You can find an interactive house on the planning portal website that can provide advice on proposed development works to domestic properties.
You will probably need planning permission if you want to:
- build something new
- make a major change to your building, such as an extension
- change the use of your building
To find out if you will need planning permission you will need to contact us using the form below.
It makes good sense for you to do this:
- for your own peace of mind
- for record purposes when selling your property
- when raising finance on your property
- to show anyone who questions your right to build
Most additions and alterations to flats will need planning permission but you may use this form to see if any other consent is needed.
What you will need to provide:
- complete the form below, which will require a full description of your proposal, often measurements are required so please make sure you have these to hand when completing this form
- a fee of £105 which can be paid online, or if using the online form, you will have the option to make the payment at the end of the process. Please make a note of your payment reference number if submitting your form via email to allow us to match your application and payment more easily
- a sketch or plan of your proposal is helpful, this does not have to be to scale but does need to be annotated with proposed measurements. Further information can be found when completing the forms
Householder planning check (pdf / 786 KB)
Information which will help you understand the planning process.
Householder development
Non householder development
For non-householder development, you can find advice for adverts and signs, solar panels, warehouses and industrial buildings on the Planning Portal.
Guidance for common projects
The Planning Portal will give you guidance for many common projects.
Trees and garden hedges
Find out about trees and garden hedges.
Written responses to enquiries
There will be a charge of £105 for written responses to planning enquiries.
This may include, but is not limited to, enquiries about non-householder permitted development, queries about signage and queries about whether planning permission would be required.
If you would like more information, you can contact us.
Work that does not require planning permission
Certain works can be undertaken without the need to obtain formal planning permission from us. These works are referred to as permitted development.
Many homeowners can construct extensions and outbuildings using their permitted development.
It is not just homeowners that have the ability to carry out development without obtaining planning permission from us. Permitted development rights exist for a wide variety of other types of development and the statutory provisions for this are set out in the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (as amended).
Some of these rights are subject to a prior approval notification procedure to give us the opportunity to first consider whether there are any technical issues that it requires control over. Further details on changes of use and other development that can be undertaken without planning permission can be found on the use class section of the Planning Portal website.