Part 2 - Validation Checklists - At A Glance

What is required:

• Householder Application Form
• Application Fee
• Site Location Plan
• Block Plan
• Plans and Drawings - Householder Planning Application 
• Wildlife & Geology Trigger Table

What extra documents might be required: 

The Householder Application for Works or Extension to a Dwelling should be used for proposals to alter/extend a single dwelling or two or more dwellings, including work within the curtilage or the formation of an access in association with the house, as long as it is within the curtilage i.e. not across agricultural land.

What is required:

• Application Form
• Application Fee
• Site Location Plan
• Block Plan
• Plans and Drawings
• Wildlife & Geology Trigger Table
• Design & Access Statement
• Schedule of Works
• Justification

 What extra documents might be required: 

If the proposal is intending to change the use of all or part of a property/land, planning permission may need to be obtained.  The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) puts uses of land and buildings into various categories known as use classes.  The Full application for planning permission form should be used for change of use applications.

What is required: 

• Full Application Form
• Application Fee
• Site Location Plan
• Block Plan
• Wildlife & Geology Trigger Table
• Plans and Drawings
• Biodiversity Net Gain requirements

What extra documents might be required: 

Full applications are for many types of application, including the erection of new dwellings, agricultural buildings or development involving commercial and industrial properties. 

What is required:

• Full Application Form
• Application Fee
• Site Location Plan
• Block Plan
• Plans and Drawings
• Wildlife & Geology Trigger Table
• Biodiversity Net Gain requirements

What extra documents might be required: 

Full applications are for many types of application, including the erection of new dwellings, agricultural buildings or development involving commercial and industrial properties. 

What is required:

• Full Application Form
• Application Fee
• Site Location Plan
• Block Plan
• Plans and Drawings
• Wildlife & Geology Trigger Table
• Biodiversity Net Gain requirements

What extra documents might be required: 

Outline applications are used when the principle of a development needs to be established. 

What is required:

• Application Form
• Application Fee
• Site Location Plan
• Wildlife & Geology Trigger Table
• Biodiversity Net Gain requirements

All Outline Applications must show the following details on:

• Use – The use or proposed uses for the development and any distinct development zones within the site identified
• Amount of development – The amount of development proposal for each use
• Indicative access points – An area or areas in which the access point or points to the site will be situated (where access is a reserved matter)

What extra documents might be required:

Reserved matters applications should be used after an Outline planning application has been approved.  A Reserved Matters application deals with some or all of the outstanding details of the Outline application proposal, including appearance, means of access, landscaping, layout and scale. 

What is required:

• Application Form
• Application Fee
• Site Location Plan
• Block Plan
• Wildlife & Geology Trigger Table

Such plans as are necessary to deal with the matters reserved in the outline planning permission, including:

• Block Plan of the site at a recognised metric scale, for e.g. 1:500, 1:200 or 1:100, showing any site boundaries
• Existing and proposed elevations at a recognised metric scale
• Existing and proposed floor plans at a recognised metric scale
• Existing and proposed site sections and finished floor levels and site levels at a recognised metric scale
• Roof Plans at a recognised metric scale

What extra documents might be required:

Advertisement consent applications should be used for proposals to display an advertisement or sign which requires planning permission

What is required: 

• Application Form
• Site Location Plan
• Application Fee
• Drawings
• Owners Consent

• Owners consent:

It is a condition of every consent granted by or under the Regulations that, before displaying any advertisement, the permission of the owner of the land or other person entitled to grant permission must be obtained.  To display any advertisement without this permission is an offence, open to immediate prosecution.

Where the site is within the boundaries of a highway, evidence that the application is acceptable to the highways authority must be provided. 

• Drawings:
• The drawing of the proposed advertisement should show its dimensions and position on the land or building in question
• For a sign, the drawing should indicate the materials to be used, fixings, colours, height above the ground and, where it would project from a building, the extent of the projection

• Description of signs, size and illumination:
• The type of each sign for which application is being made, e.g fascia, projecting box, pole-mounted free-standing, should be shown, together with the dimensions of each sign. If any of the signs are to be illuminated a description of the illumination is required, e.g. internal, external, floodlight etc, and whether the illumination will be static, flashing, or have moving parts.

• Other plans and drawings or information necessary to describe the subject of the application

Listed building consent applications are used if a property is listed for having special architectural or historic interest and external or internal alterations are proposed.  (Listed Building Consent applications can also accompany a Householder or Full application if planning permission is required).

