Apply for planning permission
Planning application forms
Applications can be submitted online via the Planning Portal
website to see how easy it is view the
Online Application Walkthrough tool (requires flash). The
Planning Portal also gives you access to a variety of
online tools, and you can make
an appeal online.
For further guidance and advice before submitting your
application please view the following webpages:
If you do not wish to apply online you will need to complete a
paper form, these are available on our application
forms and guidance webpage. Further advice on submitting your
application is also available.
- Post it to: Planning and Development, Maidstone Borough
Council, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME15
6JQ.
1APP – The New Planning Application Forms
From 6 April 2008 all applications under the
Planning Acts must be made using the new national application
process.
Because this standardised process makes applying for planning
permission so much easier you can use it now! Apply online or use the new forms
on our application forms and guidance webpage.
Support and Advice
We can provide advice on whether or not planning permission is
likely to be granted and what information is needed to be submitted
with an application. In some cases we charge for this service. More
detailed information is available on our Pre Application Advice
webpage.
Ownership Certificates and Notices
It is a legal requirement that owners of land upon which a
planning application is being made are notified of that
application. An owner is defined as a freeholder or a
tenant/leaseholder with at least 7 years left to run on the
tenancy/lease.
- If the applicant is the only owner of all the land involved in
the application then the Certificate A can be signed. Certificate A
is also on the application forms.
- If the applicant is not the only owner then you must serve a
Notice on the owner and sign either Certificate B, C or D.
Instructions are on the Certificates and Notices.
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Certificate
A (Planning
Permission Applications Only) - You will need this
Certificate because you are the only owner of all the land involved
in the application.
Certificate_A (Listed
Building or Conservation Area Consent Only) - You
will need this Certificate because you are the only owner of
all buildings involved in the application.
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Certificate
B (Planning Permission Applications
Only) - You will need this Certificate because
you do not own some or all of the land involved in the application
and you know the names and addresses of all the other owner(s).
Certificate_B (Listed
Building or Conservation Area Consent Only) - You
will need this Certificate because you do not own some or all of
the buidlings involved in the application and you know the
names and addresses of all the other owner(s).
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Certificate
C (Planning Permission Applications
Only) - You will need this Certificate because
you do not own some or all of the land involved in the application
and you know the names and addresses of some, but not all, the
other owner(s).
Certificate_C (Listed
Building or Conservation Area Consent Only)- You will need
this Certificate because you do not own some or all of the
buildings involved in the application and you know the names and
addresses of some, but not all, the other owner(s).
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Certificate
D (Planning Permission Applications
Only) - You will need this Certificate because you
do not own some or all of the land involved in the application and
you do not know the names and addresses of any of the other
owner(s).
Certificate_D (Listed
Building or Conservation Area Consent Only) - You will
need this Certificate because you do not own some or all of the
buildings involved in the application and you do not know the names
and addresses of any of the other owner(s).
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Owners
Notice (Planning Permission Applications
Only) - This Notice must be served on the relevant
owner(s), as will be the case with Certificates B and C, or if the
owner is not known, as will be the case with Certificates C and D,
published in a newspaper circulating in the area where the land
involved in the application is situated. Where part or all of the
land involved in the application is an agricultural holding with a
tenant, it must be served on the tenant.
Individual
Notice (Listed Building or
Conservation Area Consent Only) - This
Notice must be served on the relevant owner(s), upon which an
application for listed building or conservation area
consent are made are notified of that application. If
the owner is not known, use the newspaper notice.
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Newspaper
Notice (Listed Building or
Conservation Area Consent Only) - This notice must be used
if the owner is not known. The notice must be published in a
newspaper circulating in the area where the land to which the
application relates is situated. |