Special Application Types

For an application for Advertisement Consent, you will need to include additional drawings.

Drawings must:

• be at a scale of 1:20 or 1:50
• show the size of the advertisement
• show the  position on land or building in question, the height above ground level and the projection from any building
• show the materials and colours to be used
• detail the method, level and colour of any illumination

Prior notifications are not applications for planning permission but are confirmation of the intent to take up permitted development rights. Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the General Permitted Development Order sets out various types of development that require prior approval.

These include agricultural or forestry developments, demolition, telecommunications developments and some changes of use.

Information Required

Prior notifications are subject to National Requirements as follows:

• Completed form or if not available, a written description of the proposed development which must include any building or other operations
• A metric scaled plan indicating the site
• Contact details for applicant/agent
• A site-specific flood risk assessment in an area within Flood Zone 2 or Flood Zone 3; or in an area within Flood Zone 1 which has critical drainage problems (change of use prior approvals only)
• Appropriate fee

Please note the GPDO requires certain documents and evidence for some types of prior approval.

Although prior notifications are not subject to Local Requirements there may be additional information required in order to fully consider the notification. This could include structural surveys, ecological surveys or contaminated land reports.

For Part 6 agricultural notifications, it is helpful to show the entire land holding on a plan and detail the agricultural activities that take place.

Useful Links

General Permitted Development Order

Some hedgerows are protected under The Hedgerow Regulations (1997) and removing them could incur a fine up to £5,000.

If a Hedgerow Removal Notice is submitted the following information will be required:

• A plan (preferably 1:2,500 scale) clearly identifying the hedgerow to be removed
• The reasons for removal
• Evidence the hedge is less than 30 years old
• A statement advising if you are the owner, tenant or manager of the hedgerow, or relevant utility company eligible to remove it.

Further Information

• Countryside Hedgerows: Protection and Management
• The Hedgerows Regulations 1997

Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission (Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act)

After planning permission has been granted the approved proposals/details may need to be modified. Where these modifications are fundamental or substantial an application for removal or variation of condition may be appropriate.

Information Required

Please note we will not accept a S73 application in the following circumstances:

• Alteration to the redline of a previously permitted scheme
• The proposed change cannot be reasonably conceived with the terms of the original planning application
• The proposed changes require the description to be amended
• To extend the time limit within which a development must be started or an application for approval of reserved matters must be made
• If there is no relevant condition in the permission listing the originally approved plans
• Where development has not commenced and is "time expired"

Please note: Where approval is granted a new planning permission will be issued, but the original permission will remain intact and unamended. If the aspect you are seeking to remove or vary is expressly included in the original planning permission description this will remain the description when the Section 73 is issued. For example, a description including 'holiday use only' will remain even where the Section 73 application is being sought to remove/vary a holiday use only restriction. 

If the original permission has a planning obligation (S106) this may need a Deed of Variation to accompany the new permission.

The following National Requirements apply:

• Completed form
• Completed ownership certificates and where required notices served
• Design and Access Statement (where applicable)
• Appropriate fee

The following Local Requirements apply:

• Any plans, drawings or information necessary to describe the subject and purpose of the applications

Useful Links

Planning Practice Guide Flexible Options for Planning Permissions

Application for non-material amendment following grant of planning permission (Section 96a of the Town and Country Planning Act)

After planning permission has been granted the approved proposals/details may need to be modified. Where these modifications are minor and insignificant (non-material) an amendment under S96a condition may be appropriate

Information Required and Guidance

There is no statutory definition of 'non-material'. This is because it will be dependent on the context of the overall scheme - an amendment that is non-material in one context may be material in another. The LPA must be satisfied that the amendment sought is non-material in order to grant an application under section 96A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

The procedure cannot be used to make non-material amendments to listed building consents.

The applicant must notify anyone who is an owner of the land which would be affected by the non-material amendment or, where the land comprises an agricultural holding, the tenant of that holding.

We will not accept s96A applications where:

• It adversely affects neighbouring properties or relates to elements that representations were made against
• Is contrary to policy
• Falls outside the scope of the original permission
• Conflicts with any conditions or requires new conditions to make it acceptable
• Extends the site boundary/red line
• Introduces new works which in themselves require planning permission

The following National Requirements apply:

• Completed form
• Completed ownership certificates and where required notices served
• Appropriate fee

The following Local Requirements apply:

• Any plans, drawings or information necessary to describe the subject and purpose of the applications

Useful Links

Gov.UK - Flexible options for planning permission

Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition (Discharge of Condition)

Following the grant of planning permission some conditions may need to be discharged: some prior to commencement, and some prior to occupation.

