Charging to amend a planning application

Procedure

  1. The applicant/agent should agree with the case officer whether amendments are necessary and whether the principle of an amendment is acceptable.
  2. An extension of time (EoT) must be agreed with the case officer before, or at the same time as the amendments are submitted.
  3. The appropriate fee for amending an application should be paid before, or at the time of submission.
  4. Once the case officer has requested/agreed the amendment of an application and an EoT has been agreed in writing, the applicant/agent must email the amendment(s) to Planning Amendments with a covering email in the format set out below
  5. The case officer will confirm to the application/agent whether the amendments have been formally made to the application and if necessary, will advise if additional consultations will be undertaken.
  6. Where amendments have been made to the application, following the case officer’s further consideration and where relevant the receipt of consultee response(s) the case officer will advise whether the amendments are or are not sufficient to enable a recommendation of approval.

The covering email from the applicant/agent must include the application reference, the date on which the case officer agreed that amendments could be made and confirmation of when the amendment fee will be paid/has been paid. The case officer for the application must be copied in.

  • The maximum size of the attachment is 20MB.
  • All amended plans should have an updated drawing number to reference the change i.e. ‘revision B’

The email should be in the following format:

Dear Planning Technical Officers

RE: AMENDED AND/OR ADDITIONAL DRAWINGS/INFORMATION - PLANNING REFERENCE – APPLICATION SITE ADDRESS

Please find attached amended and/or additional drawings/information for the above application. The revised drawing numbers are: [list revised drawing numbers] 

Please supersede drawing numbers: [list superseded drawing numbers]

The revised/additional information  are [list documents]

Please supersede [list documents].

The case officer  - NAME OF CASE OFFICER – has agreed to the submission of the amended and/or additional drawings/information on INSERT DATE.

I can confirm that no further amendments/revised drawings/information are anticipated at this stage.

I have/have not [delete where relevant] agreed to an extension of time for the determination of the planning application.

I can confirm that I have made/will make payment of [INSERT FEE AMOUNT] the application amendment fee on [INSERT DATE].  My reference for the payment made is (INSERT if applicable].

I understand that the acceptance of these amendments is at the discretion of the case officer and that the acceptance of the amendments/additional information will not guarantee a positive determination and is ‘without prejudice’ to the Council’s normal decision-making process.

NAME

The in-application amendment fee can be made by telephone on 01322 343434 by quoting ‘amended plans’ plus the planning application reference number.

All amended plans should have an updated drawing number to reference the change i.e. ‘revision B’