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Planning services

Key Online Services
Apply for planning permission
Apply for pre-application planning advice

Welcome to the Planning Services home page. Town Planning is all about where something is built and what its going to look like at the end of the process.

Use the links below and along the left hand side of this page to find out more about planning applications, how to apply for planning permission, planning advice, planning enforcement and other information about the planning process.

We hope you find everything you are looking for but if not, please contact us using the contact details provided at the bottom of this page.

The link to view the Article 4 Direction made under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 on the 18 March 2011 is available below.

The council recently finished public consultation on the following documents (click on the links for updates on each one) -

- Preliminary draft charging schedule of the Community Infrastructure Levy DPD

- Initial draft of the Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document

Online planning applications - view and comment

You can view planning applications online and make comments for consideration. These pages provide key information on how to do this as well as information on how to appeal against a decision.

View all planning applications

Have your say on planning applications

Major planning applications

Apply for planning permission

These pages contain useful information about how to apply for planning permission. The pages advise you how to submit an application and what happens once the application has been submitted. Paper application forms are available on the link on the left hand menu.

Basic details required for planning applications

Pre-application advice (Including permitted development) 

Planning & Rights of Way Panel

The Planning & Rights of Way Panel is a panel of elected members (councillors) who make decisions on about 10% of all planning applications and meet approximately every four weeks.

More information about the panel

Planning & Rights of Way Panel agendas 

Revision of the Local Validation Criteria for Planning Applications

Advice about the planning process

These pages offer advice about the planning process including whether you may need planning permission and how to contact our duty planning officers for advice.

Do I need planning permission?

How can I get advice from a duty planning officer?

A to Z glossary of planning terms

Other planning related services

Other areas of this website have information about the planning service that may be of help to you. Please follow the relevant link below to go to this area of the website.

Planning policy for information about the city's plans and policies

Building Control for advice on Building Regulations

Historic Environment for information about conservation areas and listed buildings

Trees for information about Tree Preservation Orders and High Hedges

Downloadable documents

Icon Name of file Size Download time
PDF document Planning Obligations SPD - Appendix - Commuted Sum Payments Tables 107 KB 0secs @ 2Mbps
PDF document Article 4 Direction 384 KB 2secs @ 2Mbps
Link to download Adobe Acrobat if required

Contact information

If you want to contact us regarding the content of this page please contact us at:

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