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
Some things can be dealt with by Householder applications
but Full application forms should be completed for most other
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
Application
for planning permission (294 kb pdf)
Help Notes
Application for planning permission (89kb pdf)
Checklist
Application
for planning permission (116kb pdf)
Guidance note
Application
for planning permission (22kb pdf file)
Other documents
Fee sheet - effective from
6 April 2008 (93kb pdf file)
Location plans request form
(53kb pdf file)
Notice under article 6
(73kb pdf file)
Advice note - designing out crime (58.6kb pdf
file)
Advice
note - access for disabled (54.3kb pdf file)
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.
Design and access statements
Please remember that all applications must be accompanied by a
Design and Access Statement, the only exceptions are listed
below.
- Householder development not in a Conservation Area.
- Change of use without operational development.
- Engineering or mining operations
- Advertisement consent.
- TPO works
- Hazardous substances consent.
More detailed
guidance on the required content of a design and access
statement. (45.6kb pdf file)
You can download government guidance on this subject at the
following link.
Guidance on
Changes to the Development Control System
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.