What is required:

• Application Form
• Site Location Plan
• Block Plan
• Plans and Drawings
• Wildlife & Geology Trigger Table
• Design and Access Statement
• Heritage Statement
• Schedule of Works
• Justification

What extra documents might be required: 

Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use or Development are used to confirm that any existing use/operation/activity in breach of a condition or limitation on a planning permission that has already taken place is lawful on the date specified in the application.  It is defined as being lawful if enforcement action cannot be taken against it.  This may be because it had, or did not need planning permission, or it may be the case that the use or operation took place so long ago that the time for enforcement action has expired. 

What is required: 

• Application Form
• Application Fee
• Site Location Plan
• Such other information as is considered to be relevant to the application
• Such information verifying the information included in the application as can be provided (e.g. sworn affidavit(s) from people with personal knowledge of the existing use) and evidence to verify information on the application form 

What extra documents might be required

• Statutory definition of a caravan

Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Use/Development/Works or Activity are used to confirm that what you are proposing would be lawful i.e. it would not require express planning permission.  For example you may need to establish that what you have proposed does not constitute development, is ‘permitted development’, or already has planning permission. 

What is required: 

• Application Form
• Application Fee
• Site Location Plan
• Existing and Proposed Floor Plans
• Existing and Proposed Elevations 

What extra documents might be required:

• Statutory definition of a caravan

Trees and woodlands that are considered important to amenity, and can be protected by a tree preservation order.  You can request a tree to be considered for protection, or if a tree is already protected, you must have consent to carry out works to the tree. 

What is required: 

• Application Form
• Site Location Plan / Or Sketch showing location of tree(s) 

What extra documents might be required: 

Trees and woodlands that are considered important to amenity, and can be protected by a tree preservation order.  You can request a tree to be considered for protection, or if a tree is already protected, you must have consent to carry out works to the tree.

What is required:

• Application Form Or written request
• Site Location Plan / Or Sketch showing location of tree(s)

The Application for Hedgerow Removal form should be used by anyone proposing to remove a hedgerow, or part of a hedgerow, covered by the Hedgerows Regulations 1997.  The regulations are designed to protect important hedgerows in England and Wales.

To check if a hedgerow is protected and if an application to the LPA for hedgerow removal is required please refer to Guidance Countryside hedgerows: protection and management

What is required:

• Application Form
• Site Location Plan *
• Wildlife & Geology Trigger Table

What extra documents might be required:

• Additional Information -  If the hedgerow to be removed is less than 30 years old – evidence of the date of planting is required.
• Ecology Report

* The site location plan should show the location and length (in metric) of the hedgerow(s) to be removed. The plan does not have to be at a scale of 1:1250 or 1:2500, as long as it shows the exact location and length to be removed) and shows the direction of North.

This application can be used if, under a previous planning permission, a condition was imposed that you wish to be amended or removed entirely.

What is required:

• Application Form
• Application Fee

What extra documents might be required:

• Plans - Plans and drawings or information necessary to describe the subject of the application
• Biodiversity Net Gain requirements

As per the requirements of The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 Part 3 (10)

Non-material amendments require a separate process; the ‘Flexible options for planning permissions’ guidance, contained on the Planning Practice Guidance website, provides more information.

What is required:

• Application Form
• Application Fee

What extra documents might be required: 

• Forestry Building
• Construction of an agricultural road,
• Excavations/deposits of agricultural waste material, or
• Placing/assembly of a water tank in water

As per the requirements of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) – Schedule 2, Part 6

1. the erection, extension or alteration of a building;
2. the formation or alteration of a private way;
3. the carrying out of excavations or the deposit of waste material (where the relevant area, as defined in paragraph D.1(4) of this Part, exceeds 0.5 hectares); or
4. the placing or assembly of a tank in any waters

What is required:

• Application Form
• Application Fee
• Site Location Plan

What extra documents might be required: 

Permitted Development rights for agricultural and forestry developments are granted in Schedule 2, Part 6 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

• For agricultural units of 5 hectares or more (Class A) – Rights for the erection, extension or alteration of a building for the purposes of agriculture are available, subject to certain criteria detailed in the legislation. 

• For agricultural units of at least 0.4 hectares but smaller than 5 hectares (Class B) – More limited rights, including extensions and alterations adding not more than 20 per cent to the cubic content of the building for the purposes of agriculture are available, subject to certain criteria detailed in the legislation. 

