Planning applications - full planning permission
The general planning principles and the procedures for making a
planning application are described in the Department for
Communities and Local Government (DCLG) booklet, Planning
Permission - A Guide to Business. The Planning Portal also offers a
wide range of services and guidance on the planning system.
Planning
Permission: A Guide for Business
Submitting a full application
Online
You can make a planning application online using the Planning
Portal:
The Planning Portal
By post or in person
Full application forms should be completed for the majority
of developments such as the carrying out of works or
operations or the erection of buildings. This applies to commercial
and industrial developments and to the erection of new dwellings or
the sub-division of dwellings into flats.
Your completed application forms (3 copies) should be
accompanied by the relevant checklist. You should indicate on the
checklist the information you have provided and which information
you do not consider relevant to your application. Please note,
however, that any application which does not provide all the
required details may not be validated.
Application form, Help notes, Checklist and
Guidance notes
Application
form - full planning permission (294 kb pdf).
Help note - completing the application form (89kb
pdf).
Checklist
- full planning permission 116 kb pdf)).
Guidance note
- applying for full planning permission (22kb pdf
file).
Other documents
Fee sheet - effective from
6 April 2008 (93kb pdf).
Location plans request form
(53kb pdf).
Guidance
note on design and access statements (51kb pdf).
Open
space contributions - new residential development (55kb
pdf).
Notice - notify
person(s) of intention to apply for planning permission (73 kb
pdf).
Advice note - designing out crime (59 kb pdf).
Advice
note - access for disabled (55 kb pdf).
For all Major developments, a full copy of the
application on CD would be helpful. This will allow us to provide
electronic copies of the application to all relevant consultees at
the earliest opportunity and reduce the possibility of delays in
the application process.
Additional information
If you are unsure of how to complete an application for
planning permission it is preferable that you enter into
pre-application discussions to ensure all the information required
(refer checklist) to process your application is provided from the
start, otherwise your application will be delayed.
If you have entered into pre-application discussions it would be
helpful if you also include copies of any previous correspondence
or notes.
Building regulations
You should also be aware that Building Regulations are often
needed for developments given Planning Permission. You should
consult with our Building Regulations Service to
determine whether a building regulations application is
required.