Information Required and Guidance

The following National Requirements apply:

• Submitted in writing (application form, letter or email)
• Appropriate fee

The following Local Requirements apply:

• Any plans, drawings or information necessary to describe the subject and purpose of the applications.

Please note: where samples are required please submit photographs and clearly detail each material (type, colour, origin etc) or arrange an appointment with the Case Officer as we are unable to accept samples.

This route is an alternative way of obtaining planning permission for housing-led development.

Information regarding the type of developments which can be submitted via this route can be found in Planning Practice Guidance and in the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) (Amendment) Order 2017.

Information Required and Guidance

There are two stages:

Stage 1 - Permission in Principle (PiP)

The following National Requirements apply:

• a completed application form
• a plan which identifies the land to which the application relates, drawn to an identified scale and showing the direction North
• correct application fee

• A Preliminary Ecological Appraisal is expected, unless we confirm in writing it is not

Stage 2 - Technical Details Consent (TDC)

At this stage the details of the proposed development are assessed. An application for TDC follows the same validation process as a full application. It should be submitted on a full application form making reference to Planning in Principle in the proposal. The red line must match that of the PiP.

A planning obligation  may be required at this stage

The TDC will be subject to the relevant National and Local requirements for the development as set out above in this document.

Useful Links

• Planning Practice Guidance and in the Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) (Amendment) Order 2017.

Certificate of Lawfulness Applications (CLOPUD/CLEUD) are not relevant to situations where breaches of listed building or conservation area controls may be alleged.

Certificate of Lawfulness for an Existing Use or Development

This type of application is normally made in one of the following circumstances:

• The applicant believes that planning permission would not have been required for the development, but requires formal confirmation
• Operational development took place more than four years ago and is now immune from enforcement action.
• A change of use to a single dwelling house took place more than four years ago and is now immune from enforcement action.
• Any other change of use of land or buildings took place more than ten years ago and is now immune from enforcement action.
• There has been a breach of a condition attached to a planning permission for more than ten years and the breach is now immune from enforcement action.
• Where planning permission has been granted, whether the development complies with all the planning conditions

If a Certificate is requested where the time limits for enforcement have passed, then information or evidence will to be needed to prove the relevant dates. For building works, the important date is the date when the development was "substantially completed". If this is not known then both the date the work started and the date it was completed should be given. The date of occupation will be relevant to prove when a use commenced.

You will need to provide a completed application form and location plan at a scale of 1:1250 (or at an appropriate scale). You should also provide supporting evidence. The types of evidence that could be provided to support your application include the following:

• Explanatory statement
• Old photographs
• Council tax records
• Statutory declarations, sworn affidavits or written statements signed by people who occupied, used or visited the premises, or knew the premises well for the relevant period of time, 
• Copies of bills / invoices, company accounts
• Existing and original elevations for all building works (scale not less than 1:100)

Certificate of Lawfulness for a Proposed Use or Development (CLOPUD)

This type of application is normally made in one of the following circumstances:

• The applicant believes that planning permission is not required for their proposal but requires formal confirmation; or
• The applicant is uncertain whether the proposal requires planning permission; or
• disagrees with a planning officer's informal view that permission is needed; and
• requires a formal resolution of the matter with the opportunity to appeal if necessary.

You will need to provide a completed application form and location plan at a scale of 1:1250 (or at an appropriate scale) as well as supporting evidence. The types of  evidence that should be provided to support your application (depending on the proposal) should include the following:

• Elevation and floor plans at a scale of 1:50 or 100 showing the proposed works. 

Useful Links

• Gov.UK Guidance
• Planning Portal

Applications for wind turbines must include the following:

A specific noise report in full compliance with ETSU guidance must be submitted with the application, but only after full pre-application consultation with the Environmental Health Team. Detailed guidance on this is included in "Environmental Health Minimum Information Requirements for Wind Turbine Planning Applications April 2021." This document can be obtained from Environmental Health

In addition to noise the following matters shall be included as a minimum:

• A Shadow Flicker Assessment where the nearest sensitive receptor is within a 10 rotor diameter distance of the proposed wind turbine(s).  Applicants must provide an analysis which quantifies the impact of shadow flicker and how it will be mitigated by design
• Evidence of community involvement: For any applications for 2 or more wind turbines or where the hub height of any turbine exceeds 15 metres. As a minimum this involvement must include:
  • at least one public consultation event,
  • notification of all residential properties within 500 m radius of the proposed turbines, 
  • notification of all parish councils and adjacent local authorities whose jurisdiction falls within the application site or within 500 m radius of it.
• Ecological surveys and appropriate mitigation

Useful Links

• The Assessment and Rating of Noise from Wind Turbines
• A Good Practice Guide to the Application of ETSU-R-97 for the Assessment and Rating of Wind Turbine Noise