Planning Validation Checklist

1 Planning Validation Checklist (Last update: November 2018) Page 1 of 57 Contents Please click on the type of application you wish to make to see the requirements for a valid application Contents .. 1 Make a Planning application: forms and submission requirements .. 5 The Validation checklists (updated November 2018) .. 5 Electronic submissions .. 5 Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) .. 5 Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) .. 6 Permission in principle and technical details consent .. 6 Advertisement consent .. 7 Important notes .. 7 National requirements .. 7 Local requirements .. 7 To apply .. 7 Amendment (non-material).. 8 Important notes.

2 8 Requirements .. 8 To apply .. 8 Conditions approval .. 9 Important notes .. 9 Requirements .. 9 To apply .. 9 Conditions removal or variation ( Section 73 application ) including minor material amendments .. 10 Important notes .. 10 National requirements .. 10 Local requirements .. 10 Notices to be served on landowners .. 11 To apply .. 11 Full Planning application .. 12 Important notes .. 12 National requirements .. 12 Local requirements .. 12 Notices to be served on landowners .. 15 To apply .. 15 Full Planning application and advertising consent .. 16 Important notes .. 16 National requirements .. 16 Local requirements .. 16 Page 2 of 57 Notices to be served on landowners.

3 19 To apply .. 19 Full Planning application and listed building consent .. 20 Important notes .. 20 National requirements .. 20 Local requirements .. 20 Notices to be served on landowners .. 22 To apply .. 23 Hedgerow removal notice .. 24 To apply .. 24 Householder application .. 25 Important notes .. 25 National requirements .. 25 Local requirements .. 25 Notices to be served on landowners .. 26 To apply .. 26 Householder application and listed building consent .. 27 Important notes .. 27 National requirements .. 27 Local requirements .. 27 Notices to be served on landowners .. 28 To apply .. 28 Lawful development certificate: existing .. 29 Important notes.

4 29 National requirements .. 29 Local requirements .. 29 To apply .. 30 Lawful development certificate: proposed .. 31 Important notes .. 31 National requirements .. 31 Local requirements .. 31 To apply .. 32 Listed building consent .. 33 Important notes .. 33 National requirements .. 33 Local requirements .. 33 Notices to be served on landowners .. 34 To apply .. 34 Outline with all matters reserved .. 35 Page 3 of 57 Important notes .. 35 National requirements .. 35 Local requirements .. 36 Notices to be served on landowners .. 38 To apply .. 38 Outline with some matters reserved .. 39 Important notes .. 39 National requirements .. 39 Local requirements.

5 40 Notices to be served on landowners .. 42 To apply .. 42 Prior approval of a proposed larger home extension (part 1, class A) .. 43 Important notes .. 43 National requirements .. 43 Local requirements .. 43 To apply .. 44 Prior approval for change of use from agricultural building to commercial use (part 3, class R) .. 45 Important notes .. 45 National requirements .. 45 Local requirements .. 45 To apply .. 45 Prior approval for change of use from offices to dwelling(s) (part 3, class O) .. Error! Bookmark not defined. Important notes .. 46 National requirements .. 46 Local requirements .. 46 To apply .. 46 Prior approval for change of use to a state-funded school or registered nursery (part 3, class K).

6 47 National requirements .. 47 Local requirements .. 47 To apply .. 47 Prior notification of agricultural or forestry development: proposed road (part 6) .. 48 Important notes .. 48 Local requirements .. 48 To apply .. 48 Prior notification of proposed demolition (part 11, class B) .. 49 Important notes .. 49 National requirements .. 49 Local requirements .. 49 Page 4 of 57 To apply .. 49 Prior notification: excavation/waste material agricultural (part 6) .. 50 Important notes .. 50 National requirements .. 50 Local requirements .. 50 To apply .. 50 Prior notification: proposed fish tank/cage agricultural (part 6) .. 51 Important notes .. 51 National requirements.

7 51 Local requirements .. 51 To apply .. 51 Prior notification: proposed building agricultural (part 6) .. 52 Important notes .. 52 National requirements .. 52 Local requirements .. 52 To apply .. 52 Prior notification: telecommunications (part 16) .. 53 Important notes .. 53 National requirements .. 53 Local requirements .. 53 To apply .. 53 Reserved matters approval .. 54 Important notes .. 54 National requirements .. 54 Local requirements .. 54 To apply .. 56 Tree works .. 57 Important notes .. 57 National requirements .. 57 Notification of proposed works to trees in conservation areas .. 57 National requirements .. 57 Additional information (TPO applications and conservation area notifications).

8 57 To apply .. 57 Page 5 of 57 Make a Planning application: forms and submission requirements The Validation checklists (updated November 2018) The Council has updated the Validation checklists for applications having regard to Article 11(3)(c) of the Town and Country Planning (Development management Procedure) (England)(Order) (2015) and Paragraph 44 of the National Planning Policy Framework. The guidance outlines the benefits of a Validation Checklist in helping authorities to achieve good standards of performance and providing applicants with greater certainty as to the nature and extent of information required in order to validate applications.

9 There are two levels of mandatory documents: national and local. The national Checklist sets out the essential requirements for validating all applications. The local list is prepared by the local Planning authority and provides a list of additional local requirements which will need to be met in certain circumstances, dependent on factors such as the location or characteristics of the site and the scale and nature of the development. Where appropriate, notes are provided to clarify and indicate thresholds when requirements are likely to apply. The Council seeks to take a proportionate approach to the information requested in support of Planning applications.

10 However, if the information required by either the national or local Checklist is not included with an application, the authority will declare the application invalid and not register or process it. Applications which are validated are likely to contain sufficient information for a decision to be made and this should enable the Council to achieve a greater percentage of decisions within government timescales. However, there may still be occasions where the information submitted with a validated application is insufficient to show that a proposal complies with policy and the authority reserves the right to ask for additional information. The Council s expectation is that applicants will seek to take advantage of our pre-application advice service (for which there is a scale of charges).