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For guidance on whether or not planning permission is required to extend or alter your property as well as help and advice about planning issues you can visit the Interactive House 
on the Planning Portal, the government website for planning. However, you are advised that this is guidance only. When in doubt please check with us.
on the Planning Portal, the government website for planning. However, you are advised that this is guidance only. When in doubt please check with us.For your general guidance, however, please see the list below of the different types of planning application that can be made. Each application is linked to an explanation of what that application may be used for:
- Householder Planning Applications
- Full Planning (Non-Residential) Applications
- Conservation Area Consent Only Applications
- Listed Buildings Consent Only Applications
- Outline Planning Permission Applications
- Reserved Matters Applications
- Approval of Conditions Applications
- Removal or Variation of Condition(s) Applications
- Extension of time limit applications
- Non-material amendment(s) applications
- Advertisement Consent Applications
- Prior Notification Applications
- Prior Notification of Proposed Demolition Applications
- Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing use or operation or activity including those in breach of a planning condition
- Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for a Proposed use or development
- Applications for planning permission made retrospectively
Householder Application for Planning Permission for works or extension to a dwelling
Make this application for
- Extensions and alterations within the boundaries of an existing residential dwelling.
Do not use this form for:
- New dwellings (including the division of a single dwelling into two or more flats),
- If any business use is involved such as bed and breakfast accommodation or residential care homes,
- Extensions or alterations to flats or maisonettes – these would all require an application for ‘Full Planning Permission’
Householder Application for Planning Permission for works or extension to a dwelling and Conservation Area Consent
Make this application for:
- Schemes that require Householder Planning Permission in their own right and Conservation Area Consent is also required for the scheme.
Householder Application for Planning Permission for works or extension to a dwelling and listed building consent
Make this application for:
- Schemes that require Householder Planning Permission in their own right and Listed Building Consent is also required for the scheme
Application for Planning Permission
Make this application for non-residential schemes and developments such as
- New building/engineering; engineering works
- A change of use proposal
- Full applications to unlisted building works including works to flats and renewal of a temporary planning permission.
Application for Planning Permission and Conservation Area Consent for demolition in a conservation area.
Make this application for:
- Schemes that require the above permission in its own right and Conservation Area Consent is also required for the scheme
Application for Planning Permission and Listed Building Consent for alterations, extension or demolition of a listed building
Make this application for:
- Schemes that require the above permission in its own right and Listed Building Consent is also required for the scheme
Application for Planning Permission and consent to display advertisement(s)
Make this application for:
- Schemes that require the above permission in its own right and Advertisement Consent is also required for the scheme
Application for conservation area consent for demolition in a conservation area
Make this application for:
- Schemes that involve enough demolition in a Conservation Area to require Conservation Area Consent but do not require Planning Permission.
Application for Listed Building Consent for alterations, extension or demolition of a listed building
Make this application for:
- Schemes that affect a Listed Building enough to require Listed Building Consent but do not require Planning Permission.
Applications for work to hedges and trees
Application for hedgerow removal notice
Make this application to:
- Revome rural hedges on agricultural land
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'
Make this application to:
- Undertake work to a protected tree(s)
Application for Outline Planning Permission with some matters reserved and Application for Outline Planning Permission with all matters reserved
Make these applications for:
- Gaining an agreement to a scheme in principle. This type of permission is usually sought for larger schemes. Detailed plans are not usually submitted at the outline stage although there are still some plans that we will need to see
- Outline Planning Permission cannot be granted for a proposed change in the use of land or buildings.
- We would advise against applying for Outline Planning Permission for such schemes as alterations to a residential dwelling and would advise that you submit a pre-application enquiry instead if you are keen to know if we would allow the scheme in principle before you apply.
Application for approval of reserved matters following outline approval
Make this application :
- To gain approval for further details following the a grant of Outline Planning Permission
Application for approval of details reserved by condition
Make this application :
- If you wish to discharge a condition in a planning permission or Listed Building Consent which requires approval before the development can begin. To be used when a person wishes to modify or discharge Planning Obligation(s) under Section 106.
Application for removal or variation of a condition following grant of planning permission
Make this application for:
- Variation or removal of condition(s) of a planning permission or listed building consent.
Application for a New Planning Permission to replace an Extant Planning Permission, Associated Listed Building and/or Conservation Area Consents in Order to Extend the Time Limit for Implementation
Make this application for:
- A new planning permission to replace an extant planning permission, where the applicant is seeking to extend the time limit for implementation. It should also be used where an extant listed building consent or conservation area consent is associated with the planning permission, and the applicant wishes to extend the time limit for implementation for that consent also.
