Major development advice

Your work will be a major development if it’s for:

10 to 49 residential units
1,000 to 4,999 square metres floor space
development on a site less than 2 hectares (including any change of use of land or building)

Pre-application advice

Pre-application advice will cover:

details of any statutory designations and constraints affecting the site
key planning policy context and assessment of the scheme against planning policy
any other material considerations
potential development considerations
a synopsis of potential changes which may be needed to improve the scheme and, if possible, overcome objections
identification of areas within the pre application scheme that may need addressing or changing

Advice can be preliminary and full advice. 

Preliminary advice will be high level and will only include if the principle of the proposal is acceptable.

Once validated, a planning officer will contact you to arrange a meeting in the office.  

Full advice will include: 

details of any legal designations and limitations that affect the site
key planning policy context and assessment of the scheme against planning policy
identification of any other material considerations
potential development contributions
a summary of possible changes that may be needed to improve the scheme and, if possible, overcome objections
identification of areas within the pre-application scheme that may need addressing or amending
conclusion as to the likelihood of the scheme being accepted

For full advice: 

you can expect to be contacted within 10 working days, either more information will be required or your enquiry will have been registered, along with the details of the case
the project plan will need to be agreed by Planning Manager and Developer

As a major developer you’re expected to: 

The fees for major development pre-application advice is: