Open Space Provision and Commuted Payments SPD
On the 20 August 2019, the council's Cabinet approved the Open Space Provision and Commuted Payments Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for adoption and implementation on the 30 September 2019. Download the tool for calculating the revised costs (XLSX 22Kb).
Pre-application advice and guidance
Last updated 6 October 2021
7. Validation checklists
These checklists are provided to help you identify whether you’ve got all the information required for your proposal.
They also help to reduce delay in determining the outcome of a planning application.
Main validation checklist
- Validation checklist - April 2019 (PDF 256Kb) - Use the bookmarks in the PDF to find the section you want
- Explanatory notes for validation checklist (PDF 674Kb)
- Statements of Heritage Significance: Historic England advice notes
- House extension energy checklist (PDF 87Kb)
The latest version of the Validation Checklist was adopted by us on the 22 April 2019. This was following a 6 week public consultation period where the changes to the documents were advertised on our website. The feedback we received for this consultation was taken into account before the document was formally adopted.
The Government has provided guidance on validation checklists. It details the national information requirements that became mandatory and applied to all planning applications from 8 April 2008.