing questions an officer can answer within their role.
2. 2.Draft the enquiry letter with six specific, answerable questions.
3. 3.No question asks the officer to guarantee an outcome.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 5 · Video lesson: Not recorded.
Drawings, schedules and the document set
Learning objective
The minimum coherent drawing set, consistency between plan and schedule, naming and numbering discipline, and a document schedule that matches the files supplied.
Narration focus
Assemble material an officer can assess without chasing.
Screen action
Assemble the document set and reconcile every drawing against the schedule.
Required software
Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software
Example data
Synthetic site information and Ideeplan-owned package templates.
Expected learner output
The schedule and the file set match exactly.
Suggested length
About 10 minutes (planning estimate)
Captions and transcript
Required before professional review
Narration
Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
1. 1.The minimum coherent drawing set, consistency between plan and schedule, naming and numbering discipline, and a document schedule that matches the files supplied.
2. 2.Assemble the document set and reconcile every drawing against the schedule.
3. 3.The schedule and the file set match exactly.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 6 · Video lesson: Not recorded.
Pre-empting constraints and policy questions
Learning objective
Addressing known constraints in the package, showing how the proposal responds, and separating matters resolved from matters requiring authority guidance.
Narration focus
Assemble material an officer can assess without chasing.
Screen action
Write the constraints response section with a resolved-or-open status column.
Required software
Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software
Example data
Synthetic site information and Ideeplan-owned package templates.
Expected learner output
Every constraint has a status and a next action.
Suggested length
About 12 minutes (planning estimate)
Captions and transcript
Required before professional review
Narration
Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
1. 1.Addressing known constraints in the package, showing how the proposal responds, and separating matters resolved from matters requiring authority guidance.
2. 2.Write the constraints response section with a resolved-or-open status column.
3. 3.Every constraint has a status and a next action.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 7 · Video lesson: Not recorded.
Reviewing as an officer
Learning objective
Reading a package in officer order, spotting internal inconsistency, judging whether the information supports a view, and writing an honest internal note.
Narration focus
Test the package from the other side of the desk and correct it.
Screen action
Review a peer's package as an officer and write the internal note.
Required software
Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software
Example data
Synthetic officer response and internal assessment note templates.
Expected learner output
The note distinguishes fact, judgement and missing information.
Suggested length
About 8 minutes (planning estimate)
Captions and transcript
Required before professional review
Narration
Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
1. 1.Reading a package in officer order, spotting internal inconsistency, judging whether the information supports a view, and writing an honest internal note.
2. 2.Review a peer's package as an officer and write the internal note.
3. 3.The note distinguishes fact, judgement and missing information.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 8 · Video lesson: Not recorded.
Responding to advice without overstating it
Learning objective
Recording pre-application advice accurately, its non-binding character, and how to report it to a client without implying a decision.
Narration focus
Test the package from the other side of the desk and correct it.
Screen action
Write the client update summarising advice with an explicit non-binding statement.
Required software
Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software
Example data
Synthetic officer response and internal assessment note templates.
Expected learner output
The update states clearly that advice is not a decision.
Suggested length
About 10 minutes (planning estimate)
Captions and transcript
Required before professional review
Narration
Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
1. 1.Recording pre-application advice accurately, its non-binding character, and how to report it to a client without implying a decision.
2. 2.Write the client update summarising advice with an explicit non-binding statement.
3. 3.The update states clearly that advice is not a decision.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.
Lesson 9 · Video lesson: Not recorded.
Correction and resubmission discipline
Learning objective
Turning review comments into a tracked correction schedule, version control, and confirming that every comment has been addressed before resubmission.
Narration focus
Test the package from the other side of the desk and correct it.
Screen action
Produce a correction schedule and issue a corrected package version.
Required software
Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software
Example data
Synthetic officer response and internal assessment note templates.
Expected learner output
Every review comment has a recorded resolution and a version reference.
Suggested length
About 12 minutes (planning estimate)
Captions and transcript
Required before professional review
Narration
Professional narration — not yet produced
Demonstration sequence
1. 1.Turning review comments into a tracked correction schedule, version control, and confirming that every comment has been addressed before resubmission.
2. 2.Produce a correction schedule and issue a corrected package version.
3. 3.Every review comment has a recorded resolution and a version reference.
Quality review checklist
- Technical content (map, drawing, model or document) fills the majority of the frame and stays legible at 720p.
- Presenter picture-in-picture, if used, stays at roughly 8–10% of the frame, never covers legends, dimensions, labels or annotations, and is hidden on mobile widths and dense technical screens.
- Software shown is limited to Word processor, Spreadsheet software, PDF preparation software, with no suggestion of provider endorsement.
- All data on screen is synthetic, publicly licensed or Ideeplan-owned, and is labelled as demonstration data.
- Narration states that methods are jurisdiction-neutral and that local laws, policies and standards must be confirmed.
- Captions and a transcript are produced before the recording can move to professional review.
- No client name, confidential file or private project information appears on screen at any point.

Course production standard

Recordings are screen-first: the planning drawing, GIS view, AutoCAD or Revit workspace stays the main subject of the frame.
Any presenter picture-in-picture normally occupies no more than about 8–10% of the frame and never covers maps, legends, drawings, dimensions or annotations.
On mobile and on dense technical screens the presenter window is reduced further or hidden entirely.
The Principal Consultant portrait is reserved for approved introductions, explanations and conclusions. It is not used as a generic thumbnail for every course.
Narration is planned for professional human delivery. No AI narration, AI presenter or recorded lesson exists today.

No lesson has been recorded. Every lesson media status is “Not recorded”.

Any example data used in teaching is synthetic, publicly licensed or owned by Ideeplan Consult, and is clearly labelled as demonstration data. No client file, confidential document or unauthorised project material is used.

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Planning Authority Workflow and Pre-Application Packages

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Written course content

Client-style brief

Professional scenario

Planning problem

Learning objectives

Modules and lessons

Module 1 — How an authority actually works

Workflow from enquiry to decision

Where submissions stall

Consultees and internal specialists

Module 2 — Building the pre-application package

Framing the enquiry and the questions

Drawings, schedules and the document set

Pre-empting constraints and policy questions

Module 3 — Officer review, response and follow-up

Reviewing as an officer

Responding to advice without overstating it

Correction and resubmission discipline