• On land used for the purposes of forestry, including afforestation (Class E) – Rights for the erection, extension, or alteration of a building reasonably necessary for those purposes are available, subject to certain criteria detailed in the legislation.

‘Agricultural Unit’ means “agricultural land which is occupied as a unit for the purposes of agriculture”, see Schedule 2, Part 6 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.

On holding totalling more than 5 hectares, development is not permitted on separate parcels of land of less than 1 hectare.  For holdings of less than 5 hectares development is not permitted on separate parcels of land of less than 0.4 hectares.  A separate parcel of land is defined as being separated by land in different ownership, or for example, by a public highway. 

The reference to a ‘metalled road’ relates to a hard surfaced including asphalt, concrete, paving stones, bricks and cobbles, etc.

What is required: 

• Application Form
• Application Fee
• Site Location Plan
• ICNRIP Statement
• Evidence*

Evidence*

• Evidence that the developer has given notice of the proposed development in accordance with A3(1) of Part 16 of Schedule 2 to the General Permitted Development Order 2015 (as amended). 

• Where the proposed development consists of the installation, alteration or replacement of a mast on a civil safeguarding area or a defence safeguarding area, evidence that the developer has notified the Civil Aviation Authority, the Secretary of State for Defence or the operator of the civil safeguarding area, in accordance with A.2(5A) of Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the General Permitted Development Order 2015 (as amended).

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. 

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 

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 and should be submitted on a full application form making reference to Planning in Principle in the proposal. The TDC will be subject to the relevant National and Local requirements for the development as set out above in this document.

Although rights of way matters are usually dealt with by the Local Highways Authority (typically the County Council), Local Planning Authorities (District/Borough Councils and National Park Authorities) have been granted powers by Section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (the ‘Act’) to make Public Path Orders for the diversion or stopping-up of footpaths, bridleways or restricted byways. This type of application can only be made however where the Local Planning Authority is satisfied that the diversion/stopping-up is necessary to enable development to be carried out in accordance with a planning permission. The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 also amended section 257 of the Act to allow an diversion/stopping-up Order to be made before planning permission has been granted provided a planning application has been submitted. Please note that an Order cannot be confirmed however, until such time as planning permission has been granted. Please note that the provisions of this Act do not apply to highways with vehicular rights (e.g. byways). 

Important:  

The grant of planning permission does not entitle developers to obstruct a public right of way. The diversion or stopping up of footpaths, bridleways and restricted byways is a separate process which must be carried out before the paths are affected by the development. It cannot be assumed that because planning permission has been granted that an Order under section 257 will invariably be made or confirmed. Development, in so far as it affects a right of way, must not be started and the right of way should be kept open for public use, unless or until the necessary order has come into effect.

Public Path Orders can be a lengthy process and can take between 6 and 12 months even for an unopposed Order. A contentious diversion can take several years if strong objections are made. Please download the Footpath Diversion Application Form along with Guidance on Footpath Diversion Orders to make an application. 

How to apply:

What we need from you:

• Application Form completed with declaration signed
• Justification for the proposed extinguishment, or stopping up or diversion
• Plan to scale (the path must be shown in its entirety on 1 page at a scale of 1:1250, 1:2500 or 1:1000)
• Initial Fee of £1000
• Copy of original Decision Notice
• If the applicant is not the owner of the land then written consent from the land owner is required

Diverting a footpath or bridleway can be costly. The process involves obtaining legal advice and advertising proposed diversions in local newspapers. There is a standard charge of £1500 to cover administrative costs, legal advice, site visits, postage and printing, plus £1500 to cover the cost of advertising, per application.

The applicant must pay the administrative and legal costs regardless of whether the application is successful:

• Initial fee of £1000 paid with the application to divert the footpath
• Final payment of £2000 paid before the order is confirmed and certified that the order is in place
• £500 is paid before submission to the Secretary of State (SOS), if objections are received and the order is submitted to the SOS for a decision
• £200 for each additional path is paid where it is included in the same order
• £1000 initial fee is retained if the application is withdrawn/rejected following informal consultation and first advertisement

Prior notifications are not applications for planning permission but are confirmation of the intent to take up permitted development rights. 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. 

Prior notifications are subject to National Requirements as follows: 

• Completed form or a written description of the proposed development which must include any building or other operations
• A 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 

Although prior notifications are not subject to Local Requirements there may be additional information required in order to fully consider the notification. 

Further information regarding prior notifications and what additional information may be required can be found in Schedule 2 of the General Permitted Development Order and Prior approval - Consent types - Planning Portal