Planning (Development Control)

Planning contacts, service and performance

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Latest news

Changes to the Permitted Development Rights for houses

The government has announced changes to the Permitted Development Rights for houses. These changes will come in to force on the 1 October. Information about the changes to the legislation are provided by the Office of Public Sector Information or general guidance by the Planning Portal.

These new regulations may mean you will not need permission to carry out the development in some cases and in others like new driveways it will mean that you will. Please check with the Planning Department before starting any work. The Planning Portal can help with their Interactive Householders Guide. (Effective from 1 October 2008).

The Planning Department are currently reviewing the public information on Permitted Development and updated pages will appear shortly. Please refer to our Permitted Development Rights web page.

Planning consultation, comments and applications

• Guidance on valid reasons to make an objection
• How to object about or support an application
• How we consult over planning matters
• Get copies of planning applications
• Comment online or by post about a current planning application

Search planning applications

• Search current and historical planning cases (including the weekly list of applications made and decided)
• View the last 10 years of Section 106 Planning Obligations

Planning policies - environmental policies

• The Local Development Framework will be the sucessor to the Unitary Development Plan
• Supplementary Planning Guidance and documents and other planning design guidance

Planning committee meetings

• View the committee agendas, officers reports, the minutes
• Video of the committee process

Planning Constraints

Information about planning constraints

Planning for private houses, flats and maisonettes

• Planning Application Forms
• Pre-application advice for household applications
• Extending your house
• Permitted Development rights and withdrawal of rights under an Article 4 Direction
• Submit planning applications online and the fees that are chargeable
• Submitting electronic files with planning applications(pdf, 41KB)
• How to convert CAD files to scaleable PDFs (From the Planning Portal website - see CAD Guidance)

Planning decisions

• How planning decisions are made
• The conditions imposed and informatives given in those decisions

Planning appeals

• Make a planning appeal
• See the weekly list of appeals made and decided

Planning enforcement

• Read our planning enforcement policies
• Report an alleged breach of planning control online or in writing
• Copies of the last ten years of enforcement notices

Planning advertisement control

• Adverts not requiring permission and adverts requiring planning permission
• Adverts deemed to have consent
• Illegal advertising

Planning and business

• Pre-application advice - chargeable for developers
• Applying for planning permission to extend, build or change the use of premises
• The smoking ban and planning considerations(pdf, 23KB).