17th June 2009, 09:50 AM
I've not seen it explicitly said that a planning condition wouldn't be signed off until the OASIS form has been filled in but it certainly says in many briefs that it 'must' be completed. Does that therefore imply that the project won't be signed off until it is done? I'm not sure.
Personally I'm all in favour of the briefs saying this, I just rather it said that the form should be filled in including the uploading of the report, as that is the most useful element of the OASIS website. It seems to be accepted that filling in the form does not necessarily mean uploading a report, which is a shame because, as far as I can tell, you can't then find that project entry if you search the OASIS website.
Of course, this has other implications. If contractor A is filling out their OASIS form and contractor B isn't (and is getting away with it) then contractor A is likley to be costing themselves out of work (have you tried filling the forms out!). If contractor A is filling the form out and assuming that this includes uploading the report while contractor B is also filling out the form but not uploading the report then contractor A is again potentially costing themselves out of work as this also takes more time. Hence the need for more clarity from curators.
Personally I'm all in favour of the briefs saying this, I just rather it said that the form should be filled in including the uploading of the report, as that is the most useful element of the OASIS website. It seems to be accepted that filling in the form does not necessarily mean uploading a report, which is a shame because, as far as I can tell, you can't then find that project entry if you search the OASIS website.
Of course, this has other implications. If contractor A is filling out their OASIS form and contractor B isn't (and is getting away with it) then contractor A is likley to be costing themselves out of work (have you tried filling the forms out!). If contractor A is filling the form out and assuming that this includes uploading the report while contractor B is also filling out the form but not uploading the report then contractor A is again potentially costing themselves out of work as this also takes more time. Hence the need for more clarity from curators.