Planning applications search
Please be advised that planning application search facility and public access will be unavailable due to essential maintenance on Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 July. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause.
Land constraints and residential design guidance
How to self-serve search for land constraints and useful design guidance links.
The Council's maps enable you to search for land constraints. For example, if your site is located in the Green Belt or an area liable to flood. This is not a substitute for a chargeable constraints check undertaken by the department.
The Council has produced a Residential Design Guide which provides useful guidance for all types of development from householder proposals to large scale residential schemes. If your development lies within the settlements of the western part of the Borough the Western Urban Area Character Appraisal document also contains useful guiding principles. For the full suite of policy documents please see the planning policy webpages.