HOUSEHOLDER	Fee	Fee (including VAT)
Household (enlargement, improvement, alteration to any existing dwelling or development or development proposed within the curtilage (not including replacement dwelling but is including an annex).	£125.00	£150.00
Householder and listed buildings (enlargement, improvement, alteration to an existing dwelling or development proposed within the curtilage [not including replacement dwelling but is including an annex).	£250.00	£300.00

Exemptions

Application relating to Disability Adaptations	Free
For Listed Building Enquiries only – Accidental damage/urgent works/structural failure requiring immediate attention (where not due to neglect).	Free

This service is for anyone looking for general advice about a historic building (whether listed, unlisted and/or in a conservation area). We can offer specialist advice about:

• whether a proposal will need listed building consent,
• the likelihood of receiving listed building consent for any alteration or extensions. (we have another service for joint Planning permission and listed building consent)
• repairs and maintenance to historic buildings,
• energy efficiency improvements, and
• review of heritage statements.

This service offers design and heritage advice only from a historic environment officer. It does not address any other planning issues.

This can include a site visit, and a written response, by email or letter.

To submit your query, please follow this link https://iweb.itouchvision.com/portal/itouchvision/r/customer/category_link?cuid=A623B1EDAFE139261AE05314018AA8CFC0D2CDAC&lang=EN&P_LANG=en

 

It is best to get in contact with us right at the start before you have invested in drawings so we can help identify key constraints that your proposal will need to tackle early on. We can point you in the right direction for this and then work with you on your scheme as it develops.

Therefore, there is very little required as a set minimum for information for the paid service, but we do need an address. You might tell us the level of advice that you would like and we will advise on the level and type of information that you would then need to provide, to enable us to do this. When you are ready to submit drawings to us for comment, the more information that we have, the more detailed our advice can be.

As a general guide, for more detailed advice we will usually need to see a location plan, a site plan (showing the proposal outline and the positions of neighbouring properties), elevations, floorplans and sections for sloping sites. We might need other supporting documents to cover relevant material considerations such as ecology, transport, heritage, landscape, daylight / sunlight analysis. Other information to help explain the scheme may include photographs, draft design and access statement, street scenes, relevant site history etc.

If you do not have any information we can provide generic advice which is also available on the links below:

• The national and local requirements for submitting a valid application
• Where to look to obtain policy information 
• General material considerations 

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Phone - 01962 848 177

It is best to get in contact with us right at the start of your project,  we will be happy to hear your ideas and advise on the next steps which might include the paid for service which you can register with us over the phone.

You can also submit:

• Online

You can submit your request and payment online here 

Or

Where your fee is Exempt or you wish to pay by a different method you can submit your request online here

• Reception

We have facilities in our reception where you can submit your request and payment.

You will receive an automated acknowledgement which lists some contact phone numbers and timeframes which will help you access other enquiry services across the wider council. However for this Planning Enquiry service please refer to the advice given on this page about response timeframes and contact phone numbers. After you submit your enquiry we will acknowledge it with your reference number and then a Planning Officer will contact you.

We aim to advise of the merits of a scheme delivering more certainty by indicating likely or possible outcomes for it. The new service will allow us to understand what your priorities are and how you wish to receive our advice, to work collaboratively with you to shape your proposals and to clearly establish the options available to you with reference to the Development Plan framework.

We will agree a deliverable timeframe with you to provide the advice requested only extending it where more time is needed for valid reasons.

Please note that the Local Planning Authority cannot control response times from third party consultees but we will keep you informed about this.