Consultation on Local Planning Application Validation Requirements
As part of the drive to provide a quicker, more predictable and efficient planning service, the Government is introducing a new standard application form for applications for planning permission made under the Town and County Planning system.
Alongside this and to support the use of this standard application form, the Government will introduce new information requirements for the validation of planning applications by local planning authorities. The mandatory standard application form and associated information requirements for validation will be introduced from 6 April 2008.
The new application forms include establishing a core and mandatory national list of information required for a valid application along with an additional list of local mandatory requirements based on national and local policy requirements.
Different types and scale of applications will require different levels of information and supporting documentation to be submitted. The combined use of the national and local lists will afford both the Council and applicant more certainty when submitting applications and ensure that the information requested is proportionate to the type and scale of application being made.
The Government requires that each Council consult on its proposed local validation lists prior to adoption. Spelthorne Borough Council therefore invites any comments you may have on the proposed lists and will take into consideration all comments received before formal adoption of the lists by the Planning Committee.
The consultation documentation is in two parts.
Firstly, it identifies the list of local validation requirements for each type of application.
Secondly, it provides additional information on the scope of additional information requirements for the local lists including proposed thresholds and criteria for the submission of particular types of information.
Please send your comments, to be received no later than 4 April 2008, to
Local Validation Checklist Consultation
Head of Town Planning
Spelthorne Borough Council
Knowle Green
Staines
Surrey
TW18 1XB
or email the Development Control Team with subject heading ‘ Local Validation Checklist Consultation’.
