Apply for planning permission

As part of the council’s drive to ensure that applications are determined within their statutory timeframes with no extensions of time new processes and validation requirements are being implemented. A report (pdf, 116kb)was approved at the Council’s Environment and Development Services Committee in August 2022. 

The council has a statutory duty to determine applications in a timely manner and to allow for this applicants and agents have a duty to prepare quality applications that provide all the information required to determine applications. To assist in this the council has updated its existing national and local validation lists to reflect recent changes in legislation. These documents list what plans and additional information is needed to support different planning applications. Failure to supply the relevant information will result in delays in the consideration of your application by a Planning Officer. The lists provided do not prevent you from submitting additional information to support your application and it may be that additional information is requested during the course of your application by the Planning Officer to enable an appropriate assessment of all the material considerations.

Once you have obtained permission you may need to address other legal issues, such as building regulations, the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, private covenants and obligations. 

Apply for planning permission is through the Government's Planning Portal, Planda Portal or you can submit all applications directly to the Council at planning@southderbyshire.gov.uk.

The Planning Portal and Planda Portal helps you through the application process and lets you create and attach a professional quality site location plan by downloading appropriate Ordnance Survey maps. 

Once a valid application has been recieved you will then be able to track the progress of your application online throughout the process. 

If you do not want to apply online, you can download the relevant paper forms and submit your application directly to the Council at planning@southderbyshire.gov.uk.