Non-Material Amendment

This is always required, except where the application:

• is for alterations, extensions and so on, to a dwelling house for the benefit of a registered disabled person (please provide evidence from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that the applicant is registered as being disabled).

Fees can be found on the Planning Portal - a guide to the fees for planning applications in England

Further guidance can be found on National Planning Practice Guidance (NPPG) - Fees for planning applications

Applications must be accompanied by plans and drawings or information necessary to describe the subject of the application including:

• existing and proposed block plans of the site (for example at a scale of 1:100 or 1:200) showing any site boundaries and neighbouring properties
• existing and proposed elevations (for example at a scale of 1:50 or 1:100). Drawings must show complete elevations, partial drawings are not acceptable
• existing and proposed floor plans (for example at a scale of 1:50 or 1:100). Drawings must show complete floor plans, partial drawings are not acceptable
• existing and proposed site sections and finished floor and site levels (for example at a scale of 1:50 or 1:100)
• existing and proposed roof plans (for example at a scale of 1:50 or 1:100) - required only for complex roof structures

This is required for all applications where the context and justification for a proposed development needs to be demonstrated, and in particular all applications for major development, change of use and developments that do not accord with the development plan.

A planning statement should:

• detail how the proposal has taken account of national and local planning policy
• identify the context for the development and why the site has been chosen
• detail the intensity and type of use and who the users would be
• detail any consultation that has taken place with the local authority, statutory consultees or wider public and the feedback from that consultation (where this has not been incorporated as a separate statement of community involvement)

It may also include details of consultations with the local planning authority, the wider community and the statutory consultees that have been undertaken prior to submission of an application (a statement of community involvement may be incorporated into the planning statement where appropriate).

Where proposals effect or create sports facilities and/or playing fields, or generate a substantial need for them, a planning statement should also include:

• reasoned justification as to why development affecting such facilities should be allowed
• details of the area of sports facilities to be lost and any replacement
• information on any assessment considered to support the view that the open space, sport and recreation facilities are surplus to requirements
• details of quality, accessibility, management and maintenance of proposed facilities and of existing facilities where there is a proposed loss
• details of existing and proposed changing/toilet facilities
• technical details including surfacing, fencing and floodlighting
• details of proposed sports to be played, including the level to be played at.

More information:

• Forest Heath Local Plan
• St Edmundsbury Local Plan