ABSTRACT
All development needs land, a site. Sometimes it is the existence of this site that lead to the development, i.e. that the developer sees a site that is ripe for development and the site's layout, characteristics and location then dictate the form and type of development that will take place. A common example of this is a potential site located in a residential area. A vacant site, or perhaps a large garden with an existing building but with sufficient space to enable additional construction to take place on, will almost certainly be developed for residential use. The type of building will usually be one that is in keeping with the surrounding buildings. Here the development type and size is essentially defined. Similarly a site on an existing industrial estate will almost certainly be developed for new industrial or warehouse buildings even though the use class order see most of these buildings classified as B1. (Note that the Use Class Order for England and Wales is included as Appendix A.)
