Making a planning application
How to make a planning application for the management of waste or extraction of minerals.
Get advice before you apply
Before you submit an application we strongly encourage all applicants to contact us for pre-application advice to explore potential issues at an early stage and enable a timely decision is reached.
Submitting an application
You can either make an application via the Planning Portal website or complete the relevant form and upload it, along with all other application documents, to our contact us form.
Management of waste
You can either make an application on the Planning Portal website or complete a full application form offline.
Refer to our planning application guidance notes (pdf format, 203KB) and planning portal help notes (365KB) for further information.
Extraction of minerals
For applications relating to the extraction of minerals, complete the following form.
- minerals planning application form (pdf format, 299KB)
- planning application guidance notes (pdf format, 600Kb)
Our own operational use
To make an application for the following:
- schools
- libraries
- other council buildings
Use the Planning Portal website or complete a full application form offline.
Other types of applications
Please use the following forms as required:
- Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing use or operation or activity
- Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed use or development
- Application for approval of details reserved by condition
- Application for a non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission
- Application for Outline Planning Permission with all matters reserved
- Application for Outline Planning Permission with Some Matters Reserved
- Application for approval of reserved matters following outline approval
- Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission
Modification of legal agreements/planning obligations under Section 106A
Applications seeking to modify the terms of an existing legal agreement or planning obligation entered into under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as amended may be made under Section 106A of the Act.
Local list of information requirements
The Local List of Information Requirements for validation of planning and related applications (The Local List) was republished in September 2023. This document sets out the information which will be required for all applications to be validated and our own local information requirements which, if considered relevant to your application, will also be required for the application to be validated.
The Local List was last updated in August 2021. The NPPF requires that the Local List be reviewed at least every two years. A provisional review of the Local List was undertaken in August 2023, and it was considered that no changes were immediately necessary at that time. A full review is being undertaken in 2025.
Pre-application discussions
All applicants are strongly advised to engage in pre-application advice with us to seek to identify and agree on those items on the Local List which are relevant to their application and which, therefore, will be required to be provided for it to be validated when submitted.
District council applications
For planning applications that are not for minerals or waste development or our own operational development, contact your district council: