Planning applications
Get details of current and past planning applications, submit online applications and find out how the planning application process works.
View details of planning applications, weekly lists of applications received and decided, property constraints, and documents and plans associated with recent applications. You can also use Public Access to submit comments on planning applications which are currently under consideration.
Copies of the plans for applications can be viewed online, at local libraries throughout the borough and at the Town Planning Advice Centre.
Find out if you need planning permission for your proposed works or development.
Pre-planning application advice and services for major cases and other developments.
For a planning application to be considered valid by the council, it will need to include a range of information known as 'planning application requirements'.
Our guide outlines what happens to an average planning application after it is submitted, including validation, consultation, how to comment on an application, and the decision-making process.
To enable you to submit planning applications online, we work in partnership with the Planning Portal. They provide additional guidance and information about making planning applications, as well as resources for study and research.
You can also download and print out planning application forms, then post your application to us.
Planning obligations are agreements entered into between the council and developers, usually in conjunction with the granting of planning permission. Find out how planning obligations work, and about the council's approach, existing agreements, proposed future developments and more.
Your questions about the planning application process answered.
Planning Applications Committees
Agendas, minutes and reports for the Planning Applications Committees, together with information about how the committees work and a schedule detailing when documents will be available online.
Since May 2007 the single Planning Applications Committee has been replaced by two separate committees Planning Applications Committee 1 (PAC1) and Planning Applications Committee A (PACA).