Reserved Matters application
Before you apply, have you:
- checked if you need planning permission for the work you want to do
- found out what you need to supply with an application
- understood how much it will cost.
- Read the guidance notes for the completion of your application
- You can download and complete the paper form by going to paper forms
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Validation checklist
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 or application in writing containing sufficient information to enable the authority to identify the outline planning permission in respect of which it is made
- Such particulars as are necessary to deal with the matters reserved in the outline planning permission
- Such plans and drawings as are necessary to deal with the matters reserved in the outline planning permission including:
- All plans must include a scale bar at the appropriate scale in accordance with our Local Requirements.
- 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)
- Two copies in total of the application, plans and drawings submitted with it (unless the local planning authority indicate that a lesser number is required or the application is submitted electronically)
- The appropriate fee
LOCAL REQUIREMENTS
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.
- Affordable housing statement
- Air quality assessment
- Biodiversity survey and report
- BREEAM report and rating information regarding Code for Sustainable Homes
- Daylight/Sunlight assessment
- Design and Access Statement
- Economic statement
- Environmental Statement
- Town Centre Uses – Evidence to accompany applications for town centre uses
- 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
- Photographs/Photomontages
- Planning Statement
- Site Waste Management Plan
- Statement of Community Involvement
- Structural Survey
- Transport assessment
- Travel Plan
- Tree survey/Arboriculture implications
- Ventilation/Extraction statement
Your application comes back to us to decide if you can go ahead. We'll look at how it affects the local area, the environment and other people. We will usually tell you our decision within six to eight weeks.