Advice for Planning Applicants and Developers

Pre-application advice

• Pre-application advice - our Planning service encourages planning applicants to seek advice before making an application.
  

Application advice

• Everything you need to know about Making a Planning Application to Leicester City Council.
• Types of planning application.
  

Government guidance

• Government circulars and advice - General guidance from the Government and the Planning Portal.

Advice for householders

• Guidance for householders - Guidance to those aspects of the planning system which householders are most likely to encounter, including alterations and extensions to houses.

• 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.
• Child care guidance - Advice to prospective developers of day nurseries and child care facilities. 

Advice for advertisers

• Advertisers' guide - How the system of advertisement control works in England and Wales.

Sustainability and conservation

• Trees - The need for an adequate survey where trees exist on a development site.

• Protected Species Surveys - Guidance for planning applications.

• Sustainable energy statements - guidance to developers for submitting a sustainable energy statement.

• Renewable energy - Information on renewable energy proposals.

Design and access

• Design and Access Statements - Required with many applications for planning permission and listed building consent.

• Inclusive Design Requirements - Inclusive design should be a key principle of all new developments, and the needs of disabled, older and less mobile people should be incorporated from the outset.

Developer contributions

• Guidance on Developer Contributions and Section 106 Agreements - Guidance on the procedures for developers of large schemes to make contributions for essential infrastructure.

After planning permission has been granted

• Discharging Planning Conditions - There is now a fee payable for these applications.

• Non-Material Changes to planning permissions previously granted. There is now a fee payable for these applications.
• Extending time limits for implementation of a planning permission or consent. There is now a fee payable for these applications.

Appeals

• Appealing against a Planning Decision - explaining the appeal process.
  

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.