Planning Advice
Pre-Application Advice
Our pre-application service is a service aimed at giving applicants, architects and developers clear advice about whether the Authority would be likely to support a proposal. It is important to note that this service is for the provision of advice - it does not provide any formal approval or refusal and all advice is given without prejudice to any decision the Authority may make on any subsequent application.
Why is pre-application advice helpful?
Open and constructive pre-application discussions are an opportunity for the Authority and applicants to work together. This helps to achieve developments that deliver benefits to the individual, community, environment and the economy.
It can also save time and costs and avoid unnecessary protracted discussions.
Benefits of pre-application enquiries and discussions include:
- Saving time and resources;
- Helping raise the quality of development;
- Speeding up the validation process;
- Gaining community acceptance through engagement if required;
- Reducing the number of unsuccessful planning applications;
- Identifying the need for specialist input earlier;
- Provide sufficient information to support final application
What does it cost?
Exmoor proposed charging schedule | Do I need Planning Permission? | Pre-app householders | All other non major development | Agricultural development | Major development | Advertisement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
£62 | £103 | £206 | £103 | £516 | £103 |
Fee Exemptions
- Proposals solely for the alteration and extension of an existing dwellinghouse or works in the curtilage of an existing dwellinghouse (other than the erection of a dwellinghouse) for the purposes of providing means of access to or within it for a disabled person who is resident in it or proposing to take residence in it.
- A proposal solely for the carrying out of operations for the purpose of providing a means of access for disabled persons to or within a building or premises to which members of the public are admitted.
- Works requiring Listed Building Consent only.
- Works for demolition in a Conservation Area.
- Advice regarding works to trees covered by a Tree Preservation Order or in a Conservation Area.
- If the application relates to a scheme for 100% Local Need Affordable Housing the pre-application fee will be refunded in the event that a valid application is received in line with the pre-application discussions and the subsequent application is approved.
What information do I need to provide?
The following information will be required when submitting any enquiry or pre-application request. This ensures that you give us all the information we need.
- The relevant Pre-application fee (please call 01398 323665 to make a payment);
- A site location plan, clearly identifying the site in question;
- A sketch plan showing the proposed development work;
- Full description of the development proposed; and
- Photographs of the site if they would help to put the development in context
and if appropriate;
- A summary of any community/neighbour consultation that has been carried out
Depending on the complexity of the proposal, you may need to provide additional details. However, the more information you can give us initially, the more detailed and comprehensive the response from officers can be.