Advice on submitting a planning application

When submitting your application you only need to supply one copy and in most cases you will need to enclose the fee. 

New criteria has been introduced from the 6 April 2008 which clarifies what information must be submitted with a planning application for it to be valid. The criteria comprises of a national list and a local requirement list.

National list
This is a national core list of statutory requirements to accompany all applications.

Local requirement list
This is the Council's list of local requirements, which has been defined from the Government's recommended national list of local requirements. It is tailored to the different types of applications and is required to validate an application.