Pre-application planning advice: Broadland

Major development, more than 50 dwellings or more than 10,000sqm floorspace

This sets out the details that you need to submit for us to be able to answer your enquiry and identifies the information which is essential together with any additional information which will help us to give you a fuller response.

The fees (which include VAT) are set out below. 

Enquiries should be emailed to planning@southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk together with the information set out below.

If you require a more formal determination as to whether planning permission is required then you can submit an application for a Certificate of Lawfulness - proposed development.

The fee for a Certificate of Lawfulness will depend on the size and nature of what is being proposed.

Forms are available and an application can be made by going to the Planning Portal Apply for Certificate of Lawfulness. 

Major development

  • residential development of 50 dwellings or more
  • non-residential development greater than 10,000 sq m floorspace
  • proposals requiring assessment under the Environmental Impact Regulations

Information we need from you

Essential:

  • location plan showing where the site is
  • plan showing the position of the proposal in the site
  • project brief/Design and Access Statement
  • sketch drawings showing what the proposal looks like from each side, ideally including the dimensions
  • photographs of the site and its surroundings

What we’ll provide

We will provide:

  • an informal officer’s opinion on the need for planning permission and/or the likely outcome of such a planning application
  • any relevant previous planning decisions
  • summary of the main planning considerations and objectives of relevant policies
  • comments on the mix of development and need for affordable housing
  • comments on sustainability
  • comments on Building for Life
  • transport and highway issues 
  • comments on the design and relationship to neighbouring uses
  • any restrictions which should be considered, for example, Tree Preservation Orders (TPO)
  • need for financial contributions, for example, Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
  • additional bodies you may wish to consult before submitting an application
  • information relating to the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations

Costs and time taken for reply

Item

Cost

Initial contact

Meeting

Final response

Written reply

£4,790

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Within 25 working days or an agreed extension of time

Meeting in office and written reply

£5,150

Within five working days

Within 20 working days

Within 15 working days of meeting or an agreed extension of time

Meeting on site and written reply

£6,065

Within five working days

Within 20 working days

Within 15 working days of meeting or an agreed extension of time

Where it is not possible to secure a comment from external consultees within the above timescales, the council will respond and forward the consultee comments separately.

Exemptions and reductions for pre application enquiries

No charge:

  • an enquiry relating to a previously refused or withdrawn planning application
  • a follow up enquiry within 6 months of the refusal or withdrawal of a previous planning application

50% fee:

  • requests by parish councils, charities or voluntary groups and enquiries relating to affordable housing on exception sites