The format of plans/documents submitted to Planning
Services need to meet the following criteria:
The file size should not exceed 10mb when
emailing plans and/or documents.
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Acceptable formats of electronic documents
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File extension
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Portable Document Format (Adobe Acrobat)
Recommended (but please do not
convert photographs from .jpg format)
Note: PDF’s should be enabled to allow
use of the measuring tools in Adobe Reader.
To enable users of Reader 8 or later
to use the measuring tool, open the PDF and choose Comments >
Enable For Commenting And Analysis In Adobe Reader
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.pdf
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Microsoft Word or WordPerfect 5.1 or higher, provided that
documents have a .doc extension
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.doc
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Tagged Image Format
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.tif
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Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
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.jpg
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Microsoft Excel
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.xls
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Most CAD systems provide a facility to convert output into PDF
format, and we recommend that you use this to send us these
documents.
If you send us information that we are unable to read, we will
need to contact you and ask you to reformat and resubmit it.
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Unacceptable Formats
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File extension
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Various CAD formats
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.dwg, .dgn, .dxf
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Other formats
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.docx, .html, .zip, .csv, .cas, .frr, .src, .sws
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Submissions via the Planning Portal:
Details of acceptable formats when submitting
online planning applications via the Planning Portal can be found
in
Guidance Notes: Making a Planning Application Online