You may use our website regularly to prepare materials for your Planning Committee, but still find planning a maze of regulations which are hard to implement or explain to the community you serve. Below are our tools to make your life easier.
Handling applications
- Our Planning application search tool includes a quick switch between current and historic applications, making it easier to check the context of any new proposal, and find the documents you need.
- You can easily find the weekly list of new applications, so you can keep tabs on development proposals in your parish
- Sign up to our application update email service, which allows you to filter searches by parish or ward, saving time and printing.
The Planning process
- To support everyone involved in the planning application process, we've made a simple step-by-step guide, for applicants and local people who want to comment on development proposals.
- We've included a detailed overview of the stages of planning decision making, to empower local campaigners and decision makers.
Local Planning policy
- You can easily check which land designations and local policies apply to your area, using our online policy mapping tool.
- Because they give rise to such strong local feelings, we've created topic-orientated guides to common local policy concerns and constraints, such as sustainability, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation and ecology.
- You can sign up for Planning policy email updates, to keep in touch with any changes to how we are handling applications locally.
Have your say
- If you'd like to promote greater public engagement and participation in the planning process, our introduction to local planning policy development and neighbourhood planning pages are tools designed to enable local residents to understand the issues and have their say.
- Learn more about how we develop and consult on Planning policy.
- Follow the development of the new Local Plan.
- View current and previous Planning consultations