Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed Use
Please note that the application form cannot be completed
on-screen and must be printed before completion.
Help Completing the Form
1. Applicant Name and Address
Please enter the Applicant Details, including full name and
title. Please also enter the house/flat number and/or name (if
applicable) and street name in the Street address field. The town,
county, country and full postcode should also be entered.
If the application is being submitted by an agent (i.e. someone
who is acting on the applicant's behalf) all correspondence,
including the decision letter, will be sent to him/her.
2. Agent Name and Address
Please enter the Agent Details, including full name and title.
Please also enter the house/flat number and/or name (if applicable)
and street name in the Street address field. The town, county,
country and full postcode should also be entered.
If the application is being submitted by an agent (i.e. someone
who is acting on the applicant's behalf) all correspondence,
including the decision letter, will be sent to him/her.
3. Site Address Details
Please enter the full postal address of the site. Enter the
house/flat number and / or name (if appropriate) and street name in
the Street address field. The town, county, country and full
postcode should also be entered. If the application relates to open
ground describe its location as clearly as possible (e.g. ‘Land to
rear of 12 to 18 High Street’ or provide a grid reference).
When you submit a location plan, it is recommended that this is
at a scale of 1:1250 or 1:2500, showing at least two named roads
and surrounding buildings. The properties shown should be numbered
or named to ensure that the exact location of the application site
is clear.
The application site must be edged clearly with a red line on
the location plan. It should include all land necessary to carry
out the proposed development (e.g. land required for access to the
site from a public highway, visibility splays (access around a road
junction or access, which should be free from obstruction),
landscaping, car parking and open areas around buildings).
A blue line must be drawn on the plan around any other land
owned by the applicant, close to or adjoining the application
site.
All plans must be to a metric scale and any figured dimensions
given in metres and a scale bar should be included. Each plan
should show the direction of North.
4. Pre-application Advice
The local authority may be able to offer (possibly for a fee)
pre-application discussions before a formal application is
submitted in order to guide applicants through the process. This
can minimise delays later in processing the application.
Pre-application discussions can also help you and the planning
authority identify areas of concern about your proposed development
so that you can give consideration to amending your proposal before
the application is submitted. The advice and guidance given to you
at the pre-application stage is given in good faith. However, it
does not guarantee or supply a definitive undertaking as to whether
your proposal is likely to be acceptable.
If you have received pre-application advice from the planning
service please indicate the reference/date of any correspondence or
discussion and the name of the officer. If you do not know these
details then please state ‘Unknown’.
This will assist the Council in dealing with your application as
quickly as possible.
5. Lawful development Certificate – Interest in Land
Please specify the applicant’s interest in the land. An Owner is
the freeholder of the site and anyone who has a leasehold interest
with at least seven years unexpired.
6. Council Employee/Member
You must declare whether the applicant or agent is a member of
the council’s staff, an elected member of the Council or related to
a member of staff or elected member of the Council.
Serving elected members or planning officers who submit their
own planning applications should play no part in their
determination and such applications should be determined by the
planning committee rather than by planning officers under delegated
powers.
For the purposes of this question, 'related to' means related,
by birth or otherwise, closely enough that a fair-minded and
informed observer, having considered the facts, would conclude that
there was a real possibility of bias on the part of the
decision-maker in the local planning authority.
7. Grounds for Application
You must explain in your own words why you consider a Lawful
Development Certificate should be granted. The evidence necessary
to prove your entitlement to a certificate will depend on what is
applied for, but you should always remember that for the emphasis
is on the applicant to convince the local authority that a
certificate should be issued. Therefore, the evidence submitted
should be clear and convincing
.
It is important that you state the relevant Use Class (if any)
of any development deemed lawful. The Use Classes of the Town and
Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) can be found
at:
http://www.planningportal.gov.ukl
8. Description of Proposal
If the proposal consists of, or includes, carrying out building
or other operations, please give a detailed description of all such
operations and attach such plans or drawings as are necessary to
show their precise nature. (In the case of a proposed building, the
plans should indicate its precise siting and exact dimensions.)
9. Planning Application Requirements & Local Level
Requirements
There are two levels of requirements, national and local:
- National - Use the checklist to ensure that
the forms have been correctly completed and that all relevant
information is submitted.
- Local - The local planning authority will have
produced a document (usually available from their website) which
details any specific information that is required to accompany the
application in addition to the national requirements.
Failure to complete the form correctly or to supply sufficiently
detailed drawings or other relevant supporting information may
result in your application being returned as invalid.
10. Declaration
Please sign and date your application
11. Applicant Contact Details
Please provide contact information for the applicant.
12. Agent Contact Details
Please provide contact information for the agent.
13. Site Visit
Access to the site (i.e. where the works are proposed to take
place) may be required by the case officer. Please provide contact
details in the event that an appointment needs to be made. This
will assist the Council in dealing with your application as quickly
as possible.
If you need any further help or guidance
please email the Planning
Enquires team or telephone 01233 330264.
This webpage was updated on
7/19/2011