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Planning applications
All applications for planning permission must be submitted to
the local planning authority - Medway Council.
Customers can apply for planning permission online using
the Planning Portal, a dedicated national
website run by central government that also provides further
information on the planning and appeals process in England and
Wales.
If you do not want to use the portal to submit an application,
you can download planning application forms from this
website.
An application can take one of three forms
Outline planning application
With an application for outline planning permission, detailed
consideration will always be required on the use and amount of
development. In addition, even if layout, scale and access
are reserved, an application will still require a basic level of
information on these issues in the application. As a minimum,
therefore, applications should always include information on:
- Use - the use or uses proposed for the
development and any distinct development and any distinct
development zones within the site identified
- Amount of development - the amount of
development proposed for each use
- Indicative layout - an indicative layout with
separate development zones proposed within the site boundary where
appropriate
- Scale parameters - an indication of the upper
and lower limits for heights, width and length of each
building
- Indicative Access Point - an area or areas in
which the access point or points to the site will be situated
Reserved matters
- Layout - the way in which buildings, routes
and open spaces within the development are provided, situated and
orientated in relation to each other and to buildings and spaces
outside the development
- Scale - the height, width and length of each
building proposed in relation to its surroundings
- Appearance - the aspects of a building or
place within the development which determine the visual impression
the building or place makes, including the external built form of
the development, its architecture, materials, decoration, lighting,
colour and texture
- Access - the accessibility to and within the
site, for vehicles, cycles and pedestrians in terms of the
positioning and treatment of access and circulation routes and how
these fit into the surrounding access network
- Landscaping - this is the treatment of private
and public space to enhance or protect the site's amenity through
hard and soft measures, for example, through planting of trees or
hedges or screening by fences or walls
The council will always require further details (reserved
matters) to be submitted for approval following the grant of
outline planning permission. The reserved matters application must
be submitted within three years from the date of the outline
permission, otherwise the permission will lapse. In some cases
further details will be reserved by conditions imposed on the grant
of full planning permission.
Full planning application
This includes all the details of the proposed development,
including site and building plans and types of building materials
to be used. Development must normally start within three years of
the date of the permission, otherwise the permission will
lapse.
Alterations to a planning application
In the course of dealing with a planning application, the
council may discuss and agree with the applicant alterations to the
original proposal which will make it more acceptable. If the
amendments are substantial, a fresh application may be
required.
Fees
Applicants must, by law, pay a fee to the council when an application for
planning permission is made. The fees are charged
according to a scale that applies nationally.
Further information
If you are proposing alterations to a listed building or
any kind of advertisement for your premises (including the fixing
of a shop sign) please use the links at the foot of this page to
find out what consents you need. There is also advice about:
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