Great Yarmouth Borough Council

From 6 April 2008 there will be a legal obligation for all planning applications to be submitted on the national standard planning application form or 1APP.
The use of these forms will be mandatory and applications not submitted on the right application form will not be considered. The existing planning application forms (with the exception of forms for mineral development) will become obsolete.
The new forms are intended to achieve consistency and will make the process of applying for planning permission more straightforward for applicants.
Different options are provided for different types of application for example:

• Householder applications,
• Applications for full planning permission
• Applications for outline planning permission,
• Applications for approval of reserved matters following an earlier grant ofoutline planning permission

At the same time as the Government makes using the new forms obligatory, there will be new rules for the validation of planning applications.
From 6 April 2008, for an application to be valid and processed by the Local Planning Authority, applicants will have to submit a minimum level of information with their applications (See “The Validation of Planning Applications: Guidance for Local Planning Authorities”, Communities and Local Government, December 2007, at www.communities.gov.uk).

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The Borough Council is seeking your comments on the draft validation requirements as recommended by the Department for Communities and Local Government. Comments should be made in writing and addressed to the

The Borough Planning and Development Officer
Planning and Development Department,
Maltings House,
Malthouse Lane,
Gorleston,
Great Yarmouth
NR31 OGY Alternatively they may be emailed to plan@great-yarmouth.gov.uk

Please include your full postal address if responding by email with a subject heading
of: Local Validation Requirements Consultation

Your response must be received by 19th March 2008.

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