Planning validation checklist
When you apply for planning permission, you need to include all the information the Council needs to assess your application against local and national planning policies.
The planning validation checklist explains what information and documents you must send with your planning application. The Council will not start to process your application until everything required has been provided.
If anything is missing or incomplete, we’ll let you (or your agent, if you have one) know what’s needed and give you the chance to send it in.
Apply online
The easiest way to make an application is to apply online via the Planning Portal:
On the Planning Portal you can:
- Apply for planning permission
- Create a site location plan (compulsory for all applications)
- Attach supporting documents (such as plans or photographs)
- Pay the application fee online
Apply by post
Your application must be accompanied by three copies of plans of the site, the required supporting documentation, the completed form and the fee.
The Government have provided National Information Requirements, which apply to all planning applications.
For the supporting information and forms needed to include with your application, please follow the link below:
Serve notice of application
Serve notices to the land owner, place on the site or advertise in the local press.
Notices are only required where certificates B, C or D have been completed and signed.