Planning - applications, warrants and certificates

The planning system is used to make decisions aboutHospital small future development and the use of land in our towns, cities and countryside. It decides where development should, or should not happen and balances competing demands to make sure that land is used and developed in the long term public interest. The planning system therefore regulates the use of land by granting or refusing planning permission. These decisions are made with reference to the Councils Development Plan for the area.

Online Planning - view and comment

You can find details of all applications submitted to the Council since 1999 and comment on them via the
Planning Portal.

Object or comment on a planning application.

To comment on a planning application you need to register. Once logged in, search for the application (e.g "Wallace High School") then select the application and you will see the comment tab.

Your comment will be submitted to the planning authority and immediately made available online to the public. We will not display your telephone number or email address, but your address will be shown.

In the advanced tab you can search by date range, you can also view the weekly/monthly lists. Viewing applications does not require you to login.  

What you can comment on

We can take into account material planning considerations.  These cover a wide range of issues including:

  • loss of privacy
  • loss of trees
  • loss of daylight
  • visual appearance
  • traffic generation and road safety
  • noise or smell
  • development plan
  • impact on listed buildings and/or conservation areas
  • impact of increased activity   

 Matters that are not material to planning application assessment and cannot be considered include:

  • requirements under building regulations or other non-planning laws such as structural stability, fire precautions or the like
  • private issues between neighbours such as party wall disputes, damage to property, private rights of ways, covenants or the like
  • loss of a view
  • property values
  • commercial competition
  • alternative types of development you might prefer

Online Planning - make a application online

See our page on planning applications

Further information…