A valid application requires:

• All entries on the form to be completed
• A certificate of ownership
• The site correctly identified on a map
• The correct fee
• Accurate Drawings

If your application does not meet these requirements we will inform you within 7 working days that it is invalid, specify the information required and give you 28 days to return the information. Your application will be returned if it is not made valid.

Guidance notes are available to help complete forms.

If the application is valid it will be registered and we will:

• Send you an acknowledgement
• Visit the site, normally within15 working days of receiving your application
• Negotiate an acceptable solution where possible rather than refuse your application
• Inform you, on request, of progress on your application and of representations made

Application files are open for public inspection. All plans, supporting documents and information and representations can be inspected. We can provide copies of all information on the file at a charge.

Fees and Charges
We do not charge a fee for inspecting planning files whether current or determind. We make the following charges for information.

• Decision Notice - FREE
• Photocopying
  up to 9 copies - FREE
  10 or more - 10p per sheet
  
• A0, A1 and A2 plans - £5 per sheet
• Site History - £30 per hour (or part hour)

There is a separate scale of charges for planning application fees.