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Planning Application - Forms and advice

Planning Applications can be made in the following ways:

1. online via the Planning Portal.

This is the quickest and simplest way to make your application.

Please see our 'Guide to submitting electronic files with Planning Applications' which contains advice regarding file formats, sizes and information which will help you provide good quality images and plans in electronic format.

2. In paper form.

Download and print the appropriate 1APP Form and Validation Checklist from the selection below and bring or post your application forms, plans and Validation Checklist to us.

Care should be taken to select the correct form as failure to do so is likely to result in your application being returned to you. Please send to us at West Oxfordshire District Council, Planning Services, New Yatt Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 1PB. If you are unsure, require assistance with choosing or completing your planning application form then please contact Planning Services online or by telephone on 01993 861420.

Your Planning Application should include:

A completed Application Form
A completed Sustainability Compliance Statement (See Climate Change information below)
Plans, documents and a Design and Access Statement if required
Completed Validation Checklist.
A fee (if required)

(1 original & 3 copies of each document and plan is required)

Please also note that under certain circumstances (i.e. for larger applications where there are extensive plans or the supporting documents are large) we may ask for further copies of your application plans and details in electronic or paper form to allow us to consult on and assess your application effectively.

Climate Change

West Oxfordshire District Council recognises the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change. It is forecast that here in Oxfordshire we will experience some of the more severe impacts over the coming century. We are likely to have hotter drier summers, milder wetter winters, greater extremes in temperature and precipitation and increased storminess.

Tackling climate change is a key Government priority for the planning system - an important aspect of which is to encourage more sustainable buildings.

There is a need for action now so we are introducing a form named 'Sustainability Compliance Statement' to accompany all planning applications, on which you will be able to explain how your proposal meets the sustainability requirements set out in 'Sustainable Construction Interim Planning Advice'. This form should be sent to us, with your planning application as a supporting document.

The main purpose of this document is to:

Get things moving locally - we cannot afford to wait
Provide advice eg in pre-application discussions and for building control officers meeting with builders
Raise awareness and knowledge of those involved in the development industry, including planners and building control officers and local agents, architects and builders
Start testing approaches that may be incorporated into the Local Development Framework
Be an evolving document, regularly updated as national and local policies are approved and more information becomes available.

Design and Access Statements

From 6 April 2010, there are new requirements for a design and access statement.

Planning Application Forms and Validation Checklists

The new standard planning application forms include single forms for combined applications (e.g. an application for planning permission and listed building consent). Details for all the combination of application types and their numbers, are given below.

Note: If you are not submitting your application to us electronically, the following forms provided should be printed and completed manually. Remember we require 1 original & 3 copies of each document and plan to be submitted.

Your Planning Application should include:

A completed Application Form
Sustainability Compliance Statement
Plans, documents and a Design and Access Statement if required
Completed Validation Checklist.
A fee (if required)

Householder Planning Applications

These forms should be used for householder applications for works to or within the curtilage of existing dwellings only. Planning applications are checked for completeness within 24 working hours of receipt and applicants advised of any omissions and how to proceed. If you require assistance with completing your planning application form then please contact Planning Services online or by telephone on 01993 861420.

N.B. The forms provided should be printed and completed manually. Remember we require 1 original & 3 copies of each document and plan to be submitted.

If you are not the owner of the land to which your application refers, or the land is part of an agricultural holding and has a tenant, you should also download an Article 6 Notice which should be served on the owner or tenant, or published in a newspaper and, where relevant, on a website.

1. Householder Application for Planning Permission for works or extension to a dwelling

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