Statutory planning

Statutory planning is like making a big puzzle. It's like putting together all the important pieces of a city to figure out where things can go and how they can be built.

Imagine you are building a city: you need to build houses, schools, hospitals, stores, and offices. But you can't just put them anywhere you like! You need to make sure they are built in the right place, so that people can get to them easily and they can work properly.

That is where statutory planning comes in: it is the process of making rules and regulations that tell people what they can and cannot build in certain areas. These rules can help make sure that the city is safe, clean, and comfortable for everyone who lives, works, or visits there.

Think of the rules like instructions for building blocks. If you put the wrong block in the wrong place, your building might not stand up straight, or it might even fall down! In the same way, if people don't follow the rules of statutory planning, their buildings might be too tall, too close to each other, or too far from where people need them.

Statutory planners work hard to make sure that everyone has a happy and healthy place to live and work. They look at things like traffic, green spaces, and public transport, to make sure that the city runs smoothly and efficiently.

So, in short, statutory planning is like putting together a big puzzle to make a city that is safe, clean, comfortable, and efficient. And just like puzzle pieces need to fit together perfectly, buildings and other things in a city need to fit together perfectly too, and that is what statutory planning is all about!