Planning applications and enforcement
Most development must have planning permission before new building starts or before a new use of land or building occurs. We only deal with planning applications for:
- waste (such as landfill sites or waste water treatment works)
- minerals (such as chalk, gravel and sand extraction or mining)
- our own development (such as schools or roads).
For all other types of development, contact your local district or borough council:
- Search planning applications
- Search our Planning Register for details of minerals and waste, or council planning applications and enforcement notices. Submit comments about applications to us, online.
- Making a planning application
- All the information and documents you need to make a planning application for a waste or minerals development.
- Development control
- About the service we aim to provide if you apply for planning permission, comment on an application or notify us about a breach of planning control.
- Planning constraints
- Information about special considerations or designations that may decide whether a piece of land can be developed.
- Monitoring of sites
- How we monitor whether conditions are being met on sites that have planning permission.
- Planning enforcement
- About our enforcement powers, the tools we use to deal with breaches of planning control and how to report a potential breach.
