Advice for Planning Applicants and Developers
This page contains information and advice to help applicants and developers.
The planning application process
- The planning application process - Detailed guidance on the process from pre-application advice, through applications and decisions, to appeals.
- Government circulars and advice - General guidance from the Government and the Planning Portal.
Advice for householders
- Planning: a guide for householders - A simplified guide to those aspects of the planning system which householders are most likely to encounter.
- House extensions - Guidance on the planning aspects of extending your house.
- Satellite TV dishes - A good practice guide for householders for the siting of satellite television dish antennas.
- Greener Homes - Information on renewable power systems, and how to make best use of your energy in your home.
Advice for businesses
- Planning permission: a guide for business - For businesses needing advice on making a planning application.
- Shopfront alterations - Advice is available on proposed alterations to shopfronts.
Advice for advertisers
- Advertisers' guide - How the system of advertisement control works in England and Wales.
Sustainability and conservation
- Renewable energy - Information on renewable energy proposals.
- Trees - The need for an adequate survey where trees exist on a development site.
- Guidance note: Protected Species Surveys & planning applications
Design and Access
- Design and Access Statements - Required with many applications for planning permission and listed building consent.
- Guidance on Developer Contributions and Section 106 Agreements - Guidance on the procedures for developers of large schemes to make contributions for essential infrastructure.
- Discharging Planning Conditions - There is now a fee payable for this.
Highways and Property Numbering
- Works within the highway - Guidance and an application form for works within the highway associated with planning proposals.
- Street Naming and Property Numbering - Guidance for developers on how to get new streets named and new properties numbered.
Telecommunications
- Satellite TV dishes - A good practice guide for householders for the siting of satellite television dish antennas.
- Telecommunications development - Guidance and information on telecommunications development including mobile phone masts.