If you are unable to make an application online, you can print out the relevant forms from the list below and submit them to us in paper form. There are a number of different application forms depending on your proposal. For help in picking the correct form please call us on 01903 737756.

Applying to build domestic extensions, loft conversions, new or altered access, garages and outbuildings, garden fences or walls and satellite dishes.

• Household extension
  • Householder validation list.pdf[pdf] 143KB
  • Guidance 
• Household extension with demolition of an unlisted building in a conservation area application
  • Householder validation list.pdf[pdf] 143KB
  • Guidance 
• Household extension with listed building application
  • Householder validation list.pdf[pdf] 143KB
  • Listed Building Validation List.pdf [pdf] 206KB
  • Guidance

• Notification of a proposed larger home extension. This form can only be used on certain single storey rear extensions. Please read the  Guidance notes.pdf to establish whether this is the correct form.

Full Application Forms

Erection of building(s) where you do not wish to make an Outline Planning Application. Erection of an extension to a Commercial Development or Places of Public Assembly i.e. Industrial, office, warehousing, storage, shopping, restaurant, hotel, commercial buildings, rest and nursing homes. Some applications for permanent residential dwellings (including change of use) will attract an affordable housing contribution.

• Full application
  • Planning validation list.pdf [pdf] 339KB
  • Guidance 
• Full application with listed building application
  • Planning validation list.pdf [pdf] 339KB
  • Listed Building Validation List.pdf [pdf] 206KB
  • Guidance 
• Full application with advertisement consent application
  • Planning validation list.pdf [pdf] 339KB
  • Advertisement Consent Validation List.pdf[pdf] 94KB
  • Guidance 
• Full application with demolition of an unlisted building in a conservation area
  • Planning validation list.pdf [pdf] 339KB
  • Guidance 

To check fees or download a fee form  Planning fees 2019.pdf [pdf] 135KB

Outline Application Forms

Applications to establish the principal of a proposal. New build only. Not to be used for householder extensions. Some applications for permanent residential dwellings (including change of use) will attract an affordable housing contribution.

• Outline application with some reserved matters
  • Planning validation list.pdf [pdf] 339KB
  • Guidance 
• Outline application with all matters reserved
  • Planning validation list.pdf [pdf] 339KB
  • Guidance
• Application for approval of reserved matters following outline approval
  • Planning validation list.pdf [pdf] 339KB
  • Guidance

Article 13 Notice [pdf] 120KB

To check fees or download a fee form  Planning fees 2019.pdf [pdf] 135KB

Miscellaneous

• Advertisement application
  • Advertisement Consent Validation List.pdf[pdf] 94KB
  • Guidance
• Listed building application to alter, extend or demolish
  • Listed Building Validation List.pdf [pdf] 206KB
  • Guidance
• Application  for planning permission for demolition in a conservation area
  • Planning validation list.pdf [pdf] 339KB
  • Guidance 
• Tree works subject to a Tree Preservation Order(TPO) or within a Conservation Area
  • Tree Validation List.pdf[pdf] 115KB
  • Guidance
• Application for approval of matters reserved by condition
  • Matters Reserved by Condition Validation List.pdf [pdf] 83KB
  • Guidance
• Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission
  • Planning validation list.pdf [pdf] 339KB
  • Guidance
• Application for non material amendment following a grant of planning permission
  • Guidance Note
  • Additional guidance - what does not constitute a Non Material Amendment.pdf [pdf] 11KB
  • Application Form Help
• Lawful development certificate for an existing use
  • Certificates of Lawful Development Validation List.pdf [pdf] 96KB
  • Guidance
• Lawful development certificate for a proposed use
  • Certificates of Lawful Development Validation List.pdf [pdf] 96KB
  • Guidance
• Application for a certificate of lawfulness of proposed works to a listed building
  • Application form help
  • Guidance note
• Hedgerow removal notice
  • Guidance
• Application to Discharge or Amend Planning Obligation.pdf [pdf] 274KB

Article 13 Notice [pdf] 120KB

Article 13 Notice for Minor Commercial Applications [pdf] 132KB

To check fees or download a fee form  Planning fees 2019.pdf [pdf] 135KB

Prior Notification Forms

• Prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - proposed building and Guidance
• Prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - proposed road and Guidance
• Prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - excavation of waste material and Guidance
• Prior notification of agricultural or forestry development - proposed fish tank cage and Guidance
• Prior notification demolition and Guidance,  demolition - site notice.pdf [pdf] 65KB
• Prior notification of proposed development by telecommunications code system operators and Guidance
• New prior notification for a proposed larger home extension and Guidance
• Prior approval of a proposed change of use of a building from office (classB1) use to a use falling within class C3 (dwelling houses)
• Prior approval of a proposed change of use of a building from a retail (use class A1 or A2) use or a mixed retail and residential use to a use falling within use class C3 (dwellinghouse) and for associated operational development
• Prior approval of a proposed change of use of an agricultural building  to a dwelling house (C3) and associated operational development 
• Prior approval of a proposed change of use of an agricultural building to a flexible use within shops, financial and professional services, restaurants and cafes, business, storage and distribution, hotels or assembly or leisure
• Prior approval of a proposed change of use to state funded school or registered nursery
• Prior Approval of a proposed change of use of agricultural building to a state funded school or registered nursery
• Notification for Prior Approval for a Change Of Use from Storage or Distribution Buildings (Class B8) and any land within its curtilage to Dwellinghouses (Class C3)
• Notification for Prior Approval for a Change of Use from Amusement Arcades/Centres and Casinos, (Sui Generis Uses) and any land within its curtilage to Dwellinghouses (Class C3)
• Notification for Prior Approval for a Change of Use from Shops (Class A1), Financial and Professional Services (Class A2), Betting Offices, Pay Day Loan Shops and Casinos (Sui Generis Uses) to Restaurants and Cafés (Class A3)
• Notification for Prior Approval for a Change of Use from Shops (Class A1) and Financial and Professional Services (Class A2), Betting Offices, Pay Day Loan Shops (Sui Generis Uses) to Assembly and Leisure Uses (Class D2)
• Notification for Prior Approval for a Development Consisting of the Erection or Construction of a Collection Facility within the Curtilage of a Shop
• Notification for Prior Approval for the Temporary Use of Buildings or Land for the Purpose of Commercial Film-Making and the Associated Temporary Structures, Works, Plant or Machinery required in Connection with that Use
• Notification for Prior Approval for the Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs of Non-domestic Buildings, up to a Capacity of 1 Megawatt
• To check fees or download a fee form please open this document: Planning fees 2019.pdf [pdf] 135KB