Explanatory notes for applicants
General

1. Please read these notes carefully before filling in your planning application forms, they may help you and avoid unnecessary delay. You may also find it helpful to call at your Local Area Planning Office to discuss your proposals before you complete your application form. Remember it is better to make an appointment.

If your application does not include all the relevant information it will be returned to you as invalid and you will be asked to submit a new planning application.

This guidance is not an exact statement of the law. If when you have read it you are still in doubt, you should contact your Local Area Planning Office where the staff will be happy to advise you.

Remember no works should commence on site until full planning permission has been granted.