Planning application forms

Planning Application Forms

Applications can be made fully online via the Planning Portal; if you make your application online, the Planning Portal website will select the correct form for the type of development proposed.  

Downloading Planning Application Forms

Copies of planning application forms can also be downloaded.  All of the forms are available on the Planning Portal, and the Portal will help select the right form for you using its Paper Form Chooser.

Fees

A guidance to fees for planning applications

Planning portal fee calculator

Ownership certificates

If you submit the application via the Planning Portal then the ownership certificates and notices are included as part of the application submission process.

But should it be necessary to serve notice on an owner(s) prior to completing the ownership certificates via the Planning Portal, this should be done using notice 1 or notice 2 or Householder Notice (PDF Document, 0.1 Mb) as appropriate.

If you submit the application to the Council direct then Notices 1 and 2 and the Householder Notice are available to download from the link above.

Certificate A (Sole Ownership)

Certificate A should only be completed if the applicant is the sole owner of the land to which the application relates (i.e. the applicant is the freeholder and there are no leaseholders with seven years or more remaining on their leases). 

Certificate B (Shared Ownership - all other owners known)

Certificate B should be completed if the applicant is not the sole owner, but knows the names and addresses of all the other owners (e.g. this certificate will need to be served if the proposals encroach onto adjoining land). The Notice to Owners (Notice 1) must also be completed and sent to all known owners.  If the proposal is a Householder Development, the Householder Notice should be completed.

Certificate C (Shared Ownership - some other owners known)

Certificate C should be completed if the applicant does not own all of the land to which the application relates, and does not know the name and address of all of the owners. The Notice to Owners (Notice 1) must be completed and sent to all known owners. Where the owner is unknown the Notice to Unknown Owners (Notice 2) needs to be published in a local newspaper. If the proposal is a Householder Development, the Householder Notice should be completed. A copy of Notice 2 must also be sent with the application to the local authority.

Certificate D (Shared Ownership - all other owners unknown)

Certificate D should be completed if the applicant does not own all of the land to which the application relates, and does not know the names and addresses of any of the owners. The Notice to Unknown Owners (Notice 2) needs to be published in a local newspaper. A copy of the Notice must also be sent with the application to the local authority.

Requirements for application submissions

Following changes to the law in 2008, all applications submitted to us must now be supported by the documents set out in the National and Local Requirements for Applications. 

We updated this list in July 2013, in conjunction with the majority of councils in Leicestershire, in an attempt to help standardise requirements accross the county:

National and Local Requirements for Planning Applications (July 2013) (Word Document, 1.71 Mb)

Other application forms

Scheduled monument consent application forms and guidance notes (available on the Historic England website, and to be returned to that organisation, not the District Council)