Prior Approval and Prior Notifications

Essential Documents	Standard Expected
The correct form	Completed via the Planning Portal
Location plan	Ordnance Survey based Scale 1:1250 or 1:2500 Site clearly outlined with a red line Two named public roads and surrounding buildings North point A scale bar
Detailed written description	A written summary of the proposed development, materials, and dimensions
Plans (where requested or as additional information – table below)	Scale 1:50 or 1:100 Scale bar Existing and Proposed
CIL Form Click here	Form 5
Correct fee	Most Prior Approval applications require a fee; check the current fee schedule

Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) is the legislation which outlines the development types and the process for prior approvals and prior notifications.
You must provide at least the minimum information required by the legislation for your application to be validated. We have set out below the application type, and direct link to the corresponding legislation.

Common Application / Development Types		Links to legislative requirements
Householder Developments	Larger home extensions (Class A)	Requirements detailed in paragraph A.4(2) of Part 1
Householder Developments	Construction of additional storeys (Class AA)	Requirements detailed in paragraph AA.3(2) of Part 1
Change of use	Commercial, business and service or betting office or pay day loan shop to mixed use (Class G); Certain uses to dwellinghouses (Class M); Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses (Class MA) Specified sui generis uses to dwellinghouses (Class N) Offices to dwellinghouses (Class O) Storage or distribution centre to dwellinghouses (Class P) Premises in light industrial use to dwellinghouses (Class PA) Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses (Class Q) Agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use (Class R) Agricultural buildings to a state-funded school (Class S) Commercial, business and service, hotels etc to state funded schools (Class T)	Requirements detailed in paragraph W of Part 3
Temporary buildings and uses	Moveable structures for historic visitor attractions and listed pubs, restaurants etc (Class BB)	Requirements detailed in paragraph BB.3(2) of Part 4
Temporary buildings and uses	Provision of a temporary state-funded school on previously vacant commercial land (Class CA)	Requirements detailed in paragraph W, Part 3
Non-domestic extensions, alterations etc.	Extensions etc for schools, colleges, universities, prisons and hospitals (Class M)	Requirements detailed in paragraph M.2A(2) of Part 7
Heritage and demolition	Demolition of buildings (Class B)	Requirements detailed in paragraph B.2 of Part 11
Renewable energy	Non-domestic solar panels (Class J)	Requirements detailed in paragraph J.4 of Part 14
Telecommunications	Electronic communications code operators (Class A)	Requirements detailed in paragraph A.3 of Part 16
Construction of new dwellinghouses	Demolition of buildings and construction of new dwellinghouses in their place (Class ZA) New dwellinghouses on detached blocks of flats (Class A) New dwellinghouses on detached buildings in commercial or mixed use (Class AA) New dwellinghouses on terrace buildings in commercial or mixed use (Class AB) New dwellinghouses on terrace buildings in use as dwellinghouses (Class AC) New dwellinghouses on detached buildings in use as dwellinghouses (Class AD)	Requirements for the above detailed in paragraph B of Part 20