Make an application for full planning permission

Validation Checklist

Application for Full Planning Permission and/or change of use

These documents and plans are required to be submitted - see our validation check list for more information on the type and quality of plans and information required.

NATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Completed form (2 in total to be supplied unless the application is submitted electronically)

A plan which identifies the land to which the application relates drawn to an identified scale and showing the direction of North (2 in total to be supplied unless the application is submitted electronically)

A copy of other plans and drawings or information necessary to describe the subject of the application (2 in total to be supplied unless the application is submitted electronically) including:

• Block plan of the site (e.g. at a scale of 1:100 or 1:200) showing any site boundaries
• Existing and proposed elevations (e.g. at a scale of 1:50 or 1:100)
• Existing

and proposed floor plans (e.g. at a scale of 1:50 or 1:100)

• Existing and proposed site sections and finished floor and site levels (e.g. at a scale of 1:50 or 1:100)
• Roof plans (e.g. at a scale of 1:50 or 1:100)

The completed Ownership Certificate (A, B, C or D – as applicable) as required by Article 7 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995

Agricultural Holdings Certificate as required by Article 7 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995

Design and Access Statement, if required

The appropriate fee

In addition, where Ownership Certificates B, C or D have been completed, notice(s) as required by Article 6 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 must be given and/or published in accordance with this Article

LOCAL REQUIREMENTS

Local requirements include the following:

Planning application additional information requirement form

And may include some or all of the following. Please also see our householder validation check list which gives more detail on the quality and type of plans and reports to be submitted.

• Affordable housing statement
• Air quality assessment
• Biodiversity survey and report
• BREEAM report and rating information regarding Code for Sustainable Homes
• Daylight/Sunlight assessment
• Economic statement
• Environmental Statement
• Town Centre Uses – Evidence to accompany applications
• Flood risk assessment
• Foul sewage and utilities assessment
• Heritage Statement (including Historical, archaeological features and Scheduled Ancient Monuments)
• Land Contamination assessment
• Landfill statement
• Landscaping
• details
• Lighting assessment
• Noise impact assessment
• Open Space assessment
• Parking Provision
• Photographs/Photomontages
• Planning obligations – Draft Head(s) of Terms
• Unilateral undertaking relating to contributions required (see separate advice)
• Planning Statement
• Site Waste Management Plan
• Statement of Community Involvement
• Structural Survey
• Telecommunication Development – supplementary information
• Transport assessment
• Travel Plan
• Tree survey/Arboricultural implications
• Viability appraisal - Required where the proposed development does not meet the

Council’s policies in relation to infrastructure provision such as affordable housing, open space provision, education contributions etc due to viability concerns. Developers will be expected to agree in writing to pay the Council’s reasonable costs arising from having any viability appraisal independently assessed.

Ventilation/Extraction statement