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Outline planning permission (some matters reserved) checklist
The following checklist should be used in conjunction with the application for outline planning permission with some matters reserved.
You may be required to produce a Design and Access Statement to accompany your application. Further information on applying for planning permission and planning application forms is available here.
Please ensure you have met the following requirements before sending us your completed application form:
- Completed form (4 copies to be supplied unless the application is submitted online via the Planning Portal website)
- A plan which identifies the land to which the application relates drawn to an identified scale and showing the direction of North (4 copies to be supplied unless the application is submitted online via the Planning Portal website)
- A copy of other plans and drawings or information necessary to describe the subject of the application (4 copies to be supplied unless the application is online via the Planning Portal website) including:
- Block plan of the site (e.g. at a scale of 1:100 or 1:200) showing any site boundaries
- The completed Ownership Certificate (A, B, C or D – as applicable) as required by Article 7 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995
- Agricultural Holdings Certificate as required by Article 7 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995
- Design and Access Statement, if required
- The appropriate fee
- In addition, where Ownership Certificates B, C or D have been completed, notice(s) as required by Article 6 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995 must be given and/or published in accordance with this Article
The Council may also require that one or more of the documents set out in the following "Local Requirements" should be submitted before it can validate and register the application:
- Affordable housing statement
- Air quality assessment
- Biodiversity survey and report
- Economic statement
- Environmental statement
- Town Centre Uses – evidence to accompany applications
- Flood risk assessment
- Foul sewage and utilities assessment
- Heritage statement (including historical, archaeological features and Scheduled Ancient Monuments)
- Land Contamination assessment
- Landfill statement
- Landscaping details
- Lighting assessment
- Noise impact assessment
- Open Space assessment
- Parking provision
- Photographs and photomontages
- Planning obligations – Draft Head(s) of Terms
- Planning Statement
- Site waste management plan
- Statement of community involvement
- Structural survey
- Telecommunication development - supplementary information
- Transport assessment
- Travel plan
- Tree survey/arboricultural implications
- Ventilation/extraction statement
If you are unsure about which documents you are required to submit, please contact us for informal advice.