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Householder

Householder planning permission

For extensions, loft conversions and dormers, porches, garden rooms and garages, and fences, walls or driveways at a house, when the works need planning permission. Not for flats, new homes or a change of use.

3 documents always needed · 101 checks

Full planning permission

Full planning permission (minor development)

For up to 9 new homes, conversions into flats, changes of use, works to flats and commercial buildings, and new shopfronts. Not for extensions to a house (use householder) or major development.

4 documents always needed · 114 checks

Trees

Works to protected trees

Consent to cut down or prune a tree with a Tree Preservation Order, or 6 weeks' notice for a tree in a conservation area. There's no fee.

2 documents always needed · 22 checks

Lawful development certificates

Lawful development certificate (proposed)

A legally binding confirmation from the council that something you plan to do, most often a permitted development extension, loft conversion or outbuilding, would be lawful without planning permission.

2 documents always needed · 65 checks

Listed buildings

Listed building consent

For works that affect the character of a listed building, inside or out: alterations, extensions and demolition. Often needed alongside planning permission.

7 documents always needed · 75 checks

Prior approval

Prior approval: larger single-storey rear extension

For a single-storey rear extension deeper than 3 m (4 m for a detached house) and up to 6 m (8 m detached), under permitted development. The council asks your neighbours and only looks at the effect on them.

2 documents always needed · 41 checks

Advertisements

Advertisement consent

Consent to display a sign or advert, such as an illuminated fascia, a projecting sign, a totem or a hoarding, when it doesn't have deemed consent.

4 documents always needed · 24 checks

Lawful development certificates

Lawful development certificate (existing)

A legally binding confirmation that an existing use, building work or breach of a condition is lawful, usually because it has gone on long enough that no enforcement action can be taken.

4 documents always needed · 34 checks