Full Permission: A full application is the most common, and will include full details of the proposals, including detailed drawings showing the site and the proposed works.

 

Outline Permission: An outline application can be submitted to establish the principle of the proposed development. Such an application will contain a broad outline of the size and scale of the development, but will not necessarily include detailed drawings.

 

Reserved Matters: Where outline planning permission has been granted, a "Reserved Matters" application is submitted for approval of the detailed plans before the development starts.

 

 

There are other types of Planning Application including:

 

Advertisement Consent: The Council has powers to control the display of many advertisements in the interests of amenity and road safety. Most illuminated signs and many non-illuminated ones require advertisement consent.

 

Conservation Area Consent: Some areas of Leicester have been designated as conservation areas where it is the aim to preserve and enhance the built environment. The total or partial demolition of most buildings and structures in these areas requires conservation area consent.

 

Listed Building Consent: Many buildings in Leicester have been listed due to their architectural or historic interest. The planning system is concerned with protecting the features and character of these buildings. Listed building consent is required for works for the total or partial demolition of a listed building, or for internal or external alterations or extensions. Note that Planning Permission will also be needed for most external alterations.

 

Lawful Development Certificates: Some uses and buildings evolve over time without having the benefit of planning permission. Lawful Development Certificate applications provide the possibility of obtaining a statutory document confirming that an existing use, operation or activity named in it is lawful and so is immune from planning enforcement action. A certificate may also be granted for a proposed use that is considered permissible without the need to make a planning application.

 

Works to Trees: Two types of planning consent may be required for works to trees:

(1) If the trees are protected by a Tree Preservation Order, an application for the works must be made.

(2) If the trees are located in a conservation area, you made need to formally notify the Council of the proposed works.