Planning Application - Forms and advice

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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.

You will:

be taken step by step through the process
be able to submit and pay for your application, instantly.

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 traditional, paper form.

Download and print the appropriate 1APP Form and Validation Checklist from the selection below and bring or send 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.

Should you require further advice, please contact Planning Services online or by telephone 01993 861420.

Your Planning Application should include:

A completed Application Form
Plans, documents and a 'Design and Access Statement' if required (see below)
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.

Design and Access Statements

A 'Design and Access Statement' is required with certain planning application types before they can be considered 'valid'.

It is a short report accompanying and supporting a planning application to illustrate the process that has led to the development proposal and to explain and justify the proposal in a structured way.

Statements should be proportionate to the complexity of the application, but need not be long.

Design and Access statements are not required for the following planning applications types:

Change in the use of land or buildings,
engineering or mining applications,
development within the curtilage of a single dwelling house which is not within a Conservation Area or A.O.N.B. (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), S.S.S.I. or World Heritage Site.
Advertisement consent,
Tree Preservation Orders
Hazardous Substances, which are subject to separate legislation

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
Plans, documents and a 'Design and Access Statement' if required (see above)
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.

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.

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

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2. Householder Application for Planning Permission for works or extension to a dwelling and Conservation Area Consent for demolition

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Note: Conservation Area Consent is only required for demolition in a Conservation Area and then only in certain circumstances. When is Conservation Area Consent Required?

Please seek advice if you are unsure. If you complete an application form asking for Conservation Area Consent and it is not required, the form will be returned and you will be asked to complete the correct form.

3. Householder Application for Planning Permission for works or extension to a dwelling and Listed Building Consent for alterations, extension or demolition of a Listed Building

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(If your dwelling is a Listed Building and the works do not require Planning Permission but the works of alteration to the building or structure require Listed Building Consent, please use the form type 11 below.)

General Planning Application Forms

These should be used for General Planning Permission (New dwellings, Commercial applications etc).

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.

4. Application for Planning Permission (inc Change of Use)

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Note: Applications for Major Planning Applications (i.e. an application for 10 dwellings or more; an outline application for residential on sites of 0.5 hectares or more; or an application for offices, general industrial, storage and distribution and shops where the floor space exceeds 1000sq m, you should use the Major Applications Validation Checklist.

5. Application for Outline Planning Permission with some matters reserved

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6. Application for Outline Planning Permission with all matters reserved

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7. Application for Planning Permission and Conservation Area Consent for demolition in a Conservation Area

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8. Application for Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for alterations, extension or demolition of a Listed Building

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9. Application for Planning Permission with Advertisement Consent to display an advertisement

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10. Application for Conservation Area Consent for demolition in a Conservation Area

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Note: Conservation Area Consent is only required for demolition in a Conservation Area and then only in certain circumstances. When is Conservation Area Consent required?

Please seek advice if you are unsure. If you complete an application form asking for Conservation Area Consent and it is not required, the form will be returned to you.

11. Application for Listed Building Consent for alterations, extension or demolition of a Listed Building

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12. Application for Advertisment Consent (to display an advert)

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13. Application for Advertisement Consent and Listed Building Consent (to display an advertisement on a Listed Building)

(Due to delay by Communities and Local Government, this combined application type is not currently available. In the meantime it is suggested that application type 11 and type 12 are completed and submitted together)

Validation Checklist for application type 13 (See checklists for types 11 and 12 combined)

Lawful Development Certificates

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.

14. Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing use or Operation or Activity, including those in breach of a planning condition

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15. Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed use or Development

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Prior Notification Forms for Agricultural or Forestry Development

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.

16. Prior Notification of proposed Agricultural or Forestry Development - Proposed Building

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17. Prior Notification of proposed Agricultural or Forestry Development - Proposed Road or Track

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18. Prior Notification of Proposed Agricultural or Forestry Development - Excavation/Waste Material

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19. Prior Notification of proposed Agricultural or Forestry Development - Proposed Fish Tank (cage)

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Miscellaneous Planning Application Forms

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.

20. Prior Notification of proposed development in respect of Permitted Development by Telecommunications Code Systems Operators

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21. Hedgerow Removal Notice

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22. Prior Notification of proposed demolition

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23. Application for Approval of Reserved Matters following Outline approval

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25 and 26. Application for Removal or Variation of a Condition following approval of Planning Permission

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27. Application for Approval of Details reserved by Condition This form is to be used for the Approval of Details reserved by Condition of an existing Planning Permission or Consent. Under the terms of 'The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications and Deemed Applications) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008', the discharge of conditions attached to a planning permission attracts a fee. Under this process, if the Local Planning Authority has not formally responded in writing to your request to discharge condition(s) within a period of 12 weeks from the receipt of your completed application, the fee will be returned to you.

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31. Application for Tree Works: Works to trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) and/or Notification of proposed works to Trees in a Conservation Area

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