Pre-application advice
Before submitting a planning application you can obtain advice from the Service.
If it’s general advice you’re looking for or perhaps some assistance completing the necessary forms, please visit:
Planning Reception at North London Business Park
- between 2.00pm and 5.15pm , Monday to Thursday,
- and between 2.00pm and 5.00pm on Friday and an officer will be available to assist you.
The Planning Service also provides formalised pre application advice on major, complex or medium scale development proposals and certain planning and development briefs. It is hoped that this scheme will help to speed up the development process and avoid unacceptable proposals.
In order to provide this service to a consistent and high standard, the Council has decided that the cost should be recovered directly and not fall as a general cost to the council taxpayer.
The Council considers such discussions are primarily of benefit to the applicant and indeed may help to minimise their cost of subsequent planning application or avoid submitting one where the proposal is totally unacceptable.
The charging scheme will not apply to discussion in connection with minor schemes (small extensions/ alterations, certificates of lawfulness, minor advertisements / signs, enforcement or advice to any local resident affected by a development). Such advice will continue to be provided free of charge.
Details of how to make a request for advice can be found by downloading the following:
- Pre Application Advice Information
(PDF 42KB) - Request for a Pre-application meeting form (PDF 25KB)
Highways
You can also find details on Highways Pre-Application meetings by downloading the document below.
Highways Pre-Application meetings - Notes and Charges (PDF 85KB)
