Merton Planning Formatter

Formats Merton Council planning application descriptions/proposals nicely.

Converts uppercase descriptions to a readable mixed case format while preserving capitalisation for some proper nouns (eg Merton) and abbreviations (eg LBM, WC), use classes (eg A1, B1(c), D2), trees (eg TPO, M123, T20) and application reference numbers (eg 19/P1234).

Installation

Add this line to your application’s Gemfile:

gem 'merton_planning_formatter'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install merton_planning_formatter

Usage

Some real examples:

require 'merton_planning_formatter'

description = "APPLICATION TO DISCHARGE CONDITION 22 (CAR LIFT) ATTACHED TO LBM PLANNING PERMISSION 19/P0140 (PART DEMOLITION AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLINGHOUSE)"

puts MertonPlanningFormatter::format(description)

# => Application to discharge condition 22 (car lift) attached to LBM planning permission 19/P0140 (part demolition and erection of a replacement dwellinghouse)

description = "APPLICATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM OFFICE SPACE (CLASS B1a) TO RESIDENTIAL (CLASS C3) TO CREATE 1 RESIDENTIAL UNIT (CLASS C3)"

puts MertonPlanningFormatter::format(description)

# => Application to determine whether prior approval is required in respect of the proposed change of use from office space (class B1a) to residential (class C3) to create 1 residential unit (class C3)

description = "APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 25 ATTACHED LBM PLANNING PERMISSION 18/P4447 RELATING TO THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, AND REDEVELOPMENT FOR A NEW 8 - STOREY BUILDING (PLUS ADDITIONAL PLANT AT ROOF LEVEL) COMPRISING OF A HOTEL (USE CLASS C1) AND THREE COMMERCIAL UNITS (A FLEXIBLE USE WITHIN CLASSES A1, A2, A3 AND / OR A4); SUBSTATION; ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING ACCESS AND CREATION OF NEW ACCESS ON GRAHAM ROAD; HARD AND SOFT LANDSCAPING, GROUND WORKS AND ASSOCIATED INFRASTRUCTURE."

puts MertonPlanningFormatter::format(description)

# => Application for discharge of condition 25 attached LBM planning permission 18/P4447 relating to the demolition of existing buildings and structures, and redevelopment for a new 8 - storey building (plus additional plant at roof level) comprising of a hotel (use class C1) and three commercial units (a flexible use within classes A1, A2, A3 and / or A4); substation; alterations to existing access and creation of new access on graham road; hard and soft landscaping, ground works and associated infrastructure.

# Note that "Graham Road" is not capitalised.

description = "TPO M529: FRONT GARDEN - MATURE BEECH TREE (T2) TO BE REMOVED DUE TO STRUCTURAL WEAKNESS IN STEM AND UPPER CANOPY (REPLACEMENT PLANTING PROPOSED)."

puts MertonPlanningFormatter::format(description)

# => TPO M529: front garden - mature beech tree (T2) to be removed due to structural weakness in stem and upper canopy (replacement planting proposed).

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/adrianshort/merton_planning_formatter.