If you wish to display an advert you may well need advertisement
consent as the advertisement control system covers a very wide
range of advertisements and signs including:
- posters and notices
- placards and boards
- fascia signs and projecting signs
- pole signs and canopy signs
- models and devices
- advance signs and directional signs
- estate agents' boards
- captive balloon advertising (not balloons in flight)
- flag advertisements
- price markers and price displays
- traffic signs
- town and village name signs
You are unlikely to need consent for signs less than 0.3 metres
squared on your house with a name or number on it. Temporary
notices up to 0.6 metres squared relating to local events (fetes
and concerts for example) can be displayed for short periods.
A certificate of lawfulness for proposed or existing use is a
statutory document confirming that the use, operation or activity
named on it is lawful for planning control purposes on the date
specified in the document. It enables the Council, where sufficient
evidence exists and all the conditions are satisfied, to grant a
certificate in relation to:
- an existing use of land
- some operational development or;
- an activity in breach of a planning condition which has become
lawful or;
- a proposed use of land or buildings or some operational
development to be carried out which would need to be lawful
You need to apply for planning permission for domestic and
comercial development.
You will need to apply to us if you wish to:
- agree details required under a condition attached to a planning
permission or consent. If the condition requires that
something is done or agreed before development begins, make sure
that you have left plenty of time.
- ask us to confirm that all or some of the conditions on a
permission have been complied with. This may be the case if,
for example, you are going to sell a new development and the
purchaser wants confirmation that conditions have been complied
with.
If you live in a conservation area, you will need conservation
area consent to:
- demolish a building with a volume of more than 115 cubic
metres
- demolish a gate, fence, wall or railing over 1 metre high next
to a highway (including a public footpath or bridleway) or public
open space or over 2 metres high elsewhere
You can now apply for a new permission to replace a permission
which was extant on the 1 October 2009 (that is, it had not then
expired), and any associated listed building or conservation area
consent, in order to extend the time limit for implementation.
Most applications are full planning applications requiring you
to submit all details of the proposal.
Planning permission is required for extensions and other works
to existing dwellings.
You need to apply for listed building consent if:
- you want to demolish a listed building or;
- you want to alter or extend a listed building in a manner which
would affect its character as a building of special architectural
or historic interest
You may also need listed building consent for any works to
separate buildings within the grounds of a listed building. For
more information, refer to listed buildings.
Most minerals and waste development need planning
permission. Some examples are:
- extraction or movement of minerals such as sand, clay and
chalk
- movement, handling or treatment of waste materials (including
soil from construction sites), or recyclable materials
- deposition or other disposal of waste
Be warned, if you are a landowner that allows unauthorised
mineral extraction or waste handling or disposal to take place on
your land without obtaining permission first, you may be forced to
put things right later, which could prove very costly. Please check
with us before proceeding.
You can now apply to make small changes to a proposal that has
planning permission. It is recommended that you discuss this
with Planning Services before applying, as what we regard as
"non-material" will depend on the exact details of your
proposal.
Outline planning applications can be made to find out whether
the development is acceptable in principle, while keeping some
details (reserved matters) to be agreed later. It has the advantage
that detailed drawings are not needed. Once outline permission has
been granted, you will need to ask for the details to be approved.
This is known as reserved matters approval and must be done
before work can start.
In some cases, you will have to notify us if you wish to carry
out certain agricultural, telecommunications or forestry
work. Some demolitions also require prior notification. Works
to hedges and trees, and trees protected by a tree
preservation order.
You will need ot apply if you wish to remove or vary an existing
condition.
You will need to submit a hedgerow removal notice to remove
a hedge; a tree works application if you wish to carry out
works on tree(s) and tree(s) located in a conservation area.