- 1. Say what you’re planning
- 2. Upload and see the findings
Try it with your own drawings
As an applicant sees it, in our made-up example council. Upload a location plan, an elevation or a certificate and see within a minute what a validation officer would ask for.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.