Planning Forms and Guidance

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Planning Forms and Guidance

Name Form Guidance Notes & Help Text
Fees as of 6th December 2023 Download Form  
Validation Checklist See here for further information  
Pre-application Advice Download Form Download Guidance Notes
Householder application Download Form Download Help Text
Location Plan Guidance   Download Guidance Notes
Full planning permission Download Form Download Help Text
Lawful development certificate proposed use or development Download Form Download Help Text
Lawful development certificate existing use or development Download Form Download Help Text
Lawful development certificate for proposed works to a listed building Download Form  
Outline application all matters reserved Download Form Download Help Text
Outline application some matters reserved Download Form Download Help Text
Approval of reserved matters Download Form Download Help Text
Approval of details reserved by condition Download Form Download Help Text
Consent to display advertisement Download Form Download Help Text
Work to trees Download Form Download Help Text
Listed building consent Download Form Download Help Text

Further Information

Heritage in Barrow Borough   Download information booklet
Conservation area consent to demolish Download Form Download Help Text
Removal or variation of condition Download Form Download Help Text
Prior notification proposed agricultural or forestry building Download Form Download Help Text
Prior notification proposed agricultural or forestry excavation waste material Download Form Download Help Text
Prior notification proposed agricultural or forestry fish tank Download Form Download Help Text
Prior notification proposed agricultural or forestry road Download Form Download Help Text
Prior notification proposed demolition Download Form Download Help Text
Prior notification proposed telecommunications Download Form Download Help Text
Prior notification larger home extensions Download Form Download Help Text
Prior Approval of Proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to a flexible use within Storage or Distribution (Class B8), Hotels (Class C1), Commercial/Business/Service (Class E) Download Form  
Prior approval of proposed change of use to state funded school or registered nursery Download Form  
Prior Approval of Proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to a State-Funded School or Registered Nursery Download Form  
Prior Approval of Proposed Change of Use from Takeaways, Betting Offices, Pay Day Loan Shops or Launderettes (Sui Generis Uses); or a Mixed Use combining use as a Dwelling house (Class C3) with a Betting Office, Pay Day Loan Shop or Launderette (Sui Generis Uses); to Dwelling houses (Class C3), and for building operations reasonably necessary for the conversion Download Form  
Prior Approval of Proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to a Dwelling house (Use Class C3), and for Associated Operational Development Download Form  
Prior Approval for a Change of Use from Amusement Arcades/Centres and Casinos, (Sui Generis Uses) and any land within its curtilage to Dwelling houses (Class C3) Download Form  
Prior Approval for a Development Consisting of the Erection or Construction of a Collection Facility within the Curtilage of a Shop Download Form  
Prior Approval for the Temporary Use of Buildings or Land for the Purpose of Commercial Film-Making and the Associated Temporary Structures, Works, Plant or Machinery required in Connection with that Use Download Form  
Prior Approval for the Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs of Non-domestic Buildings, up to a Capacity of 1 Megawatt Download Form  
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwelling houses (Use Class C3) Download Form Download Help Text
Application for development relating to the onshore extraction of oil and gas    
Modify or Discharge S106 Download Form
Hedgerow removal Download Form Download Help Text
Non-material amendment Download Form Download Help Text
Compliance of Planning Conditions Download Form  
Householders Certificate B and C Download Form  
Certificate B and C Download Form  
Certificate C and D Download Form  
Listed Building Consent Certificate B and C Download Form  
Hazardous substances form Download Form  
Hazardous substances form part A Download Form  
Design and Access Statements   Download Guidance Notes
Cumbria County Council Transport Form Download Form  
Foul Drainage Assessment Download Form Download Guidance Notes
Guidance on Preparing Statements of Significance - for Applications Affecting Heritage Assets   Download Guidance Notes
Sequential Test: Retail   Download Guidance Notes
Sequential Test: Offices   Download Guidance Notes
Public Rights of Way Guidance (PROW)   Download Guidance Notes
High Hedges - Over the Garden Hedge   Download Guidance Notes
High Hedges - Complaining to the Council   Download Guidance Notes
Northern Gas Networks-Built over Services   Website link
Tree Root Protection Areas   Download Guidance Notes
Affordable Housing Statement   Download Statement
Biodiversity Net Gain   BNG Brochure

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Energy Statement   Download Statement