Planning

Make a planning application: step by step

How to apply for planning permission, including what does and does not need planning permission, our pre-application planning service, how to apply, decisions and appeals.

Make a planning payment

How to make a payment for a planning application.

Planning policy

Planning policies, including the Local Development Plan and planning guidance.

Comment on or object to a planning application: step by step

How to give your view on a planning application, including how to prepare your comments and what happens after you submit your comments.

Planning enforcement

What planning enforcement involves, how we enforce breaches of planning and how to report a planning breach and unauthorised building work.

Permitted development rights

What is covered by permitted development rights, agriculture and forestry, minor works, changes of building and land classes.

Planning services and standards

How we monitor and seek to improve our services and standards, including our customer charter, our planning enforcement charter and our planning performance framework.

Planning and building fees

Fees for planning and building standards services.

Contact the planning service

If you cannot find what you are looking for, you can contact the planning service.

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