- For paper applications please use the Extension of time application form (Printable) .
Application for a non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission
Make this application for:
- A non-material amendment (or amendments) to an existing planning permission. Please note that an application can only be considered as a non-material amendment to the original application so long as it does not significantly vary from the original application.The Council must be satisfied that the amendment application relates to development of the same character or description as the development to which the earlier application related.
- Non-material amendment application form (Printable)
Application for consent to display an advertisement(s)
Make this application for:
- The consent to display an advertisement
Application for Planning Permission and consent to display advertisement(s)
Make this application for:
- Schemes that require Planning Permission (non-domestic) in its own right and where Advertisement Consent is also required for the scheme
- Agricultural or Forestry Development - Proposed Building
- Agricultural or Forestry Development - Proposed Road
- Agricultural or Forestry Development - Proposed Excavation/Waste Material
- Agricultural or Forestry Development - Proposed Fish Tank (Cage)
- Application for Prior Notification of Proposed Development by Telecommunications Code System Operators
Application for Prior Notification of Proposed Demolition
Make this application for:
- The demolition of residential buildings and buildings adjoining. If the property is in a conservation area or a Listed Building this procedure is not appropriate and a Listed Building Consent Application or a Conservation Area Consent Application will be required.
Where demolition works are likely to have significant effects upon the environment you may be required to submit an Environmental Impact Assessment.
Lawful Development Certificate Applications
Application for a Lawful Development Certificate for an Existing use or operation or activity including those in breach of a planning condition
Make this application for:
- Developments that have been undertaken without planning permission
There are two instances in which you might apply for this type of Certificate:
- If you would like formal confirmation that planning permission was not required as the work carried out was within the limitations of Permitted Development.
- If you believe the development is exempt from enforcement action due to the length of time that has elapsed since the structure was built or the operation/use commenced. All unauthorised structures (and also unauthorised use as a dwelling house or self-contained flat or maisonette) require a four-year period of proof, while all remaining unauthorised uses require a ten-year period of proof, including where, for instance, a condition prevents permenant residential use.
- House into flats (self contained) = in existence for 4 years or more
- House into bedsits = in existence for 10 years or more
- New dwelling = in existence for 4 years or more (usually)
- Detached building in grounds/shed/outhouse used as a dwelling = in existence for 4 years or more
- Caravan used as a permanent dwelling = 10 years or more
- Holiday accommodation used all year round (12 months of year) = check the conditions on the decision notice when permission for use was sought.
A certificate will be granted where it is proven that the development has been in existence for either four or ten years as required. A Certificate of Lawfulness will mean that the development is protected from any future enforcement action against it.
Where the application is being made because you believe the development is exempt from enforcement action due to the length of time that has elapsed since the structure was built or the operation/use commenced we will require evidence to prove that it has existed for either 4 or 10 years.
Evidence may include:
- Tenancy Agreements
- Sworn Affidavits: A formal verified statement of fact made under oath and signed by the author.
- Photographs
- Documents such as benefits claimant’s papers, council tax bills.
Please note that a Certificate of Lawfulness does not imply that any building works have conformed to current Building Regualtions (the laws covering the health and safety of building works). Where Building Regulations apply to any works already undertaken we would advise you to apply to have the works inspected retrospectively by a Building Control Officer. This is usually done through a ‘regularisation’ application.
Make this application when you wish to determine whether:
- any proposed use of buildings or other land is lawful;
- any operations proposed to be carried out are lawful (i.e. building works).
If granted a certificate of lawfulness has the benefit of:
- Giving you a decision which is legally binding, and providing a defence against any planning enforcement.
- Providing a decision which will appear in the statutory planning register and be disclosed in land searches made on the property, which in turn will
- Give subsequent owners certainty over the planning status of the particular development; and
- Give you rights of appeal against a decision that the development is not lawful.
Please note that a Certificate of Lawfulness does not imply that any building works have conformed to current Building Regulations (the laws covering the health and safety of building works). Where Building Regulations apply to any works already undertaken we would advise you to apply to have the works inspected retrospectively by a Building Control Officer. This is usually done through a ‘regularisation’ application.
If you need to make an application for planning permission after the development has been undertaken
( i.e. retrospectively) there are no special forms for this and you will be required to use the forms approriate to the develeopment type in the same way as an ordinary application. Where the application form asks for a description of the proposal please state here that the application is retrospective.You will still need to provide a site location plan and any other plans appropriate to the development.
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- Email: planning@torbay.gov.uk
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