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Peak District National Park Authority planning information
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Use this page or contact the planning team to find and download the correct guidance notes and checklist for your application.
Making an application
First check if your proposal needs planning permission.
If your proposal does need permission and you are completing the application yourself, the quickest way to submit and pay for an application is online.
You will be directed to the national online planning application system called the Planning Portal. On-screen instructions help you through all stages of the application, including payment.
Online applications tend to be processed more quickly but you can also download and print out paper application forms from the Planning Portal website.
Contact our planning administration team on 01629 816336 if you have any questions.
If you are submitting a paper application it is also necessary to print off a complete checklist from the relevant application type listed below in Checklists and guidance notes.
Unless your application is straightforward it is a good idea to employ a professional agent to help you with the plans and paperwork.
If an agent is employed we will usually make contact through them rather than directly with you.
Processing the application
Your application will be checked to ensure you have completed all the documents and paid the correct fee (55KB) 
. If information is missing or the wrong fee has been paid we will let you, or your agent, know by letter.
Once everything is correctly completed and the right fee paid your application will be formally registered. Within seven days you, or your agent, will normally get an acknowledgment and be told which planning officer is dealing with your application.
Contact our planning administration team on 01629 816 336 if you have any questions
Checklists and guidance notes
New legislation introduced on 6 April 2010 means fewer application types require a Design and Access Statement. In particular, a Design and Access Statement is now no longer needed for householder applications sited outside Conservation Areas.
For all other application types please contact the Planning Administration Team on 01629 816200 or email planning.service@peakdistrict.gov.uk for clarification and further advice before submitting your application.
Please note most applications falls into the first two categories.
1 Householder planning applications
For all applications within the garden area of a domestic dwelling.
Planning application checklist (Document PC1 - 30KB)
Householder planning application guidance notes (Document VPA2 - 102KB)
2 Applications for planning permission
This relates to all applications for planning permission apart from those in 1, above, and those listed below in categories 3-13.
Planning application checklist (Document PC2 - 46KB)
Read the Guidance Notes in the following document:
Planning application validation guidance (Document VPA1 - 230KB)
Other types of planning application
3 Applications for Planning Permission for agricultural development including agricultural buildings
All development relating to farms
Planning application checklist (Document PC3 - 33KB)
Read the Guidance Notes in the following document:
Planning application validation guidance (Document VPA1 - 230KB)
4 Applications for prior notification of proposed agricultural development
Relates to certain smaller scale agricultural development
Planning application checklist (Document PC8 - 28KB)
Read the Guidance Notes in the following document:
Planning application validation guidance (Document VPA1 - 230KB)
5 Applications for Outline Planning Permission
Applications to establish the principle of development
Planning application checklist (Document PC4 - 40KB)
Read the Guidance Notes in the following document:
Planning application validation guidance (Document VPA1 - 230KB)
6 Applications for Advertisement Consent
All advertisements whether on buildings or freestanding
Advertising consent application checklist (Document PC5 - 20KB)
Read the Guidance Notes in the following document:
Planning application validation guidance (Document VPA1 - 230KB)
7 Application for Lawful Development Certificate for an existing use or operation
To establish whether the use or development is lawful on account of the time it has been in operation or built.
Please refer to the Planning Portal's general guidance notes for lawful development certificates (33KB) and specific guidance notes for a certificate of lawfulness for an existing use or development (37KB) .
Checklist for a Certificate of Lawful Development (Document PC6 - 30KB)
8 Application for Lawful Development Certificate for a proposed use or development
To establish the need for planning permission
Please refer to the Planning Portal's general guidance notes for lawful development certificates (33KB) and specific guidance notes for a certificate of lawfulness for a proposed use or development (23KB) .
Planning Application Checklist (Document PC7 - 21KB)
9 Prior notification of proposed demolition
Relates to proposals to demolish dwellings which are not part of a wider scheme.
Planning application checklist (28KB)
Read the Guidance Notes in the following document:
Planning application validation guidance (Document VPA1 - 230KB)
10 Applications for approval of reserved matters
Further details following the grant of outline permission.
Planning application checklist (Document PC10 - 35KB)
Read the Guidance Notes in the following document:
Planning application validation guidance (Document VPA1 - 230KB)
11 Applications for removal or variation of condition following grant of planning permission (Section 73)
Plannning application checklist (28KB)
Read the Guidance Notes in the following document:
Planning application validation guidance (Document VPA1 - 230KB)
12 Application for approval of details reserved by condition
Relates to details required to be submitted as part of compliance with a condition on a planning permission.
Planning application checklist (28KB)
Read the Guidance Notes in the following document:
Planning application validation guidance (Document VPA1 - 230KB)
13 Minerals and Waste Developments
Relates to all minerals and waste applications.
Validation checklist (Document MW PA - 515KB)
Guidance notes are contained within the document
Access to General Applications Forms and Planning Application Guidance
For access to forms please visit the standard guidance documents page
Contact us
For general enquiries:
customer.service@peakdistrict.gov.uk
For enquiries about an application already submitted:
planning.service@peakdistrict.gov.uk
Peak District National
Park Authority
Aldern
House
Baslow Road
Bakewell
Derbyshire DE45 1AE
Telephone:
01629 816200
Fax: 01629 816310
Minicom: 01629 816319
Apply online at the Planning Portal
Weekly list of planning applications
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