A5. Application Forms and Materials, Scales and Sizes of Plans

1. Any application form shall be dated and signed in black ink by the owner.
   
   
2. Any application shall be accompanied by at least one set of plans, drawings and diagrams which shall -
   
   
   1. be clear and legible;
      
      
   2. be drawn on any suitable material or be provided in a medium acceptable to the local authority;
      
      
   3. contain the name of the owner of the site concerned; and
      
      
   4. be dated and signed in black ink by the owner; and every subsequent alteration shall be likewise dated and signed.
      
      
3. Any application shall be accompanied by as many additional copies of every plan, drawing or diagram as required by the local authority.
   
   
4. Such plans, drawing, diagrams, and any copies thereof, shall be on sheets of the A series of sizes or multiples of A4.
   
   
5. 1. Plans, drawings and diagrams shall be drawn to a suitable scale selected from one of the following scales:
      
      
      1. Site plans:
         1:1 000, 1:500, 1:250, 1:200 or 1:100.
         
         
      2. Plumbing installation drawings:
         1:200, 1:100 or 1:50.
         
         
      3. Layout drawings:
         1.100,1:50 or 1:20: Provided that in the case of elevations 1:200 may be used.
         
         
      4. General structural arrangement drawings and structural details:
         1:100, 1:50, 1:20, 1:10, 1:5, 1:2 or 1:1.
         
         
      5. Fire protection plans:
         1:200, 1:100, 1:50 or 1:20.
         
         
   2. The local authority may accept a scale not provided for in this sub-regulation.
      
      
6. One copy of the plans and drawings contemplated in subregulation (2) shall, for the convenience of the local authority, identify in a suitable manner or colour the following as indicated below:
   
   
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      	Material	Colour (in plan or section)
      i	New Masonry	Red
      ii	New concrete	Green
      iii	New iron or steel	Blue
      iv	New wood	Yellow
      v	New glass	Black
      vi	Existing materials (all materials)	Grey
      vii	All other new materials	To be clearly indicated in colours other than the above.

      
      
   2. SITE PLAN
      
      

      	Material	Colour
      i	Proposed work	Red
      ii	Existing work	Not coloured
      iii	Work to be demolished	Drawn with black dotted lines

      
      
   3. DRAINAGE INSTALLATION CONTEMPLATED
      in regulation A2(1)(d)
      
      

      	Material	Colour (in plan or section)
      i	Drains and soil pipes	Brown
      ii	Waste pipes	Green
      iii	Soil and combined vents	Red
      iv	Waste vents	Blue
      v	Pipes for the conveyance of industrial effluent	Orange
      vi	Existing drains	Black
      vii	Stormwater drains	Not coloured

      
      
7. The escape route drawn on any fire protection plan shall be coloured green and the direction of travel to a safe area shall be indicated by arrows drawn at short intervals along the plan route.
   
   
8. In all cases the scales employed shall be stated on the plans and drawings, and the letters and symbols used on such plans and drawings shall be not less than 2.5 mm in size in the case of upper case letters.