Planning

This page outlines the way planning issues are dealt with by the Council.

Town and Country Planning legislation is divided at the Council into two areas, Development Control and Forward Plans.

Development Control - deals principally with development proposals from pre-application discussions, formal applications and planning enforcement matters. Using the menu on the left you can find out how to make a planning application, how to comment on an existing planning application, about whether planning permission is required and how to make a complaint about unauthorised development.

Forward Plans - deals with planning policy regarding future development, allocations and the Development Plan. The Development Plan is a strategic framework that guides land use planning for the area, and is used to help determine decisions on planning applications. The Development Plan consists of the Local Development Framework, the Saved Local Plan and the Regional Spatial Strategy.

Further information can be found by using the navigation links on the left hand side of this web page.