Is your planning application valid
When we receive your application, it will be formally checked to make sure that it is accurate and complete. We won’t validate your application if any of the relevant information is missing or inaccurate, please read our validation checklists below to ensure all of the required information has been submitted with your application.
Please note that photographs of plans will not be accepted, any plans submitted must be of a true scale and size of the originally produced document. Your application will be deemed as invalid if you submit photographs of plans.
To comply with the requirements for Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) you are required to submit the following information:
- a statement as to whether the applicant believes the development is subject to the biodiversity gain condition (on application form);
- A biodiversity metric showing the pre-development biodiversity value of the onsite habitat on the date of application;
- a statement confirming whether the biodiversity value of the onsite habitat is lower on the date of application because of the carrying out of activities (‘degradation’);
- a description of any irreplaceable habitat; and
- a plan showing onsite habitat existing on the date of application
In accordance with government guidance from the 1st August 2021, any planning applications for buildings 18m in height or more or 7 or more storeys containing two or more dwellings or educational accommodation will be required to be accompanied by a fire statement (Word Version).