Planning

Latest news

• Permitted development rights changed on 1st October  
• Annual monitoring report 2008 is now available
• Draft Open Space SPD and Final Sustainable Buildings SPD are available
• Updated Publications list - January 2009 (120kb, PDF) is now available
• Legal challenge to Local Plan succeeds

Planning applications

• Search for an application- includes commenting on an application
• Submit an application
• Application forms
• Residential planning
• Business planning
• The decision process
• Planning Committee reports/agenda  
• Planning breaches and enforcement   
• Tree preservation

If you need to you can contact our staff by phone or email.

Building regulations

Find out about making an application, fees and download forms. You can also search our building regulations register of applications.

• Building regulations
• Search building regulations applications

Policy

The policy team produce a series of documents that allow the Council to manage development in the district through setting out the factors to be taken into account when deciding planning applications. More information can be found on the following pages:

• Local development framework 
• Core strategy
• Local plan
• Supplementary planning guidance
• Monitoring reports
• Email alerts - be informed when the council produces or consults on documents

Conservation

The conservation team provide advice and information on listed buidlings, conservation areas and historic buildings grants.  More information can be found on the Conservation homepage

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