Will I get planning permission? (householder pre-application advice)
Use our pre-application advice service to find out if you are likely to get planning permission before applying. To get advice you must complete our online form. We are unable to give advice over the phone or by email as we will not be able to get all the information we need to make our assessment.
Why get formal pre-application advice?
- It can save you time and money
- It reduces the number of unsuccessful planning applications
- It can confirm the information needed to support your final planning application
Charges and response time
The fee for pre-application advice service is £55 including VAT. Our target response time is 40 working days. We only accept online pre-application enquiries via our online form. You must pay up front for this service so you will need a debit or credit card to make payment.
There is a £27 fee (half the original pre-application fee) if you make an enquiry following advice from our permitted development enquiry service that your development needs planning permission.
There is no charge if you are:
- disabled and seeking advice to adapt your property to meet your needs due to your disability
- an internal council project, funded by the council
Documents needed to submit your enquiry
To receive advice you must complete our pre-application form. This includes a written description of the works you propose to do. The quality of information we receive from you affects the advice we provide.
You will also need to supply site plans and extra information as part of your enquiry. If you do not submit these documents your enquiry may be invalid and could lead to delays.
Please provide plans in PDF format. We cannot accept photographs or mobile phone scans of your plans. You must provide an electronic or scanned copy to the original size and scale of the document.
| Mandatory upload | |
Site location plan (scale of 1:1250 or 1:2500 (larger sites) with the whole application site edged in red and any other land owned in blue. If you need to purchase a plan the Planning Portal offer a buying a planning map service |  |
Proposed site plan indicating the proposed development drawn to scale 1:100 or 1:200. This should include existing buildings and boundary treatments, access, parking, trees and hedgerows (if applicable) | |
Floor plans and elevations of the proposed development. Drawn to a scale of 1:100 or 1:50 (if not to scale then they should include full written metric dimensions) | |
Photographs of the site (if available) |
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Disclaimer
We can identify issues and provide comments on your proposals. We cannot help draw up the plans or recommend companies to you.
The information given is the informal advice of the officer only. It is not binding to any formal decision taken on any formal planning application you may submit. This includes decisions by the Planning and Development Committee.
Failure to provide relevant and necessary information may invalidate your application.
Consents other than planning
Our pre-application advice relates only to issues relating to planning. Your development may need consent under other legislation such as:
Your land may also have separate legal covenants on it. You will need to deal with this as a civil matter by you with any interested party.