Validation of planning applications
Our process
for registering applications is known as validation, where the
Planning Authority decides whether it has correct and adequate
supporting information to understand and fairly decide a planning
application.
The Government sought to standardise the information
requirements for the different types of planning application by
producing a national list of general requirements (such as a site
plan). Each Planning Authority adds a list of local requirements
(such as a flood risk or transport assessment). The information
requirements may affect you as someone who is:
- applying for planning permission
- commenting on someone else's planning application
- professionally consulted on planning applications
- professionally assisting others in submitting planning
applications.
Validation documents
The documents were updated in 2012 to reflect
policy changes:
View the validation documents
(updated June 2012)