Planning Services
Online Planning Services
Before Making a Planning Application|
Background Material and Advice to help you in making a successful planning application.
Making a Planning Application|
Find out about the procedure of making an application and submit a form online or download forms to print.
Current Applications (Please note: This is an external website)
View planning applications that other people have made, and comment on your neighbours application, if no decision has been made yet.
Read Development Control Board Agendas and Minutes, view decision notices and find out the reason for the decision in the officers report. Information on how to make an appeal.
See what the Planning Enforcement team does, report a suspected breach and view Planning Enforcement Policy.
Building Control and Building Regulations|
Make sure that your development is built to a safe standard and can get approval under the Building Control Regulations.
Application Forms and Guidance|
A full list of all the application forms you may need, details on fees and further guidance notes.
Other
Changes in Permitted Development Types 
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An amendment to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) means that, from Sunday 6 April 2008, permitted development rights for certain types of householder micro generation have been granted.
1App - the new standard planning application form|
Details of the Communities and Local Government scheme to streamline planning applications. The Standard Planning Application Form (1APP) replaces all existing types of planning application forms (except minerals) within England.
Explains how the planning service is set up and what the different teams do.
The challenge of e-government|
Explains the process of moving planning services to the internet, so you can access our services from home.
The targets we have set for ourselves in dealing with your application.
Lists all the planning documents that this division produces and some of those produced by other divisions.
Other agencies that play a role in the planning process.
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